A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats ...

In an interview last week, Alabama Democratic Party executive director ... court-drawn lines that resulted in a very competitive map. Republicans ultimately carried 11 of the state’s 26 ...

The decision was a loss for Alabama Republicans, who were reluctant to create a Democratic-leaning district, and tried to implement a map with lower percentage of Black voters in Congressional ...

In the new map, Republicans chose to increase the percentage ... Dozens of onlookers — including at least one Alabama Democratic lawmaker — filed into the court. Over a few hours, lawyers ...

The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature approved ... by a federal court that ruled the old map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. But Democratic lawmakers, who opposed the plan, ...

Alabama lawmakers begin the special ... said it will meet Monday to vote on the proposed map. While Democrats accused Republicans of keeping the process shrouded in secrecy, Pringle said they ...

Democrats and activist groups have vehemently pushed back over a new congressional map passed by the Republican ... he believes this case is ripe for Alabama Republicans to seek another shot ...

because Black voters in Alabama tend to vote for Democrats. During a state House floor debate on Wednesday, Rep. Barbara Drummond, a Democrat, called Republicans' support for a map with only one ...

Republican challenger Barry Goldwater opposed the act and won five Deep South states. It was Alabama’s first flip from Democrats since Reconstruction. Wallace won four Deep South states as an ...

In a statement, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, said the state would comply with the court’s preliminary injunction to administer the fast-approaching 2024 elections “in ...