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Alabama U.S. House District 2
Democratic incumbent Shomari Figures against Republican state Rep. Rhett Marques in a district redrawn after a Supreme Court fight.
A dated synthesis from named sources. It summarizes recurring broad-left and broad-right public arguments. It is not a score or a claim about every voter.
Broad leftThe map the court finally drew
Democratic-aligned coverage treats Figures as the incumbent on a map that exists because courts said the old one diluted Black votes.
- The Supreme Court history is the left-desk origin story.
- They talk about this seat as one of the few Southern House holds that can move the 218 math.
- Figures is sold as the candidate of the new lines, not as a fluke.
Source: AP on the Alabama matchup
Broad rightA court-made district, still a race
Republican-aligned coverage treats the map as something judges built for Democrats and Marques as the local Republican who can still make it a fight.
- They campaign on state-level Republican themes, not on relitigating the whole Voting Rights Act in every ad.
- They argue a redrawn district is not a Democratic entitlement.
- The November ballot is the only recount they accept.
Source: AP on the Alabama matchup
Limits of this guide
The court record is longer than this card. Both columns are 2026 campaign talk about that record.