For the first time since the Supreme Court weighed in, on Tuesday, Alabama will vote using its new Congressional map that gives Black voters more power.

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 ...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, argued that the new map kept communities of interest intact, unifying the state’s so-called Black Belt, named for its fertile black soil.

Alabama's new congressional map, which will feature a second district where either a majority or large plurality of voters are Black, will soon be implemented.

The Alabama Legislature in July approved a new congressional map that created a 7th Congressional District with a BVAP of 50.65% and a 2nd district with a BVAP of less than 40%.

After two years of court battles, and two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal three-judge panel has selected a new U.S. House map for Alabama to be used in the 2024 elections.

A federal court ordered Alabama on Thursday to use a new congressional map that could lead the state to elect two Black representatives for the first time in its history, by creating a second ...

Redrawn Alabama electoral map intentionally discriminatory, court rules By Nate Raymond May 8, 20255:46 PM PDTUpdated May 8, 2025 ...

Last year, the three-judge court found that Alabama’s map, with one majority Black district out of seven in a state where one-fourth of residents are Black, most likely violates the Voting ...

Lawyers for Alabama voters urged the justices to stay out of a dispute over the state’s congressional map. Eight days after the state asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block lower-court rulings ...