Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It shares most of Montgomery metropolitan area, and includes the city of Mobile, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the eastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Clarke and Mobile counties and the entirety of Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Macon, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, and Washington counties. Other cities in the district include Greenville and Troy.

The district is represented by Democrat Shomari Figures, after being elected in 2024.

The 2nd was completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections, as a consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan, which ordered Alabama to create a second black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts. Representative Barry Moore's home county of Coffee was drawn out of this district and into the 1st, where he decided to run instead.

Character

There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University.

White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Southeast Alabama is one of the most Republican regions in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976.

In 2008, voters elected three-term mayor of Montgomery Bobby Bright to Congress, making him the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1964. Bright then lost reelection to Republican Martha Roby in 2010, who was a member of the Montgomery City Council. Roby did not run for reelection in the 2020 election, and Republican Barry Moore was elected to the open seat. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.

In the 2008 United States presidential election, voters gave John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, 63.42% of the vote; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.

The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it from 1923 to 2021, with five of six holding it for at least 10 years and four of six holding it for at least 15 years. Barry Moore, elected in 2021, represented the district when it was redrawn in 2023; since the district was redrawn, he has continued his congressional career in the neighboring 1st district.

The new 2nd district includes the heavier African American communities of Butler, Macon, Monroe, Pike, and Russell counties as well as the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama.

Counties and communities within the district For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.

Barbour County (6)

All six communities Bullock County (3) All three communities Butler County (3) All three communities Clarke County (3) Carlton, Jackson (part; also 7th), Rockville Conecuh County (4) All four communities Crenshaw County (6) All six communities

Macon County (4)

All four communities Mobile County (8) Chickasaw, Chunchula, Citronelle, Gulfcrest, Mobile (part; also 1st), Prichard (part; also 1st), Semmes, Tillmans Corner (part; also 1st)

Monroe County (8)

All eight communities

Montgomery County (2)

Montgomery, Pike Road

Pike County (4)

All four communities

Russell County (3)

All three communities

Washington County (12)

All 12 communities

Recent election results from statewide races The following chart shows the results of recent federal and statewide races in the 2nd district.

Year Office Winner D % R % 2012 President Mitt Romney (R) 36.4% 62.8% 2016 President Donald Trump (R) 33.0% 64.3% Senate Richard Shelby (R) 34.3% 65.5% 2017 Senate (special) Roy Moore (R) 45.4% 53.4% 2018 Governor Kay Ivey (R) 35.9% 63.9% Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth (R) 36.0% 64.0% Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) 39.1% 60.8% 2020 President Donald Trump (R) 35.2% 63.6% Senate Tommy Tuberville (R) 38.2% 61.7% Redistricted for the 2022 cycle 2022 Senate Katie Britt (R) 28.4% 69.6% Governor Kay Ivey (R) 27.0% 69.8% Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) 29.5% 70.4% Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) 28.6% 68.8% Redistricted for the 2024 cycle 2024 President Kamala Harris (D) 53.4% 45.3%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1823 John McKee Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1825.Re-elected in 1827.Retired. 1823–1833"Middle district": Bibb, Blount, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Marengo, Marion, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Saint Clair, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa counties Jacksonian March 4, 1825–March 3, 1829 Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1829.Lost re-election. Samuel Wright Mardis Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1831.Redistricted to the . John McKinley Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1833.Retired. 1833–1841 Joshua L. Martin Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1835 Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Re-elected in 1837.Retired. David Hubbard Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1839.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. District inactive March 3, 1841 –March 3, 1843 All representatives elected . James Edwin Belser Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1843.Retired. 1843–1855 Henry Washington Hilliard Whig March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1845.Re-elected in 1847.Re-elected in 1849.Retired. James Abercrombie Whig March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1851.Re-elected in 1853.Retired. Eli Sims Shorter Democratic March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1855.Re-elected in 1857.Retired. 1855–1863 James L. Pugh Democratic March 4, 1859 –January 21, 1861 Elected in 1859.Withdrew due to Civil War. Vacant January 21, 1861 –July 21, 1868 Civil War and Reconstruction Charles Waldron Buckley Republican July 21, 1868 –March 3, 1873 Elected to finish the partial term.Re-elected in 1868.Re-elected in 1870.Retired. 1863–1877 James T. Rapier Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1872.Lost re-election. Jeremiah Norman Williams Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Redistricted to the . Hilary A. Herbert Democratic March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Retired. 1877–1893 Jesse F. Stallings Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1901 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Retired. 1893–1933 Ariosto A. Wiley Democratic March 4, 1901 –June 17, 1908 Elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Died. Vacant June 17, 1908 –November 3, 1908 Oliver C. Wiley Democratic November 3, 1908 –March 3, 1909 Elected to finish his brother's term.Retired. S. Hubert Dent Jr. Democratic March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Lost renomination. John R. Tyson Democratic March 4, 1921 –March 27, 1923 Elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Died. Vacant March 27, 1923 –August 14, 1923 J. Lister Hill Democratic August 14, 1923 –January 11, 1938 Elected to finish Tyson's term.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Resigned when appointed US Senator. 1933–1963 Vacant January 11, 1938 –June 14, 1938 George M. Grant Democratic June 14, 1938 –January 3, 1963 Elected to finish Hill's term.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Redistricted to the . District inactive January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1965 All representatives elected . William L. Dickinson Republican January 3, 1965 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Retired. 1965–1973 1973–1993 Terry Everett Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 2009 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Retired. 1993–2003 2003–2013 Bobby Bright Democratic January 3, 2009 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 2008.Lost re-election. Martha Roby Republican January 3, 2011 –January 3, 2021 Elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Retired. 2013–2023 Barry Moore Republican January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025 Elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Redistricted to the 1st district. 2023–2025Shomari Figures Democratic January 3, 2025 –present Elected in 2024. 2025–present

Recent election results These are the results from the previous twelve election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.

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Alabama's 2nd congressional district

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