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The Big Story
Key Alabama House race faces decisive moment
Alabamians in the 2nd Congressional District will be heading to the polls on Tuesday to choose which Democrat will make it to the general election in November – and likely wind up in Congress early next year.
© AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib
Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D) and Shomari Figures (D), a former Justice Department official, are vying for a newly drawn House district in southern Alabama.
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District stretches across the state's eastern and western borders. It includes Montgomery, Macon and parts of Mobile, among other counties.
Both men competed in the March 5 primary but were forced into a runoff when neither was able to get at least 50 percent of the vote in the Democratic contest.
The backstory: Alabama’s House map this cycle includes a second nearly Black majority House district after the Supreme Court issued a surprising ruling last year saying Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act, upholding a lower court ruling.
The state was required to change its map from one that included only one majority Black district to a map that included two Black majority House districts.
The state sought to submit their own map afterward that declined to create a second majority Black district, forcing a court-appointed special master to create several selections for a judge panel to choose from.
Not so fast: Alabama Republicans have already suggested the state’s redistricting fight is not over.
“The Office of the Secretary of State will facilitate the 2024 election cycle in accordance with the map the federal court has forced upon Alabama and ordered us to use,” Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) said in October.
“It is important for all Alabamians to know that the legal portion of this process has not yet been completed,” he added. “A full hearing on the redistricting issue will take place in the future and I trust Attorney General Marshall to represent Alabama through that process. In the meantime, I will keep our state’s elections safe, secure and transparent because that is what I was elected to do.”
What it means in the meantime: Whichever Democrat wins will either go against whoever wins the GOP primary runoff -- Dick Brewbaker or Caroleene Dobson.
Still, Democrats are projected to win a second House seat in Alabama with the new district, impacting who wins the majority in the lower chamber this fall, as Republicans defend their narrow edge.
Essential Reads
Key election stories and other recent campaign coverage:
Biden-Trump cash race heats up: 5 takeaways from latest fundraising
Candidates for various offices have submitted their fundraising totals for the first three months of the year with the 2024 election season in full steam. Groups supporting both President Biden and former President Trump have provided updates ahead of Monday’s filing deadline, while candidates for the House and Senate have also announced totals. Here’s what we learned from the most recent campaign filings: …
Full Story Trone tops Alsobrooks by double digits in Maryland Democratic Senate primary race: Survey
Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) leads Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks by double digits in the Democratic primary for the Maryland Senate race, according to a new poll. The survey, released by FOX45 News, the Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore and conducted by OpinionWorks, found Trone leading Alsobrooks, 48 percent to 29 percent, when respondents are asked to consider the entire Democratic primary …
Full Story Trump allies seize on judge’s delayed decision on Barron’s graduation
Allies of former President Trump have seized on the judge overseeing the New York hush money case delaying a decision on letting the former president go to his son Barron’s high school graduation in May. “Judge Merchan is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son’s graduation,” another of Trump’s sons, Eric, said in a post on the social platform X Monday. Due to New York state law, the former president has to attend …
Full Story The Countdown
Upcoming news themes and events we're watching:
- 90 days until the Republican National Convention
- 125 days until the Democratic National Convention
- 203 days until the 2024 general election
On Our Watch
First ad in North Dakota House race to drop this week
© AP Photo/Jack Dura
One of the Republicans vying for North Dakota’s lone at-large House seat is releasing the first ad of the primary race on Wednesday, the campaign shared first with The Hill.
Republican North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak is among several congressional hopefuls battling to replace Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R), who has lodged a gubernatorial bid in the Flickertail State.
The 30-second clip takes a swing at former President Obama for blocking construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline back in 2016 – and at President Biden, who Fedorchak argues “has America stalled out.”
Fedorchak is one of several candidates who have filed to run in the state's June primary, according to the secretary of state. Another notable candidate who has filed to run in the primary is former Miss America Cara Mund, who ran for the seat in the midterms as an independent but filed this year in the Republican race.
If either were to win the seat, they’d become the first woman to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives – but the North Dakota GOP has notably endorsed military veteran Alex Balazs in the race, according to local outlet KFYR.
-- Julia Mueller
In Other News
Branch out with a different read from The Hill:
Hispanic Democrats close ranks around Rep. Rob Menendez
Hispanic Democrats are throwing their weight behind Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.), the first-term lawmaker who occupies the House seat once held by his father, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who is under indictment for corruption. The younger Menendez, a former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was elected to the House in 2022 after the retirement of former Rep. Albio Sires (D), as part of the Congressional …
Full Story Trump says hush money judge is running ‘rough shod’ over his lawyers
Former President Trump complained Tuesday morning that the judge handling his hush money trial in New York City was “running rough shod” over his legal team and bemoaned a gag order that has restricted what he can say about witnesses in the case. Trump took to social media to rip Judge Juan Merchan, without naming him, just before the former president headed back to the courthouse for the second day of his trial. …
Full Story Around the Nation
Local and state headlines regarding campaigns and elections:
- Tampa Bay is no longer a swing region, DeSantis says. Is he right? (Tampa Bay Times)
- 3 political newcomers vie to represent Portland’s west side in Oregon House (The Oregonian/OregonLive)
What We're Reading
Election news we've flagged from other outlets:
- Nebraska steamfitter running for U.S. Senate against GOP incumbent is gaining traction (USA Today)
- “What new words and phrases has the 2024 election created?” (Reuters)
Elsewhere Today
Key stories on The Hill right now:
Supreme Court justices signal wariness of law used for Jan. 6 prosecutions
The scope of a federal obstruction law used against scores of Jan. 6 rioters — and former President Trump — drew scrutiny from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, a signal that the justices may be wary of the Justice Department’s far-reaching prosecution of the Capitol attack. Joseph Fischer, a former police officer accused of storming the Capitol … Read more
Trump lawyer takes aim at prospective jurors’ social media posts: Live updates
Former President Trump is back in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday for the continuation of jury selection in his criminal hush money trial. The process is expected to last a minimum of several days as hundreds of New Yorkers will be whittled down to 12 jurors with six alternates. More than half of the nearly 100 prospective jurors in the … Read more
What People Think
Opinions related to campaigns and elections submitted to The Hill:
- Trumpism is officially the new fourth branch of government
- Abortion or inflation: Which will matter more in 2024?
- The Republican Party’s influence is the story of the century
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