AL-02

Alabama's 2nd congressional district sits in the south-central and south-western part of the state, stretching from Montgomery through the Black Belt counties to the Gulf Coast around Mobile. Under the maps ordered after the Supreme Court's 2023 Allen v. Milligan ruling, the district was redrawn to give Black voters an opportunity seat; Representative Shomari Figures (D, Mobile) won it in 2024 on those lines. It is the epicentre of the post-Callais redistricting fight that has remade the 2026 cycle.

The sequence that produced the 11 August re-do began when the Supreme Court decided Louisiana v. Callais in early 2026, overturning the doctrine that had required majority-Black districts. Alabama's state supreme court vacated the lower-court injunction on 12 May 2026, allowing a redrawn map that eliminates the majority-Black seat to take effect. Four congressional primaries held on 19 May were declared legally void. Governor Kay Ivey scheduled a special primary re-do for 11 August under the redrawn lines. The US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 shadow-docket stay on 2 June, confirming the redrawn map would govern the re-do.

In the Democratic runoff held on 16 June, attorney Everett Wess took 72% to advance as the nominee under the contested district lines. The seat Cook rates Likely Republican; under the redrawn map it is a heavily Republican district and Figures loses his seat regardless of the court outcome. AL-02 is the sharpest live test of how FAR Callais reshapes the House's racial geography.