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AL-07 · AL-02 · Supreme Court clears Alabama to erase a majority-Black seat for 2026
Reversed · June 2
Supreme Court · Alabama
Supreme Court lets Alabama use a map that erases a majority-Black seat.

On June 2, a 6-3 Supreme Court granted Alabama's emergency request to use its 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election — the map that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black districts. The unsigned order overrides a May 26 three-judge panel that had ruled, for a second time, that the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters in violation of the 14th Amendment. Rep. Shomari Figures (AL-02) is now likely to lose his seat; Rep. Terri Sewell's AL-07 remains for 2026. In dissent, Justice Sotomayor said the majority forced a “chaotic election … under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.”

source: nbc news →
Strategic Intelligence Available Alabama is tracked in our redistricting intelligence database — district-level vulnerabilities, dummymander opportunities, and strategic action.
Districts at Risk
AL-07 · At Risk
Alabama's 7th Congressional District
Rep. Terri Sewell · D · Since 2011
Alabama's historic majority-Black district, anchored in the Black Belt and covering Selma, parts of Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa. Rep. Sewell — now in her 8th term — is the first Black woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Her district covers some of the most historically significant civil rights geography in the country, and is a direct target for collapse into surrounding Republican territory.
⚠ Active Target
Census + Context ACS 2023
Black share 51.1% AL 25.1% · U.S. 11.7% · 4.3× national
Unemployment 6.0% Highest in AL · 30% above national
Median home value $183,200 51% of U.S. median · $177,400 gap
SNAP households 18.4% U.S. 11.8% · child poverty ~25%
Organizing anchors Selma Birmingham Tuscaloosa Brown Chapel AME Stillman · Miles · UAB
AL-02 · Eliminated for 2026
Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
Rep. Shomari Figures · D · Since 2025 · Mobile
This district exists only because the Supreme Court ruled in Allen v. Milligan (2023) that Alabama's maps diluted Black voting power. Rep. Figures — the first Black congressman from south Alabama — won the seat in November 2024 in a historic flip, making Alabama the first state with two simultaneous Black House members. After Callais stripped the legal mechanism that forced its creation, the Supreme Court on June 2, 2026 (6-3) let Alabama use the 2023 map for 2026 — eliminating AL-02. Rep. Figures is now likely to lose the seat.
⚠ Eliminated — Supreme Court Cleared the Map
Census + Context ACS 2023
Black share 49.6% Just shy of majority · explicit redraw target
Median household income $54,977 $26,627 below U.S. · 67¢ on the dollar
Child poverty 28.7% U.S. 15.2% · AL 20.0% · nearly 1 in 3
Manufacturing share 13.2% 40% above national · wage base at risk
Organizing anchors Montgomery Mobile Selma Wiregrass Alabama State · Tuskegee
Recent Coverage
Alabama Reporter · Nov 2024
Shomari Figures wins AL-02, making history as Alabama's second Black congressman →
SCOTUSblog · Apr 2026
After Callais: the VRA victory in Allen v. Milligan may be impossible to enforce going forward →
Democracy Docket · May 2026
Alabama's two Black districts face existential threat as VRA Section 2 loses its teeth →
The Birmingham Times · 2026
Sewell, Figures, and the Black Belt church network organize against the SCOTUS emergency motion →
What Alabama's Black Districts Have Delivered
2
Majority-Black Districts — For the First Time Ever
Alabama resisted for years. It took a Supreme Court order in Allen v. Milligan to force a second Black-majority seat. Both are now under threat before the ink is dry.
~26%
of Alabama Is Black
Two majority-Black districts out of seven congressional seats still underrepresents Alabama's Black population — but Republicans are now openly targeting both for elimination in 2028.
3 yrs
Alabama Defied Court Orders After Allen v. Milligan
Alabama spent years and $5.25 million in court-awarded plaintiff fees ($3M Milligan + $2.25M Caster) fighting the creation of AL-02. Now that Callais has stripped VRA enforcement, that resistance may have been strategic delay — not defeat.
By the Numbers · AL-07

By The Numbers.

Two census measures that tell the story of why AL-07 was drawn, why it is targeted under Callais, and what is at stake when Alabama's only majority-Black congressional seat is broken.

Black Population

More than half of AL-07 residents are Black — 51.1% — making this the cornerstone Black congressional district in Alabama and the geographic heart of the Voting Rights movement.

The 51.1% Black share is more than four times the national rate and roughly double Alabama's statewide share — a demographic foundation built precinct by precinct after the 1965 Voting Rights Act, now newly vulnerable post-Callais.

AL-07
51.1%
Alabama
25.1%
U.S.
11.7%
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates
Black Voting-Age Population

Black voters make up nearly half of AL-07's voting-age electorate — ~48% — meaning the people who actually choose this seat are overwhelmingly Black, and the lines exist because that voice has to be represented.

The BVAP gap between district, state, and nation is the operational case for the seat. Dismantling AL-07 does not change who lives here. It only denies them the chance to elect a representative they recognize — which is precisely what Callais was designed to allow.

AL-07
~48%
Alabama
~24%
U.S.
~12%
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates · BVAP
Sources & Methodology

Population, voting-age population (VAP), and Black voting-age population (BVAP): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Partisan lean (PVI) and race ratings: Cook Political Report, with district-level updates following the 2026 redraw cycle. Voter registration and file data: Alabama Secretary of State public records, supplemented by commercial voter files from Catalist, L2, and TargetSmart. Polling and electoral analysis: Blue Rose Research, Equis Research, Pew Research Center, and Sabato's Crystal Ball (UVA Center for Politics). Map status, redistricting timeline, and litigation: Alabama state legislative records, federal court filings, and published positions from NAACP Legal Defense Fund and ACLU of Alabama. Field intelligence: relayed from named partner organizations through coalition coordination; reflects current operating conditions rather than peer-reviewed analysis.