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AL-07 · AL-02 · Two majority-Black districts under threat after Callais
Breaking · May 2026
SCOTUS approved Alabama's plan to use a previously blocked congressional district map — eliminating a majority-Black district.
This ruling allows the state to use the new map in their primary elections which begin on May 19th. Voters have already begun submitting mail-in ballots.
Last week the state legislature passed a bill allowing the Governor to schedule a special election primary for any districts impacted by this change.
The ruling effectively dismantles the gains won under Allen v. Milligan (2023) — the case that forced Alabama to create a second majority-Black district in the first place.
AP News SCOTUS Approves Alabama Redistricting Plan ↗ Democracy Docket SCOTUS Greenlights 11th-Hour Alabama Redistricting Plan for 2026 ↗ SCOTUSblog Court Clears Way for Alabama to Use Map Blocked as Racially Discriminatory ↗
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 woman and first Black person 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
AL-02 · Critical Risk
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. Now Callais has stripped the legal mechanism that forced the district's creation. Republicans are expected to target it for elimination in 2028.
⚠ Critical — Legal Protection Gone
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 →
What Alabama's Black Districts Have Delivered
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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.
27%
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 millions in legal fees fighting the creation of AL-02. Now that Callais has stripped VRA enforcement, that resistance may have been strategic delay — not defeat.