Alabama’s most watched election battle rests with voters in this one county, Figures says

Source Scout · AL.com reports: Shomari Figures has less than 30 days to sway voters in a redrawn congressional district that no longer includes his hometown, reaches deeper into Republican territory and would have favored Donald Trump by 14 points in 2024. His message to Alabama Democrats Saturday was that the race can still be won if they turn out voters in the district’s majority Black counties -- especially Montgomery. “We have to make it happen,” Figures told members of the Alabama Democratic Conference at their convention meeting in Montgomery. Figures, a Mobile Democrat elected to Congress in 2024, is seeking a second term against Republican state Rep.

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