The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) denied an emergency stay request from the State of Alabama on Tuesday over an August ruling by a panel of three federal judges barring Alabama from using a congressional map it passed in a special session in July in the upcoming 2024 election.
Effectively, the decision by SCOTUS means one of the three congressional redistricting proposals submitted by a court-appointed special master on Monday to the court will be used in the 2024 election.
Wow. It appears that we will have a new Congressional map in time for the 2024 elections. #alpolitics #Milligan #Caster #redistricting #VRA pic.twitter.com/8dR1BZWWu7
— Chris England (@RepEngland70) September 26, 2023
Each map would place Coffee County, which is currently represented by second congressional district U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), into the first congressional district, potentially pitting Moore against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile).
View all three maps here.
Under all three proposals, Democrat candidates would be favorites in both congressional districts 2 and 7. The second congressional district features a black voting-age population of 48.5% to 50.1% in all three plans. The seventh congressional district features a black voting-age population of 51.9% to 52.8% in all three plans.
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