Alabama will hold special primary elections for four of its seven congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to use a map that had been blocked by the courts. The Supreme Court set aside lower court decisions that had prevented the use of a congressional map drawn by Republicans in 2023.
The decision allows Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts. The state is now racing to adopt a map that would contain only one majority-Black district, a change that would more heavily favor Republicans.
Alabama legislators are hoping to boost the GOP in the upcoming November midterm elections in the wake of a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act. The litigation has now been sent back to a lower court.