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Figures, a Democrat, defeated Republican Caroleene Dobson to win the open seat, flipping the district that had been a GOP stronghold until it was redrawn last year. ... The husband-wife legal team ...
Figures is the son of Michael Figures, a civil rights attorney and member of the Alabama Senate, and Vivian Davis Figures, who succeeded her husband in the Alabama Senate after his death. His father was the attorney of Beulah Mae Donald whose son was lynched by members of the United Klans of America .
Shomari Figures, the Black Democrat running in an Alabama congressional district redrawn last year by a court order, has won the seat over Republican Caroleene Dobson, NBC News projects.
Shomari Figures will win the runoff for a seat redrawn under a new map that could result in two Black House members from Alabama serving together for the first time.
In the Republican primary, Brewbaker received around 39.6% of the vote, leading a field of seven candidates, and advanced to a runoff against attorney Caroleene Dobson. [9] Dobson defeated Brewbaker in the runoff. [10]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Caroleene Dobson has won the Republican nomination in a runoff for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The attorney defeated former state legislator Dick Brewbaker and will face the Democratic nominee Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, in November.
Caroleene Dobson wins the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District; UK lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good; Michigan Democrats win special elections to regain full control of state government; Caroleene Dobson wins the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state.