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The 6th and 7th districts are considered by redistricting watch organizations such as Fair Vote and the National Committee for an Effective Congress to be "irregular" or "gerrymandered". [4] After a federal trial court rejected a racial gerrymandering claim regarding state house districts, the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded. [5]
Alabama's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.It is composed of the wealthier portions of Birmingham, nearly all of Jefferson County outside Birmingham, most of Blount County, and the entirety of Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, and Shelby counties. [5]
English: The congressional district (effective from 2025, with the representative elected in the 2024 US House elections), highlighted in red, overlayed with other congressional districts and county boundaries, as well as major cities, major roads, water areas, urban areas, and parks in Alabama, with neighbouring states coloured in gray.
English: The congressional district, highlighted in red, overlayed with other congressional districts and county boundaries, as well as major roads, water areas, urban areas, and parks in Alabama, with neighbouring states coloured in gray and an inset for the Birmingham metropolitan area.
A panel of federal judges approved a new congressional map for Alabama on Thursday after versions drawn by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature were struck down for diluting the power ...
Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division. Redistricting must take place if the number of members changes following a re-apportionment, or may take place at any other time if demographics represented in a district have changed substantially.
A panel of federal judges on Tuesday struck down a new congressional map created by Alabama Republicans that includes only one majority-Black district, defying a Supreme Court order.
Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Before becoming a state, the Alabama Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1818 to 1819. These are tables of congressional delegations from Alabama to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.