State Rep. Napoleon Bracy, Jr. has announced a bid for Alabama’s revamped 2nd Congressional District, kicking off what is expected to be a competitive race for the newly drawn Democratic-leaning district in the Deep South state. State Sen. Kirk Hatcher, a Democrat from Montgomery, told news outlets that he also plans to run.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — State Rep. Napoleon Bracy, Jr. announced a bid for Alabama’s revamped 2nd Congressional District, kicking off what is expected to be a competitive race in the newly drawn Democratic-leaning district in the Deep South state.
Federal judges last month selected new congressional district boundaries in Alabama after ruling the previous map likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act. The three-judge panel said the state, which is 27% Black, should have two districts out of seven where Black voters are the majority, or close to it, so that they have a reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing.
The new map sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and could lead to the election of two Black Congressional representatives to the state’s delegation for the first time. Black residents make up 48.7% of the voting age population in the revamped district that stretches across south Alabama.
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