Shomari Figures, who faces Republican Caroleene Dobson in the Alabama's District 2 congressional race, speaks Thursday night at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2024, 6:21 p.m.Alabama congressional candidate Shomari Figures said he will not forget that his chance to stand on the national political stage Thursday night happened because of the work of the civil rights pioneers from what is now the state’s new 2nd District.the chance to speak to at the Democratic National Convention
“So when we take that stage, I will certainly be taking it with all 13 counties that are in this district. And I will certainly be standing on the shoulders of the giants that helped create the greatest movement and the greatest social movement that the world has ever seen. That ultimately is the reason we got this district in the first place.”
A federal court redrew District 2 after ruling that Alabama’s previous congressional map most likely violated the Voting Rights Act because it packed too many Black voters into one majority Black district, District 7. The new District 2 takes in all or part of 13 counties from Phenix City to Mobile. It’s about 50% Black, giving Democrats a chance to flip the seat and add a second Democrat to the state’s seven-member U.S. House delegation.
“Having a Black Greek woman at the top of the ticket resonates here where we have an enormous Black Greek population in the state of Alabama,” Figures said. “I think having a woman in general at the top of the ticket helps immensely in this district and across the country.” Figures said he is still working on his speech for Thursday night. He said he intends to focus on issues that are important in the district.
His father, Michael Figures, served 18 years in the same Alabama Senate senate before his death in 1996, when Shomari Figures was 11.
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