A rare competitive congressional race in Alabama's 2nd district has Democratic hopefuls from Birmingham -- far from the district's boundaries. The U.S. Constitution allows for it.
Two Birmingham lawmakers are eying a run for the Alabama 2nd Congressional district seat in South Alabama. Left - State Senator Merika Coleman; Right - State Rep. Juandalynn GivanA new map for Alabama and the prospect of a rare competitive congressional race are suddenly drawing interest from up north, as two state lawmakers from as far away as Birmingham consider a run in the newly purple district in south Alabama.
“There has not been much in Alabama for this to be strategic for a campaign,” said Matthew Foster, professorial lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C. “We see this. I wouldn’t say it’s all the time, but it’s common.”Interest is mounting since the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s proposed map, ending an emergency request by the state to use their plan for the 2024 election.
Coleman said as a state senator for 20 years that she’s taken on issues of statewide interest. She said her work includes getting racist references removed from the Alabama State Constitution on “poll tax” and “school segregation.”“I’m known statewide on various issues and have traveled around the state to support them,” Coleman said. “I have tentacles all around and family living the Black Belt and into Mobile and Prichard.”Few instances in Alabama history suggest an outsider can win a U.S.
Tom Young, right, Republican candidate for U. S. House of Representatives District 1, arrives at the Abba Temple voting precinct with wife Allen on Tuesday, June 25, 2002, in Mobile, Ala. Young is in a runoff with Jo Bonner. “I know that Coleman and Givan represent a Birmingham district in the state Legislature, but would be unheard of,” Flowers said.At least two recent elections in Alabama suggest that residency questions will not harm a campaign, nor sway voter decisions.
“You might not care that Hillary Clinton just moved to New York, for instance, if your main concern is that Democrats regain control of the Senate,” said Galdieri, a professor at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, referring to Clinton’s run for the U.S. Senate in New York in which she successfully beat back carpetbagging criticism.
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