Alabama, since 1992, has only had one majority Black congressional district since Reconstruction and only three Black members of Congress have been elected from the state, all from Alabama’s 7th ...

Alabama's 7th Congressional District is currently the state's only U.S.-level seat held by a Democrat. In a 5-4 ruling, the United States Supreme Court ordered the state to redraw its ...

The map, dubbed the “Community of Interest” map, has one majority Black voting age population at 51.55% in the 7th congressional district, taking in Birmingham and most of the western Black ...

The new map largely maintains Sewell’s 7th District. It creates the second “opportunity district” for Black voters by transforming the state’s 2nd District into one that runs across the state.

Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat, is the only Black member of Congress from Alabama. She represents the 7th District, where 51.9% of the voting-age population is Black under the new plan.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama officials are reacting to the news Tuesday of a three-judge federal panel striking down the state’s new congressional district map. The panel said lawmakers ...

The 7th District would have a 51.9 percent Black voting age population, while the new 2nd District would stretch in a band across the state and have a 48.7 percent Black voting-age population.

Alabama must redraw its map to include a second district where Blacks residents make up the majority of the population. The GOP, who hold a majority in the Alabama Legislature, will release their ...

But that’s not what’s happening at the state Capitol. In a special session on Monday, the GOP-led Legislature recommended a new map that maintains only one majority-Black district, the 7th ...

The lower court had found that Alabama’s district map was racially discriminatory towards black voters by ... A large proportion of this area is now incorporated into the 7th Congressional District.

The map, dubbed the “Community of Interest” map, has one majority Black voting age population at 51.55% in the 7th congressional district, taking in Birmingham and most of the western Black ...