Ivey Sets Aug. 11 Primaries in 4 Alabama Districts After Supreme Court Voids 2023 Map Order
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Updated · Fox News · May 12
Ivey Sets Aug. 11 Primaries in 4 Alabama Districts After Supreme Court Voids 2023 Map Order
8 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 12
August 11 primaries will be held in Alabama’s 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th congressional districts after Gov. Kay Ivey ordered special elections following the Supreme Court’s late-Monday rollback of a 2023 redistricting order.
The justices sent the case back to a federal court in Birmingham after a recent Louisiana ruling against race-weighted mapmaking, giving Alabama room to revive the GOP-backed 2023 Livingston map.
That overturned order had created a second Black-population-conscious district — the 2nd — which flipped Democratic in 2024; Alabama’s delegation is now 5-2 Republican after years at 6-1.
Republican leaders cast the decision as a chance to end court-imposed race-based redistricting, while Democrats and protesters denounced the legislature’s push, which triggered chaotic scenes in Montgomery last week.
Attorney General Steve Marshall said the ruling could let lawmakers pursue an even more favorable map, signaling Alabama may become a test case for broader challenges to race-conscious congressional districting.
With race-conscious districting now limited, what new legal tools can protect minority voting power?
How will the Supreme Court's new voting rights standard reshape community representation across America?
Can maps drawn without considering race still ensure fair representation for all communities?