Overview
- Rep. Shomari Figures won reelection over Republican Rhett Marques with about 53.8% to 46.2%, a result the Associated Press called on Nov. 4, 2026.
- Marques conceded on election night, leaving Figures to continue representing the 2nd District when the next Congress convenes in January 2027.
- The race was contested under a June 2026 Supreme Court decision that allowed Alabama to revert to a 2023 Republican-drawn map that cut the district’s Black voting-age share from roughly 48% to about 40% and shifted the district’s geography toward Montgomery and southeast Alabama.
- Both parties poured in national resources: Democratic committees transferred funds to protect Figures while a pro-Trump super PAC spent more than $2 million backing Marques, and the contest was rated likely Republican by the Cook Political Report before the vote.
- Figures’s win preserves Democratic representation in a district shaped by Voting Rights Act litigation and leaves ongoing legal and political fights over Alabama’s maps and racial representation unresolved.