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Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Neil Berg, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chi
A court showdown will unfold Friday to determine the fate of Alabama’s congressional map for the midterms. Alabama Republicans want to restore a map that would remove the state’s second
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Alabama Republicans plow forward after key Supreme Court win leads gov to call snap primaries
The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to revisit its congressional map, overturning a 2023 ruling that created a second Black-population-conscious district.
The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.
The Supreme Court set aside lower court decisions that had blocked the state from using a congressional map drawn by Republicans in 2023 that contained one majority-Black district.
The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway.
Voters will head back to the polls for a pair of high-stakes Senate runoffs after neither party produced a nominee outright in Tuesday’s primaries. The Republican primary is headed to a runoff, with U.