Overview
- Voters are casting ballots Tuesday in special primaries for U.S. House Districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 and for State Senate Districts 25 and 26 with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time.
- The contests follow a U.S. Supreme Court decision and an 11th Circuit ruling that allowed Alabama to revert to its 2021 congressional and state Senate maps, prompting Governor Kay Ivey to void or postpone May primary results and order the special elections.
- The reinstated congressional map eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts and drops Black share in the new 2nd District from about 50% to roughly 40%, an AP retroactive projection says would have flipped the 2024 presidential result in that district to President Trump.
- Candidate dynamics were reshaped: Democratic Reps. Shomari Figures and Terri Sewell face no primary opposition, six Republicans are competing for the 2nd District GOP nomination including Trump‑endorsed Rhett Marques, and SD-25 and SD-26 produced single major‑party qualifiers who advance to November.
- Election watchers will track turnout and county reporting because Alabama has little in-person early voting, absentee practices vary, and initial results will be unofficial as precincts upload totals with consequences for November competitiveness and Voting Rights debates.