The Alabama Legislature had a five-day special session starting on July 17th. The purpose of the special session was to redraw Alabama's congressional district map.
In June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's current map violated the Voting Rights Act.
On July 21st the legislature passed the new Alabama congressional district map (pictured above). After speaking and hearing from many community leaders and the public throughout this process and reviewing over 100 purposed maps, this was the map that was approved by both the House and the Senate. This map would be effective January 2025. I look forward to continuing to work with Congressman Mike Rogers in Congressional District 3 which contains Senate District 12th. There could be lawsuits filed over the approved map. The map must now be approved by the court who could potentially reject it and draw their own. There has been and will continue to be much political spin and accusations by some media sources and others. The process was followed and this was the result. No one got exactly what they wanted. Every member of the legislature had the opportunity to speak to and share what they wanted. The process has involved many hours by many people. I would like to thank everyone involved that took the time to share their thoughts and suggestions.
