Results for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional district primary runoff election were called shortly before 10 p.m. on April 16, with real estate attorney Caroleene Dobson winning the Republican primary and Shomari Figures, a former top aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland, winning the Democratic primary.
As the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives shrinks with early retirements from Reps Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Democrats are looking to flip Alabama’s 2nd District in November and inch closer to retaking the House after Republicans narrowly won the body in the 2022 midterm elections.
A crowded field of seven Republicans and 11 Democrats in Alabama’s 2nd District Super Tuesday primary election caused no one candidate to receive more than 50 percent of the vote, triggering a runoff for both parties. The April 16 contest pitted the top two performing candidates in each party against each other….
