A man who represented Mobile in the Alabama legislature for 42 years has died.James Buskey, a Democrat and native of ...

Evan Milligan helped lead the fight for Black voters in Alabama’s Black Belt. He says 39-year-old Figures' victory could ...

Shomari Figures became just the fourth Black representative from Alabama since Reconstruction with his win on Nov. 5.

Shomari Figures claimed victory Tuesday night, in the race for Alabama’s newly drawn second congressional district.Figures ...

Thousands of residents within the BlackBelt and nationwide went to the polls to take part in the Presidential general ...

Once upon a time in Alabama, the Republican Party was reviled. Today, it dominates the state's political landscape.

In Alabama, voters use paper ballots, which are processed by optical scan machines. These machines read the marked bubbles on ...

On an election night that spiraled downward on several fronts for Democrats, Figures was one of few bright spots, flipping a ...

Shomari Figures will become the first Black person to hold the seat in Alabama after it was created after a Supreme Court ...

Shomari Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in their congress for the first time in the state’s ...

Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Sarah Stewart will be the state’s next chief justice, winning election easily Tuesday ...

With the victory by Shomari Figures, Alabama will most likely have two Black representatives in Congress at the same time for ...