Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration White House official, won the Democratic nomination in Alabama’s 2nd District on Tuesday in a runoff election.
Figures, who more recently worked for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had 58 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the race at 9:47 p.m.
He defeated Anthony Daniels, the state House minority leader, who claimed the second spot in the runoff in a primary last month. Figures won 43.5 percent of the vote last month in the 11-way primary, while Daniels took 22.4 percent.
