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Politics
Kyle Gassiott

With new, court-ordered districts, an Alabama U.S. House election moves ahead

People wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., in 2023 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state's 2022 district map diluted Black voters' power. (Kim Chandler/AP)

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A crowded field of candidates for Alabama's newly drawn 2nd Congressional District has narrowed after Tuesday night's primary election.

The district was reshaped to give Black voters more political power, and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

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