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New from me: Alabama Democrats are mobilizing to keep one of the country’s few Southern, Black Democrats in Congress. U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures is one of several Black Democrats in Congress endangered by redistricting, as Republicans in different states redraw lines and try to shore up their majority in Washington, D.C. Figures is criss crossing his new district, trying to appeal to old supporters and find new ones. “They tried to make this district one that we cannot win,” Figures said Thursday night at a rally in Montgomery, the largest city in District 2.

Interesting turn in north Alabama— after Tommy Tuberville said new people moving to Huntsville are influenced by communism and socialism, a local Republican pushed back. “This is not correct,” Rep. James Lomax said. “I believe the thousands of families who chose Alabama, and specifically Huntsville, are making our state stronger and chose to call our state home for the same reason my own parents did.”