Hampton Harris joins the Brandon and Christopher Show Podcast

Hampton Harris is the Republican nominee for Congressional District 2. He recently spoke with Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks about his campaign. He has no opponent in the May 19 Republican Primary.

Harris is a graduate of Auburn University Montgomery. He has a law degree from Samford's Cumberland School of Law. He is an attorney and a real estate broker. Harris talked about his campaign, the 2024 campaign where he lost the Republican primary to Caroleene Dobson, the national debt, defense, and other issues. He lives in Lowndesboro with his wife - a U.S. Army Captain and a JAG officer.

CD2 - as drawn by the federal courts - is 48% Black and is represented by Congressman Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).

UPDATED: May 12, 2025 - Governor Kay Ivey (R) has called a new primary based on the 2023 map that the Legislature drew. That map had been suppressed by a three-judge appellate panel in Atlanta. On Monday the Supreme Court lifted that lower court's injunction preventing the state from adopting its own map. Under the new map, Congressman Figures and Mobile fall into Congressional District 1. Montgomery stays in CD2, the Wiregrass is made whole again in CD2, Montgomery's northern suburbs in Elmore and Autauga Counties also go back to CD2. This makes CD2 just 28% Black and much more winnable for Republicans. The new primary will be on August 11 and qualifying for that primary will be May 20-22.

Harris told the Gazette that he will qualify for the new version of CD2. State Representative Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) is a May 19 candidate for CD1 (the southern half of the Wiregrass, Escambia County, Baldwin County, and the southern half of Mobile County). His campaign confirmed to the Gazette that he will be running for CD2 in the August 11 primary as he and all of Coffee County were redistricted to the second congressional district in the map that the state has adopted.

The below interview occurred well before the Louisiana v. Callais decision or the Supreme Court's revisiting of the Allen v. Milligan decision impacting the state of Alabama and the Legislature's special session where they opted to revert to the 2023 map. We have updated this story for our viewers to not be confused by the rapidly changing events. We hope to have a new interview up with Harris soon.

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