Alabama Republican Party says that SCOTUS has cleared the way for Alabama's 2023 Congressional Maps

June 3, 2026 - HOOVER, Ala. - On Tuesday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Alabama's redrawn congressional maps originally enacted by the Legislature in 2023, clearing the way for the state to once again use the maps after lower federal courts had previously blocked their implementation.

The Alabama Republican Party said that the decision marks a significant victory for Alabama Republicans who have long argued that the Legislature's maps were lawfully enacted and that Alabama voters, not unelected federal judges, should determine how the state is represented in Congress.

Following the Court's emergency order allowing Alabama to move forward under the 2023 congressional maps, Alabama Republican Party Chairman state Rep. Scott Stadthagen (Hartselle) released a statement on Wednesday:

"With its ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has righted a judicial wrong, yanked power away from unaccountable federal judges, and placed it once again firmly in the hands of Alabamians, where it belonged all along," said Stadthagen. "Because federal judges forced the use of maps that are now officially stamped as unconstitutional, conservative Alabamians in the Second Congressional District have been represented for two years by an ultra-liberal congressman whose views and votes are diametrically opposed to their own (Shomari Figures), and that is an injustice when viewed through any prism."

"The Alabama Republican Party looks forward to reclaiming the congressional seat that was wrongly taken away, and we will send President Trump an ally, not an opponent, to Washington once ballots are counted in November," said Stadthagen.

Chairman Stadthagen made it clear that the Alabama Republican Party is not coming just after Figures, but also against Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma).

"In Alabama, we take two things very seriously: our college football and our politics," said Stadthagen. "Alabamians aren't satisfied if our football teams have a 6-and-1 record, and Alabama Republicans certainly aren't satisfied with a 6-and-1 congressional map. We want a perfect 7-and-0 map, and I am confident that the Republican supermajority in the Legislature will work toward that goal."

A complete list of candidates who successfully qualified for the Special Congressional Primary Elections is available at http://www.algop.org. The list includes all Republican candidates certified to appear on the ballot in the affected congressional districts on August 11th. This list differs significantly from the one that was put out by the Alabama Republican Party on Tuesday. To avoid confusion the Alabama Gazette has pulled that list from our website.

The special election will take place on August 11.

The Republican Special Election Candidates are in:

U.S. Congress Congressional District 1

Lucas Burger

Jerry Carl

John Mills

Austin Sidwell

U.S. Congress Congressional District 2

Hampton Harris

Christian Horn

Rhett Marques

David Matthews

Joshua McKee

James Richardson

U.S. Congress Congressional District 6

Case Dixon

Gary Palmer (the incumbent)

U.S. Congress Congressional District 7

Ammie Akin

David Perry

Alabama State Senate District 25 Will Barfoot

Under HB1, there will be no runoff election for these races, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in each district will advance to the General Election on November 3rd.

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