SCOTUS clears way for Alabama’s 2023 congressional maps
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On Tuesday night, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Alabama’s redrawn congressional maps originally enacted by the Legislature in 2023, clearing the way for the state to once again use the maps after lower federal courts had previously blocked their implementation.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 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 Chair Scott Stadthagen released the following 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.
“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, 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.
“In Alabama, we take two things very seriously: our college football and our politics.
“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 www.algop.org. The list includes all Republican candidates certified to appear on the ballot in the affected congressional districts on August 11.
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 3.
For more information, please visit www.algop.org or call ALGOP Headquarters at 205-212-5900.