We talked to political experts about how new congressional districts could be drawn in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision.
On the current map, District 7, represented by Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, is about 55% Black.
Jess Brown, former political science professor at Athens State University and a longtime observer of Alabama politics, said he expects the Legislature to add Black voters to District 2 to try to satisfy the court’s mandate for a second district where Blacks have an opportunity to elect their chosen candidate.
“If the minority population gets to 40%, that district starts to be competitive. It’s not a D district, it’s not an R district, it starts to look purple to me when you reach 40%. And at about 45% minority voters, I think a district would have be viewed as competitive and perhaps even leaning Democratic.”
But Gray said Democrats could still face an uphill battle against the incumbent Moore, partly because he said they have not been effective at raising money in recent Alabama elections. Sewell, who applauded the court ruling, said Thursday she expects District 7 to change but also expects to continue to represent it. A native of Selma who lives in Birmingham, Sewell said she recognizes that some areas of the Black Belt in her district might move to another.
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