The Case, One Day at a Time

The seat Washington is spending big to keep blue

Figures votes with his party; the Wiregrass foots the bill

Democrats Polled Their Own Congressman. He Lost.

We Asked Him to Name the Bill. He Named a Loan Program.

$2.43 From Washington For Every $1 From a Person. Wednesday, He Opens His Books.

His Party Is Going Socialist. Shomari Figures Is Along for the Ride.

While District 2 families watch their power bills climb and their hospital fight for its life, the party that funds Shomari Figures is being taken over — openly, proudly — by socialists. Not a slur. Their word. And in the middle of it stand…

Shomari Figures Represents Everywhere But District 2

While Montgomery fights to keep its safety-net hospital open and Wiregrass families face some of the highest power bills in the South, District 2's congressman spends his weeks in Washington — and votes there like the district that sent him…

Shomari Figures Votes Like He Represents San Francisco. He Represents the Wiregrass.

District 2 is Trump country — the President carried it by 14 points. It is a district of farmers, soldiers, small-business owners, and working families who pay their own power bills and expect their congressman in their corner. Shomari Figu…

Who’s really paying for Shomari Figures?

Washington picked him — the Wiregrass didn’t

He Voted Against Protecting Girls' Sports — and Washington Is Spending to Keep His Seat

A Conservative District — and a Seat Washington Is Fighting to Keep

Past the Deadline, Still No Answer — and a Hearing Tomorrow

Weeks Past the Deadline, Still No Answer — and a Seat Washington Won't Give Up

Mobile’s congressman, asking the Wiregrass to keep him

Past the Deadline, No Answer — and a Seat Washington Won't Give Up

Deadline Day for District 2's Largest Hospital

Figures votes with his party; the Wiregrass foots the bill

Washington Is Already Spending to Hold District 2

Washington Drew the District That Elected Figures — That Map Is Gone

The National Map Just Moved on District 2

Mobile’s congressman, asking the Wiregrass to keep him

District 2 Is the Last Race on Alabama's Board

The seat Washington is spending big to keep blue

Figures votes with his party; the Wiregrass foots the bill

The Runoffs Close Today — and the Spotlight Turns to District 2

After Tuesday, Alabama's Spotlight Turns to District 2

Mobile’s congressman, asking the Wiregrass to keep him

National Democrats Pledge Major Support to Save Their D.C. Favorite

The seat Washington is spending big to keep blue

One goal, plainly stated: send Shomari Figures home to Mobile and take District 2 back to common-sense Alabama values. With the 2023 map restored, that is no longer a long shot — it is the likely result of a race run right. TakeBack D2 back…

Figures votes with his party; the Wiregrass foots the bill

One goal, plainly stated: send Shomari Figures home to Mobile and take District 2 back to common-sense Alabama values. With the 2023 map restored, that is no longer a long shot — it is the likely result of a race run right. TakeBack D2 back…

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

One goal, plainly stated: send Shomari Figures home to Mobile and take District 2 back to common-sense Alabama values. With the 2023 map restored, that is no longer a long shot — it is the likely result of a race run right. TakeBack D2 back…

Monday, June 8 — And who is financing that campaign?

Monday, June 8, 2026  •  take2back.com  •  64 days to the August 11 special primary  •  148 days to the November 3 general take2back.com Read the case. Sign up. Send Figures home. One goal, plainly stated: send Shomari Figures home to Mobil…

Sunday, June 7, 2026

One goal, plainly stated: send Shomari Figures home to Mobile and take District 2 back to common-sense Alabama values. With the 2023 map restored by the Supreme Court on June 2, that is no longer a long shot — it is the likely result of a r…

Saturday, June 6 — Washington is paying to keep this seat blue

Washington is paying to keep this seat blue. Shomari Figures is running for a Wiregrass district he barely knows, more than 200 miles from his Mobile home, and the bill is being footed by his national party in D.C. The goal is simple: send …

Friday, June 5 — Figures is running for the district he lost

Figures is running for the district he lost. Shomari Figures moved home to Mobile to run for District 2 — and the restored map just took Mobile out of it. The goal is simple: send him home and take the district back to common-sense Alabama …

Thursday, June 4 — The goal is simple: send Shomari Figures home in November

The goal is simple: send Shomari Figures home in November. Take District 2 back to common-sense Alabama values. With the 2023 map restored, that is no longer a long shot — it is the likely result of a race run right. Take Back District 2 ba…

Wednesday, June 3 — The map question is settled for 2026

The map question is settled for 2026. On Tuesday evening, June 2, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use its 2023 legislature-drawn congressional map. Under that map, the Second District sheds Mobile and its Black voting-age populati…

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Monday, June 1, 2026

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Restore real representation to Alabama's 2nd District AL-02 Brief Sunday, May 31, 2026 72 days to the August 11 special primary • 156 days to Election Day

Saturday, May 30, 2026

District 2's entire future is sitting at the United States Supreme Court, and the justices could rule as soon as Monday. Whether the August 11 special primary is a real chance to win this seat back, or another election locked inside court-d…

Friday, May 29 — Three days until Justice Clarence Thomas's plaintiff-response deadline at 4 p.m

Three days until Justice Clarence Thomas's plaintiff-response deadline at 4 p.m. Monday. Twelve days into the closure of the Tuskegee dialysis center. Seventy-two days since the congressman's office last said a word about that closure. The …

Thursday, May 28 — Alabama’s emergency appeal landed with U.S

The August calendar in District 2 now sits on the desk of one man. Alabama’s emergency appeal landed with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the Circuit Justice for the Eleventh Circuit — and on Wednesday he declined to hand the st…

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

The work to take back District 2 from Shomari Figures does not depend on which lines the map ends up drawn between. It depends on the record — the dialysis center that has been closed for 10 days without a word from the office that represen…

Tuesday, May 26 — 9 days of an empty dialysis center in Tuskegee

The holiday is over. The Memorial Day weekend that the office of the District 2 congressman spent in silence has ended. Today is the day the news cycle picks back up — and the day the people who live in this district begin counting what doe…

Monday, May 25 — The Tuskegee dialysis center has now been closed for eight days

78 days to the August 11 special primary • 162 days to Election Day Memorial Day. The day this country sets aside to honor the people who answered their country's call. The Tuskegee dialysis center has now been closed for eight days. Sixty-…

Sunday, May 24 — Seven days a chair sat empty in Macon County

79 days to the August 11 special primary • 163 days to Election Day One full week. That is how long it has been since the Tuskegee dialysis center shut its doors. Seven days a chair sat empty in Macon County. Seven days roughly fifty patien…

Saturday, May 23 — The qualifying window closed last night at 5:00 PM Central

The qualifying window closed last night at 5:00 PM Central. The Republican field for District 2 is set, and it is bigger than it looked yesterday morning. Six Republicans are on the August 11 ballot: Hampton Harris, Christian Horn, Rhett Ma…

Friday, May 22 — By sundown the Republican field is locked

81 days to the August 11 special primary • 165 days to Election Day Today at 5:00 PM Central, qualifying for the August 11 special primary closes. By sundown the Republican field is locked. The Alabama Republican Party's special-primary lis…

Thursday, May 21 — Hampton Harris filed when this district was still the long road

82 days to the August 11 special primary • 166 days to Election Day Qualifying for the August 11 special primary closes tomorrow at 5:00 PM Central. Republican voters in District 2 will know who is on their ballot at sundown Friday. Hampton…

Tuesday, May 19 — Alabama Republicans choose the candidate who runs against the Court‑Appointed Incumbent in November

Election Day. Alabama Republicans choose the candidate who runs against the Court‑Appointed Incumbent in November. Hampton Harris is unopposed in the regular‑cycle Republican primary; he becomes the nominee tonight. Tomorrow the qualifying …

Monday, May 18 — The Court-Appointed Incumbent did not show up

Yesterday the dialysis center closed. The Court-Appointed Incumbent did not show up. As of this morning he still has not. The deadline he negotiated in March arrived; no successor operator has been named; no federal answer has been produced…

Sunday, May 17 — The only dialysis center in Macon County shuts its doors for good

Today is closure day. The only dialysis center in Macon County shuts its doors for good. Sixty days ago, the Court-Appointed Incumbent issued his last public word on this closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: n…

Saturday, May 16 — Tomorrow, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes for good

Tomorrow, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes for good. Fifty-nine days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No new …

Friday, May 15 — Two days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes

Two days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes. Fifty-eight days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No n…

Thursday, May 14 — Three days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes

Three days from today, the only dialysis center in Macon County closes. Fifty-seven days ago, Shomari Figures issued his last public word on that closure — from his Washington office, by press release. Since then: nothing. No site visit. No…

Wednesday, May 13 — The Republican field is fighting itself

Two days after the Supreme Court erased the courtroom that made him, Shomari Figures is no longer the only candidate in District 2 with an opponent problem. The Republican field is fighting itself. Last night at 9:58 PM, Joshua McKee announ…

Tuesday, May 12 — Four days later — yesterday afternoon — the Supreme Court lifted it

On Thursday, Shomari Figures stood in front of a hundred people in Montgomery and told them the United States Supreme Court would not lift the injunction on Alabama's congressional map before 2030. Four days later — yesterday afternoon — th…

Monday, May 11 — Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-four days

Six days from today the only kidney dialysis center in Macon County closes its doors. Fifty people in District 2 lose the place they go to stay alive three times a week. Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-four days. Last …

Sunday, May 10 — Shomari Figures has not said a word about it in fifty-three days

This week the Congressman who represents District 2 came to Montgomery for a town hall about redistricting. He stood on a stage in the heart of the district he was elected to serve and used the platform to talk about his seat. Seven days fr…

Saturday, May 9 — This was the week the redistricting fight stopped being theoretical

This was the week the redistricting fight stopped being theoretical. The Legislature passed and Governor Ivey signed the contingency framework. Attorney General Marshall took the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday afternoon. By …

Friday, May 8 — The Alabama Legislature passed both redistricting bills Wednesday

The Alabama Legislature passed both redistricting bills Wednesday. The Tuskegee dialysis center closes in nine days. The May 19 statewide primary is eleven days away.

Thursday, May 7 — The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in TEN DAYS

The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in TEN DAYS. Fifty patients in Macon County will lose their only in-county source of life-sustaining treatment on Saturday, May 17. There is no announced replacement provider. There is no announced ext…

Wednesday, May 6 — The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in eleven days

The dialysis center in Tuskegee closes in eleven days. Fifty patients in Macon County will lose their only in-county source of life-sustaining treatment. The two-week delay Congressman Figures secured in mid-April ends Saturday, May 17. The…

Tuesday, May 5 — The 2023 congressional map is part of the same legal frame

The Alabama Legislature is in Day 2 of a special session at the State Capitol on redistricting. The Attorney General filed an emergency motion at the Eleventh Circuit yesterday afternoon asking the court to vacate the injunctions blocking t…

Monday, May 4 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 13 days out (May 17), no replacement provider announced

Alabama Legislature special session opens at the Capitol today at 4:00 PM CT — directly aimed at AL-02 boundary lines and special primary procedures. Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 13 days out (May 17), no replacement provider announce…

Sunday, May 3 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure 14 days out (May 17)

Ivey calls Alabama Legislature special session opening Monday May 4 at 4:00 PM CT on a redistricting contingency map and special primary procedures — directly affecting AL-02. AG Marshall filed emergency motions Thursday in three federal ca…

Saturday, May 2 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is 15 days out

Governor Ivey called the Alabama Legislature into special session for Monday May 4 at 4:00 p.m. to draw a contingency congressional map after this week's Supreme Court ruling weakening the Voting Rights Act. The lines that define Alabama's …

Friday, May 1 — Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is now 16 days away

Tuskegee Fresenius dialysis closure is now 16 days away. Yesterday Rep. Figures introduced the Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act with Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-06), the second bipartisan rollout this week. The Iran-energy news cycle con…