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

Wall of Shame — Today: Regions Financial

Today on the Wall of Shame: the Regions Financial Corp. PAC (Birmingham) has put $10,000 into Rep. Shomari Figures' campaign account — Alabama's largest bank, and the biggest single corporate check Figures has taken. The Wall of Shame exists for one reason — so that total stops growing. https://take2back.com/wall-of-shame.html

This Independence Week, a District That Doesn't Vote the Way It's Represented

As the country marks its 250th Fourth of July, Alabama's Second District is a conservative, commonsense place — lines Donald Trump carried by 14 points in 2024 — still represented in Congress by a Democrat who lines up with the national party's agenda rather than the district's. That gap between how District 2 votes at home and how it is represented in Washington is the whole reason this seat is worth taking back on November 3. Independence week is a good time to remember the district's values are not the ones its current congressman carries to the House floor.

A Seat Washington Is Fighting to Keep

National Democrats are not spending to defend District 2 because they think it is safe. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has placed the incumbent on its Frontline list — the program it reserves for its most endangered members — and switched on the national money that comes with it. The most recent filing showed roughly $321,000 in cash on hand, with the next quarterly report due July 15. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved this seat from "Solid Republican" to "Likely Republican." Parties spend to defend the seats they are worried about losing, and this money is being wired in from Washington, not raised at home.

The District's Largest Hospital, Still Unresolved

Jackson Hospital — a 344-bed facility and the closest hospital to downtown Montgomery, the district's biggest population center — confirmed this week that it will not close on July 1 as it had warned, with its board extending the deadline while it and Blue Cross keep negotiating. There is still no final agreement and no long-term plan made public; the next court marker is a set of status hearings on July 27. A community-hospital crisis in the district's largest city, months in the making and still unresolved, is exactly the kind of local stake that District 2 representation is supposed to answer for — a reminder that who holds this seat matters to the River Region every day, not just on Election Day.

Winner-Take-All — No Runoff on August 11

The August 11 Republican special primary is true winner-take-all: the top vote-getter carries the standard into November, with no runoff and no second chance. In a low-turnout summer special, that outcome turns on who shows up, not on persuasion — and turnout is being decided right now, 41 days out, while most voters are not yet paying attention. Follow TakeBack District 2 on X at @take2back for the money, the record, and what's at stake — and send it to neighbors in District 2 who should be watching.

Bottom Line

A Republican-leaning district is represented by a Democrat his own national party is spending to protect; the district's largest hospital is still fighting for its future; and most voters are not yet tuned in. That gap is the opening. The next hard signals are the July 15 fundraising filing and the July 27 hospital hearing; the decision is August 11. The time to engage is now — before the outside money sets the terms.