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

Wall of Shame — Today: Alfa

Today on the Wall of Shame: the Alabama Farmers Federation PAC — Alfa (Montgomery) has put $5,000 into Rep. Shomari Figures' campaign account. Alabama farm-country money, funding the congressman who then voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the ag and tax provisions Alabama farmers stood to gain from. The Wall of Shame exists for one reason — so that total stops growing. https://take2back.com/wall-of-shame.html

A Seat Worth Fighting For, on the Weekend the Country Turns 250

This weekend District 2 marks America's 250th birthday. Under the fireworks is a plain question: who actually represents this district's interests in Washington, and whose agenda do they carry? District 2 backed Donald Trump by 14 points in 2024. Its congressman lines up with the national Democratic program instead. That gap is the whole race.

Out of Step With Alabama on Girls' Sports

This week the Supreme Court upheld state laws protecting girls' and women's sports for biological females — a case Alabama's attorney general helped lead. Alabama's leaders marked the win: the attorney general said "Alabama led the way," and both of the state's U.S. senators called it a victory for common sense. District 2's congressman said nothing. It fits his record — when the House passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Shomari Figures voted no, with his national party. On the questions Alabama's leaders lead on, the district's own representative keeps lining up with Washington instead.

"Tax Relief" That Skips Most of the District

The incumbent introduced the Affordable Youth Enrichment Opportunities Act on June 24, marketed as tax relief so working families can afford youth sports, arts, and tutoring. Read the fine print: the deduction is available only to families who itemize their taxes and who earn between roughly $100,000 and $200,000 a year. In one of the lowest-income districts in the country, most families take the standard deduction and never reach that income floor — so the families the bill is named for get nothing from it. It is a Washington-designed benefit aimed at the upper-middle, sold back home as help for the working class. The bills that make the headlines rarely reach the kitchen table.

A Seat Washington Is Spending to Keep

National Democrats are not protecting District 2 because they think it is safe. The DCCC keeps the incumbent on its Frontline list — the program it reserves for its most endangered members — with the national money that comes attached. The Cook Political Report rates the seat "likely Republican," an acknowledgment the incumbent has an opening only with that national help. The next hard signal is the July 15 FEC filing, now twelve days out, which will show how much outside money is already flowing in.

Winner-Take-All, August 11

The Republican special primary is winner-take-all: the top vote-getter carries the standard into November against the incumbent, with no runoff. In a low-turnout August special the outcome turns on who shows up, not on persuasion — and turnout is being decided now, about 39 days out, while most voters are still at the lake and not yet paying attention. The Republican field is still consolidating ahead of the vote.

Bottom Line

On the weekend the country turns 250, District 2's representation question is squarely on the table: a Trump+14 seat held with national Democratic money, a congressman who voted against the federal bill to protect girls' sports and had nothing to say when the Court upheld it, and a "tax relief" bill that skips the very families it is named for. The next hard signal is the July 15 FEC filing; the decision is August 11. The opening is real — the time to engage is before the outside money sets the terms.