Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
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2025
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Court orders a remedial map for Montgomery-area state Senate districts
On November 17, 2025 the district court ordered the Alabama Secretary of State "to administer Alabama's 2026 and 2030 state Senate elections, as well as any special and other elections for the state Senate that occur before the Legislature passes a districting plan based on the 2030 census," under Remedial Plan 3, which alters only Districts 25 and 26 in the Montgomery area.
Source last checked Oct 22, 2026
2023
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Three-judge court orders Alabama to use the special master's "Remedial Plan 3" for its congressional elections
On October 5, 2023, after the Special Master filed a report recommending three remedial plans on September 25 and the court held a hearing on October 3, the three-judge court in Milligan v. Allen ordered the Secretary of State to administer Alabama's upcoming congressional elections using the plan the Special Master recommended, called "Remedial Plan 3." The court explained that it was acting because the 2023 Plan did not remedy the Voting Rights Act violation it had found, which the Supreme Court had affirmed in Allen v. Milligan.
- Milligan v. Allen, No. 2:21-cv-1530 (N.D. Ala. Oct. 5, 2023), Doc. 311, injunction, order and court-ordered remedial map (CourtListener RECAP copy) ↗
- Special Master's Report and Recommendation, Doc. 295 (Sept. 25, 2023) (CourtListener RECAP copy) ↗
Source last checked Oct 21, 2026
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Alabama adopts a new congressional map after Allen v. Milligan
After the Supreme Court affirmed the order in Allen v. Milligan, the Legislature passed a replacement congressional plan, which the Governor approved on July 21, 2023. The Supreme Court later described it as a plan that "also lacked a second opportunity district" (dissent) and one the state defended as keeping the Gulf Coast together.
- Alabama jurisdictional statement, Allen v. Milligan, No. 26-117 (appendix includes the enrolled act, approved July 21, 2023) ↗
- Allen v. Milligan, No. 25A1314 (U.S. June 2, 2026), per curiam and dissent ↗
Source last checked Oct 21, 2026
2021
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Governor signs HB1, Alabama's 2021 congressional map
Governor Kay Ivey signed HB1, the congressional map drawn after the 2020 census, on November 4, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court later described it as producing "only one district in which black voters constituted a majority of the voting age population."
Source last checked Oct 23, 2026
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Governor signs the 2021 state Senate map
The Senate passed the state Senate map on November 1, 2021, and Governor Ivey signed it on November 4, 2021, as Act 2021-558. A later brief for the Alabama Secretary of State in the Eleventh Circuit (May 19, 2026) says the plan has eight majority-Black Senate districts.
Source last checked Oct 23, 2026
1992
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Justice Department objects to Alabama's 1992 congressional redistricting plan
In a letter dated March 27, 1992, the Justice Department objected under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to Act No. 92-63, Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, and did not object to Act No. 92-152, a change in the candidate qualifying deadline. The letter notes that a federal court in Wesch v. Hunt had given the state until noon that day to obtain preclearance. It says the plan provided for one district based on black population concentrations and fragmented the rest, with none of the other districts more than about 30 percent black, and that alternative plans providing for two districts with black voting-age majorities were available or readily discernible. It writes that the fragmentation "has not been adequately explained" and appeared related to a desire to protect incumbents or serve parochial political interests.
- Justice Department: Alabama Section 5 objection letters (list) ↗
- Justice Department objection letter AL-1880 ↗
Source last checked Oct 21, 2026
1982
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Justice Department objects to Alabama's 1981 legislative reapportionment
In a letter dated May 6, 1982, the Justice Department (Assistant Attorney General William Bradford Reynolds) objected under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to Act 81-1049, the reapportionment of the Alabama Legislature adopted in the second special session of 1981. The letter says the plan "clearly would lead to a retrogression in the position of black voters," for example by reducing the number of Jefferson County house districts with black majorities from seven to six and the number of western "black belt" house districts with black voting-age majorities from five to one. It also says the plan divided an unnecessarily large number of counties along census lines, and notes pending litigation in Burton v. Hobbie (M.D. Ala.).
- Justice Department: Alabama Section 5 objection letters (list) ↗
- Justice Department objection letter AL-1520 ↗
Source last checked Oct 23, 2026
Nationwide
2026
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Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count
On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.
- Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions, 91 Fed. Reg. 57524 (Sept. 10, 2026) (GovInfo) ↗
- Same proposed rule, extension of comment period, 91 Fed. Reg. 63207 (Oct. 5, 2026) (GovInfo) ↗
- Trump administration proposes excluding certain immigrants from US census (September 10, 2026) ↗ News report, Al Jazeera
- CNBC report on the proposed 2030 census rule (October 13, 2026) ↗ News report, CNBC
Source last checked Oct 22, 2026
2021
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Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states
On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.
- Census Bureau press release CB21-CN.55, August 12, 2021 ↗
- Census Bureau press release CB21-CN.63, September 16, 2021 ↗
Source last checked Oct 22, 2026
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Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results
On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.
Source last checked Oct 29, 2026
1967
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Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)
Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."
Source last checked Oct 20, 2026
How this timeline is built
Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.
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