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affected by the redistricting push: Alabama’s first, second, sixth and seventh congressional districts. The old congressional map is currently in place, and primaries are expected to unfold in each of those areas on Tuesday
Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia seem poised to follow. Mississippi temporarily paused redistricting efforts, with the state’s governor promising to revisit the issue soon. Voting activists from these states affected by Republican redistricting attempts – along
redistricting case that [weakened the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting). Following that Louisiana decision, Alabama's Republican leaders sought to revert to the 2023 map proposal that would leave one largely Black, Democratic-held
redistricting case. A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke