Shomari Figures: “There's been a lot of efforts by some to paint this district as a lost cause, saying that we lost a majority Black seat…”

Well, neither is true. The seat was never majority Black. It's currently about 47% Black. The new district takes that down to about 40% Black. And so we represent everybody.

That’s led to the issue of straight-piping, which is essentially running a sewer line out into the woods, which creates a number of health and environmental concerns.

I consider myself to be the type of member that’s representing the state of Alabama, that’s representing District 2.

My district includes Montgomery, which was the birthplace of it all.