Shomari Figures: “I consider myself to be the type of member that’s representing the state of Alabama, that’s representing District 2.”

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 in the state of Alabama. But neither is true.

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.

While these funds will provide some much-needed relief to our rural hospitals, we cannot forget that this funding came at the expense of kicking at least 10 million people off Medicaid.

That’s in large part because I’ve had the privilege to represent over half of this new district already. We’ve shown up in the communities. We’ve shown them how we can deliver results.