Federal judges blocked Alabama Republicans’ plan to install a new congressional map that would eliminate one of two remaining Democratic-leaning districts.
The current congressional map has five Republican seats and two Democratic seats, the latter due to the former-mandated two majority-black districts. Republicans had hoped to install a new map to eliminate one of these seats, but a three-judge panel blocked the effort.
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