Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

Rep. Matt Woods, R-Jasper, won the June 24, 2025, special election to fill the Senate District 5 seat. “We were outnumbered ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVA) — Matt Woods won Tuesday’s election for Alabama Senate District 5. The Republican won 86% of the vote ...

Alabamians in Lamar, Fayette, Walker and portions of Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties are heading to the polls Tuesday, June 24, for the Alabama Senate District 5 special election.

Updated: May 28, 2025 / 09:18 PM CDT HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville says he is running for governor, meaning there will be a reshuffling of the state political map.

A federal court Thursday ruled that the Alabama Legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters in approving a congressional district map in 2023 that would only have had one majority ...

Doug Jones won a special election there in 2017, even though Democrats hadn’t won a Senate race in the Yellowhammer State in 25 years, not since Richard Shelby won reelection as a Democrat in 1992.

Gudger’s election is all but certain, as Republicans hold 26 of the 34 seats currently occupied in the chamber. Senate District 5 extends west from the Mississippi border through north central ...

Map shows seats up for election in the U.S. Senate in 2026. Ballotpedia To flip the Senate in 2026, Democrats would need to win all 13 seats and flip at least three others.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time ...

Democrats say voting rights are under attack, and that they will protect them if they win this year's elections. Here's what ...

(CNN) — Former US Justice Department official Shomari Figures will win the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects, a seat that was redrawn under a new ...