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Alabama governor schedules special primary election after Supreme Court lifts redistricting block
Key takeaways
- Kay Ivey (R) has called a special primary election for August following a U.S.
- I will continue to say: Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts best, the governor said in a statement on Tuesday, praising the Supreme Court s decision as plain common sense.
- The high court cleared a path for that possibility on Monday, wiping out the lower court s decision and ordering it to give the 2023 map another look in the wake of its Louisiana ruling.
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Kay Ivey (R) has called a special primary election for August following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could allow the state to hold 2026 elections using a previously blocked GOP-drawn congressional map.
I will continue to say: Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts best, the governor said in a statement on Tuesday, praising the Supreme Court s decision as plain common sense.
State lawmakers convened for a special session in Montgomery last week, where they approved a plan to move the state s May 19 primaries as the state awaited the high court s decision on it could revert to a previous congressional map ahead of the November midterms.
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