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Alabama's lieutenant governor posted a 7-0 Republican gerrymander [View all]
Stephen Wolf
@stephenwolf.bsky.social
Alabama’s lieutenant governor, who also serves as president of the state Senate, posted a 7-0 Republican gerrymander calling for his party to eliminate both Black Democrats.
Every seat on a map like this would be dark red and heavily white
@stephenwolf.bsky.social
Alabama’s lieutenant governor, who also serves as president of the state Senate, posted a 7-0 Republican gerrymander calling for his party to eliminate both Black Democrats.
Every seat on a map like this would be dark red and heavily white
Alabama’s Republican legislative leaders say they want a chance to gerrymander both Black Democrats out of their congressional seats to elect 7 (white) Republicans.
— Stephen Wolf (@stephenwolf.bsky.social) 2026-05-02T22:58:27.826Z
When calling the special session, Gov. Kay Ivey had mentioned reverting to a 6-1 map like Alabama had before a court overturned it
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