We don't even have a confirmed new Alabama Congressional District map yet and some Democrats are already thinking they may be just the right representatives for the people of District 2 -- even if they're not one of them, reports AL.com's John Sharp.
Remember, Districts 1 and 2 will likely be seeing the most dramatic changes as they both now stretch the horizontal width of the state, with Alabama 1 along the state line with Florida and Alabama 2 a county or a few counties to the north. District 2 is the one that will be either majority-Black or within a whisper of being majority-Black, giving the Democrats a huge advantage as they try to finally hold two U.S. House of Representatives seats out of the state's seven.
Republican Barry Moore of Enterprise is currently the Congressman representing Alabama 2. His home will now be located in the First Congressional District, although according to the U.S. Constitution he can still run for the District 2 seat. You see, all you have to do in order to serve in the U.S. House or Senate is to have lived in the state for one day.
And what's good for the incumbent is good for challengers. Already expressing some possible interest are longtime Democratic state lawmakers: State Sen. Merika Coleman and Rep. Juandalynn Givan -- who both are currently representing Birmingham. This is despite Montgomery County being as close as District 2 might come to Birmingham.
Coleman and Givan's home district -- that's District 7 -- has long been held by Congresswoman Terri Sewell.
