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Alabama’s 2nd District

U.S. House · AL-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 58% chance of winning, with an average lead of 6.6 points.

Toss-up. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 47%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 50.8%

    Rhett Marques

  • Democrat 49.2%

    Shomari Figures, incumbent

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
AL-2 50.8%49.2%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+6.6 54.5%−5.3

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

3 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Figures, Shomari C. · Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Shomari Figures

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Rhett Marques

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 26.5 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 6.6 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 2 58%
  • Former district 1 31%
  • Former district 7 7%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • AL-6 Republican, safe seat
  • AL-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • AL-3 Republican, safe seat
  • AL-1 Republican, safe seat
  • AL-4 Republican, safe seat
  • AL-5 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated