The Hill
Alabama Gov. 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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