Harris Criticizes Court-Drawn AL-2 Map

Republican congressional candidate Hampton Harris is criticizing national Democrats and federal court involvement in Alabama’s congressional redistricting fight ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

In a campaign statement released Saturday, Harris argued that Alabama voters — not federal judges or national political figures — should determine who represents the State’s Second Congressional District in Washington.

“As Alabamians prepare to exercise our most sacred constitutional right on Tuesday, May 19, Democrat leaders flooded into Montgomery this past weekend to protest the will of the people,” Harris said. “Their message is clear: they do not trust Alabama voters to choose their own representatives. Instead, they want a congressional map ordered by a federal court. A map no Alabama voter ever approved.”

The comments come amid continued debate over Alabama’s congressional maps following years of litigation tied to the federal Voting Rights Act. The State’s congressional boundaries were redrawn after court rulings connected to the U.S. Supreme Court case Allen v. Milligan. The revised map helped create a second district where Black voters have greater electoral influence, leading to the 2024 election of Democratic Congressman Shomari Figures.

Harris said Democrats objected after the Supreme Court recently allowed Alabama to proceed with its 2023 congressional map.

“For years, Democrats have lectured us about democracy. Yet a map that no one voted on is not democracy. It is raw power imposed from Washington,” Harris said.

He also criticized recent visits to Montgomery by national Democratic figures.

“This was D.C.'s district,” Harris said. “Washington sent us a representative to represent them rather than allowing us to send a representative to Washington to represent Alabama. Now, with that unfair court-imposed map overturned, Democrat heavyweights like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Raphael Warnock descended on Montgomery this past weekend for rallies and protests. Why? Because they know they are about to lose the socialist voice D.C. installed in Alabama's Second Congressional District.”

Harris framed the dispute as a broader fight over State sovereignty and conservative values.

“This is not about voting rights. It is about power,” Harris said. “Alabamians deserve representatives who answer to the people of Alabama, not to special interests in Washington. We will not let out-of-state activists turn our state into a puppet for their radical socialist agenda.”

He also urged voters to participate in Tuesday’s election.

“Tuesday, May 19 is your chance to fight back,” Harris said. “Every Alabamian who values self-government, constitutional rights, and the Christian foundation of our nation must get out and vote.”

Harris is a Montgomery-area attorney and small business owner who previously ran for the seat in 2024 before launching his 2026 campaign earlier this year. His campaign has focused heavily on grassroots organizing and conservative voter turnout across the district.

Alabama’s Second Congressional District currently includes Montgomery, much of Mobile, and several counties across south and southeast Alabama. The district was substantially redrawn following federal court intervention in 2023.

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