# Alabama redistricting reversion

News · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 6m airtime

On October 9, Alabama reverted to a congressional map that Republicans say reflects the state's partisan Republican majority rather than race, undoing the second Black district that the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Allen v. Milligan had forced the state to add. The change reverses the representation gain lead plaintiff Evan Milligan and others pushed for. Activists now worry about losing representation in Washington and whether Democrat Shamari Figures can win re-election.

Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/alabama_redistricting_reversion_4043051006

## Segments

- [Consider This from NPR](https://boilpoints.com/u/considerthisfromnpr), 2026-10-09, 2:53 to 4:14: **Introduces three generations of voting rights activists**. Introduces three generations of Alabama voting rights activists, including Allen v. Milligan lead plaintiff Evan Milligan and first-time voter Tyler Jerome Adams, and notes the state has reverted to a map Republicans say reflects partisan majority rather than race. New angle: Alabama has reverted to a map Republicans say reflects partisan majority rather than race, undoing the second Black district Allen v. Milligan forced.
- [Consider This from NPR](https://boilpoints.com/u/considerthisfromnpr), 2026-10-09, 5:16 to 6:52: **Recaps the ruling and the activists' reaction**. Stays inside the Alabama redistricting story: the Supreme Court upheld maps already ruled intentionally discriminatory, and activists describe sadness and a sense that neither the legislature nor the courts will protect them. Reaction and framing, no new development.
- [Consider This from NPR](https://boilpoints.com/u/considerthisfromnpr), 2026-10-09, 8:10 to 9:34: **Gives voters' worries about the election**. Milligan and first-time voter Tyler Adams give their worries about the coming election - survival of Black people in the southeast, the rule of law, and whether the vote will be fair. Reaction and framing, not a new development in the map fight.
- [Pod Save America](https://boilpoints.com/u/podsaveamerica), 2026-10-18, 54:14 to 56:14: **Mentions Alabama 2 in a regional-wave argument**. Amy Walter's regional-wave argument touches Alabama 2 as an example: a redrawn district Shomari Figures holds, where Trump campaigned and where the Kalei decision could lift Black turnout. It is a passing mention inside a broader map-and-demographics discussion, not new reporting on the reversion.