Shomari Figures
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U.S. Representative for Alabama's 2nd district since 2025
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Incumbent: Shomari Figures, running for re-election.
Alabama redrew its congressional map in 2026 and held a special primary for this seat on August 11; candidates are listed in the order of the Montgomery County sample ballot.
U.S. Representative for Alabama's 2nd district since 2025
Alabama state representative from Enterprise; former owner of a local tire and automotive service business
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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DemocraticShomari Figures
Introduced legislation to protect historic civil rights monuments from being sold and bipartisan legislation for a Tuskegee Airmen monument in Washington; says he kept the Freedom Rides Museum from being sold.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Would end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, keep critical race theory out of classrooms, and keep people born male out of girls' locker rooms.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Says he has fought to protect SNAP and Social Security benefits and delivered funding for job training programs and a rural recreational complex.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Says making life affordable is his top priority; would work to eliminate spending he calls wasteful, lower taxes, cut business regulations and bring critical supply chains back to the U.S.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Says he has defended reproductive rights and patient decision-making.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Opposes abortion; says he voted as a legislator for what he calls the strongest pro-life law in the country and would work to defund Planned Parenthood and bar taxpayer money from paying for abortions.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Says he has pushed to expand Medicaid in Alabama and to keep Jackson Hospital in Montgomery from closing, and has introduced legislation to help rural hospitals stay open.
RepublicanRhett Marques
No published position found.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Introduced legislation for a $15 billion tariff relief program for small and mid-sized farmers; has criticized the Trump administration's imports of foreign beef below market value, which he says undercut Alabama farmers.
RepublicanRhett Marques
No published position found.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Introduced legislation to give a tax credit to first-time parents, a tax break for children's extracurricular activities, and to exempt baby items such as cribs, bedding and baby monitors from tariffs.
RepublicanRhett Marques
No published position found.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Supports capping student loan interest rates; introduced legislation to cover college and trade school costs for the children of first responders, teachers and social workers.
RepublicanRhett Marques
No published position found.
DemocraticShomari Figures
Says he delivered nearly $6 million for roads, ports and water and sewer projects in the district and secured a $40 million authorization for future drinking water and sewer improvements.
RepublicanRhett Marques
No published position found.
DemocraticShomari Figures
No published position found.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Supports detaining and deporting people who cross the border illegally instead of releasing them, and would work to keep immigrants in the country illegally who commit crimes out of communities and to end mass migration.
DemocraticShomari Figures
No published position found.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Supports Second Amendment rights to self-defense and says he will oppose Democrats' efforts to take them away.
DemocraticShomari Figures
No published position found.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Supports Trump administration actions to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world" and further steps after the stablecoin law; opposes a central bank digital currency.
DemocraticShomari Figures
No published position found.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Calls China the most dangerous U.S. enemy; would work with President Trump to give troops the resources and technology they need and to keep Alabama's defense industry supporting jobs.
DemocraticShomari Figures
No published position found.
RepublicanRhett Marques
Supports Israel and President Trump's efforts toward peace in the Middle East and to end what he calls endless wars.