Alabama election results: US House races

I’VE GOT THOSE DETAILS COMING UP TAYLOR THANKS. IT’S NOT JUST THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE ON THE BALLOT IN ALABAMA. WE ARE FOLLOWING THESE THREE CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN DISTRICTS SEVEN, SIX, AND TWO. NOW, ALABAMA RESIDENTS ARE VOTING UNDER NEW CONGRESSIONAL LINES. LAST YEAR, A FEDERAL COURT APPROVED A NEW MAP. THIS CHANGE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FLIP DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN LONG REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED FROM RED TO BLUE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT ON THE DISTRICT THAT COULD FLIP DISTRICT TWO. BOTH WVTM13’S JON PAEPCKE AND MAGDALA LOUISSAINT ARE LIVE IN MOBILE THIS EVENING. WE WANT TO HEAD RIGHT OUT TO JOHN. WELL, YES. ASHER OMARI FIGURES THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE HAS HAD A VERY BUSY FINAL DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN. HE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT THIS MORNING AROUND 715, IN PHENIX CITY, VISITING PRECINCTS THERE. THEN HE TRAVELED WEST TO TUSKEGEE, ULTIMATELY VISITING PRECINCTS ALSO IN MONTGOMERY BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS HOMETOWN HERE IN MOBILE AND CASTING HIS VOTE WITH HIS WIFE, ALAYSHA. NOW, HE SHOWED UP AT THE OUR SAVIOR CATHOLIC CHURCH TO TO FILL OUT HIS BALLOT AROUND, I’D SAY ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON, MAYBE A FEW MINUTES BEFOREHAND. THAT’S ABOUT 25 MINUTES WEST OF DOWNTOWN. MOBILE FIGURES IS A MOBILE NATIVE WITH A LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN HIS FAMILY. HIS FATHER, MICHAEL, SERVED AS A STATE SENATOR FOR 18 YEARS BEFORE PASSING AWAY AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS MOTHER, VIVIAN, WHO HAS SERVED DISTRICT 33 EVER SINCE. LASHA OMARI HIMSELF HAS WORKED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AS A LIAISON TO THE DOJ, AND SERVED ON THE BIDEN-HARRIS TRANSITION TEAM FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN WE MET HIM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO UP IN BIRMINGHAM, HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE CHANCE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT TWO, WHO HE FEELS HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED OVER THE YEARS. IF ELECTED TONIGHT, FIGURES WOULD ONLY BE THE SECOND DEMOCRAT TO SERVE DISTRICT TWO SINCE THE 1960S. FORMER MAYOR BOBBY BRIGHT WAS ONLY ELECTED TO ONE TERM BACK IN 2008. THE FORMER MAYOR OF MONTGOMERY NOW FIGURES ACTUALLY WILL BE HOLDING HIS ELECTION WATCH PARTY HERE IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE HOUSE HOTEL THAT’S IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE. THAT PARTY SHOULD START AROUND SEVEN 730 THIS EVENING. WE DON’T EXPECT TO SEE FIGURES HERE HIMSELF UNTIL AT LEAST 8:00 OR A LITTLE BIT LATER, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU LIVE UPDATES FROM THE CAMPAIGN WATCH PARTY TONIGHT AS THE EVENING EVOLVES. NOW, AS FOR HIS OPPONENT IN THIS RACE, CAROLYN DOBSON, MAGDALA LOUISSAINT IS ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES SOUTH OF HERE AT THE FORT WHITING RECEPTION HALL, WITH MORE ON HER CAMPAIGN. MAGDALA. YEAH, JOHN. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE ABOUT 6 OR 7 MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU HERE AT THE FORT WHITING ARMORY HERE. AND RIGHT NOW, THERE AREN’T TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE, BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY’RE EXPECTING 350 TO 400 GUESTS TO BE HERE NOW, BEFORE WE GOT HERE, WE LEARNED THAT THIS IS THE MOBILE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY WATCH PARTY. AND SO CAROLYN DODSON, WHO IS RUNNING FOR DISTRICT TWO, AS YOU HAVE ALSO MENTIONED, JOHN WILL BE HERE LATER ON TONIGHT, ALONG WITH OTHER REPUBLICANS WHO ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT IN MOBILE COUNTY. NOW, CAROLYN DODSON DID VOTE THIS MORNING. WE HAVE VIDEO OF THAT HAPPENING THAT HAPPENED, THOUGH, IN MONTGOMERY BEFORE SHE WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE HER WAY DOWN HERE TO MOBILE COUNTY. NOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CAROLYN DODSON. WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH HER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND SHE TELLS ME THAT IT IS HER FIRST TIME RUNNING FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE POSITION. NOW SHE IS A SHE’S FROM FROM MONROE COUNTY, BUT SHE MOVED BACK TO ALABAMA ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, BEFORE SHE LIVED IN TEXAS, AND THAT’S WHERE SHE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL. NOW, THE REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY TELLS ME THAT THERE’S A NEED IN DISTRICT TWO, AND SHE SAYS THAT IS THE REASON WHY SHE MOVED BACK TO ALABAMA IN OUR INTERVIEW, SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE NOTICED MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND ARE NEVER COMING BACK. AND WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, IF SHE IS ELECTED AND BECOMING THE DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE IS TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA AGAIN. IF SHE BECOMES THE DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA AND AGAIN, DISTRICT TWO RUNS AND INCLUDES MOBILE AND MONTGOMERY. SO WE WILL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE EVENING AND OBVIOUSLY WAITING AND ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM CAROLYN DODSON WHEN THAT TIME COMES. BUT FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE IN