The Alabama lawmaker who sponsored the bill authorizing a special congressional primary on August 11 said the primary will take place regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides. But it’s still unclear what maps and district lines will be used,

Justice Clarence Thomas orders left-wing voting rights activists in Alabama to defend a congressional districting map that helped Democrats flip a deep-red House seat in 2024.

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would redraw one majority-Black district.