In Tuskegee, Alabama, a city rich in African American history, including its famous university and the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, two congressional candidates recently campaigned at a county festival on opposite sides of the courthouse square.
Shomari Figures, a Democrat and former aide in the Obama White House and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s office, is vying to flip the seat in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. His Republican opponent, Caroleene Dobson, a real estate attorney and political newcomer, is determined to keep the seat under GOP control.