Candidate profile: Shomari C. Figures in Alabama’s 2nd District

The race

Shomari C. Figures is seeking election as the Democratic incumbent in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

The contested race includes eight candidates: Figures and seven Republicans. The Republican candidates are Hampton Harris, David Matthews, Christian Horn, Joshua Logan Mckee, Jarmal Jabbar Rev. Sanders, James Richardson and Rhett Marques.

Figures is the only candidate in the field identified as an incumbent. The other seven candidates have no biographies on file.

Candidate backgrounds

The candidate records identify each person’s party and whether the candidate is an incumbent. They do not list biographies for the eight candidates.

• Shomari C. Figures, Democrat: Figures is the incumbent running for another term in the U.S. House. No candidate biography is on file.
• Hampton Harris, Republican: Harris is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• David Matthews, Republican: Matthews is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• Christian Horn, Republican: Horn is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• Joshua Logan Mckee, Republican: Mckee is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• Jarmal Jabbar Rev. Sanders, Republican: Sanders is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• James Richardson, Republican: Richardson is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.
• Rhett Marques, Republican: Marques is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House seat. No candidate biography is on file.

Campaign finance

The fundraising figures show how much each campaign has raised and spent. A cash-on-hand figure is not on file for any of the eight campaigns, so the difference between money raised and money spent should not be treated as a current cash balance.

• Shomari C. Figures: The campaign reports raising $1,355,788.62 and spending $716,297.31.
• Hampton Harris: The campaign reports raising $245,500.30 and spending $82,193.16.
• David Matthews: The campaign reports raising $47,611.56 and spending $36,035.39.
• Christian Horn: The campaign reports raising $0 and spending $0.
• Joshua Logan Mckee: The campaign reports raising $521,069.93 and spending $524,941.66.
• Jarmal Jabbar Rev. Sanders: The campaign reports raising $0 and spending $0.
• James Richardson: The campaign reports raising $7,676.28 and spending $7,649.62.
• Rhett Marques: The campaign reports raising $1,318,573.55 and spending $1,130,855.74.

Fundraising and spending totals measure campaign financial activity. They do not establish a candidate’s policy views or indicate how voters will decide the election.

Policy positions

No documented policy positions are on file for Figures, Harris, Matthews, Horn, Mckee, Sanders, Richardson or Marques. That means the records do not establish where any of the eight candidates stands on specific federal issues.

Without documented positions, the candidates cannot be compared on matters that could come before the U.S. House. Those could be added to the public record as the election approaches, but none is currently listed for this field.

What voters will decide

The Nov. 3, 2026, general election will determine who represents Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Figures will appear as the Democratic incumbent, while Harris, Matthews, Horn, Mckee, Sanders, Richardson and Marques are running as Republicans.

Before voting, voters can watch for changes to the candidate list, new campaign finance filings and documented statements of policy positions. Those developments would add information about the field without determining the outcome of the election.