
Shomari Figures
Democrat · AL-2 · U.S. House
Bio
Shomari Coleman Figures is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Figures was first elected in 2024.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 1.6 years
- First took office
- 2025 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 369 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 40
- Montgomery, AL · 334-777-5700
- Mobile, AL · 251-283-6280
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $680k – $2.2M
- Liabilities
- $1.4M – $5.7M
- Net worth
- −$5.0M – $850k
- Since 2024
- −$2.4M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 5 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Shomari Figures's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Shomari Figures (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
Do you vote like Figures?
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Caucuses & committees
Where Figuressits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Black Caucusstrongly left · 63 members
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculturecenter · 53 members
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructurecenter · 66 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Figures's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
November matchup set for Alabama US House district Republicans redrew in effort to keep majorityDemocratic Rep. Shomari Figures will face a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump in his fight for reelection to an Alabama congressional seat the GOP redrew as part of a larger effort to help the party keep control of the U.S. House
Abcnews.com · August 12, 2026
Alabama Republicans to pick nominee to challenge Democratic Rep. Figures in redrawn districtSix Republicans are competing in a special primary election Tuesday to challenge Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures in November. The district's Black voting age population dropped from 48% to 40%, making it more favorable for Republicans.
Biztoc.com · August 11, 2026
He made history in Congress - then the Supreme Court changed its mindResidents say they're afraid that if Shomari Figures loses his seat, their federal-funding could disappear with him.
BBC News · July 18, 2026
Inspired by Seattle Program, Jayapal Bill Would Help US Families Buy Fruits and VeggiesAs Americans face rising grocery prices under President Donald Trump and rally behind progressive policies and primary candidates, US Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Thursday introduced a bill that shows what kind of proposals could become reality with more Democrats…
Common Dreams · July 2, 2026
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