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US House of Rep Candidates

Shout out to Baldwin County Dems

A Letter

to Baldwin County

From Shomari Figures

Hello, Baldwin County Democrats!

My name is Shomari Figures, and I’m proud to be the Democratic nominee for Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District.

When I first entered this race, we had quite the crowded field. In fact, eleven candidates ran in the Democratic primary for District 2 – a District that was redrawn as a result of racial gerrymandering. Despite many qualified candidates in the race, we emerged as the top vote getter in both the Primary and the

Runoff elections! Those victories were the result of volunteers, donors and supporters – like you – helping us reach as many voters as possible with our vision for a stronger, more

resilient Alabama.

As a son of Mobile who was born, raised and educated in Alabama, this District has always been home. Having worked in all three branches of the federal government, I’ve made it my life’s work to take the experiences and opportunities I’ve been blessed with – from working

in the White House to Congress to the Justice Department – to give back to the people and places that mean most to me: the people of Alabama.

There’s a lot at stake for our District

and our party, and Republicans are working overtime to move our communities backwards

with efforts to repeal reproductive rights, criminalize DEI in state schools and agencies, and restrict access to quality and affordable healthcare. If we’re to win in November and give

Democrats a fighting chance at regaining control of the House so that our communities receive the federal resources they need to thrive, it’s going to take all of us working as one, united in efforts to move our new District forward together.

In keeping the momentum we gained during the Primary and Runoff elections, I hope to see you on the campaign trail as part of our team! We’ve been blessed to receive endorsements from critical organizations like CBCPAC, Democrats Serve, and College Democrats of America and I’m always proud to welcome new supporters to our team who are fired up and ready to join us in making calls, knocking on doors, meeting voters right where they are, and supporting in any way possible. I encourage you to visit our website at

figuresforcongress.com to learn more and follow us on social media@figuresforcongress to

stay connected to our campaign.

I believe that the government can still do good, and I know that I will make Alabama proud as Congressman. I appreciate you for all that you do to spread and hold true to our

Democratic values, and I look forward to your support in this race!

-Shomari

A Phone Chat

With Tom Homes

Tom Holmes is a stand-up guy.

When the Alabama Area Agency on Aging needed a new leader, Holmes opened 17 meal sites within two weeks. When

his son with disabilities needed an advocate, Holmes stepped up not only to support him, but as leader of the Arc of Alabama as “an advocate for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families at the local,

state and federal levels.”

And when the filing deadline last fall loomed without a District 1

candidate for US House of Representatives, Holmes couldn’t

resist his “bug” for politics. He threw his hat in the ring.

“It kind of gets in your blood,’ he said in a telephone interview.

“We need to have a Democrat on the ballot. So I said, ‘Let's just do it.’”

This is not Holmes’ first rodeo in politics. In 2020, he ran for the Alabama State Board of Education District 1, netting 27

percent against Republican heavy hitter Jackie Ziegler. He took 32 percent in the 2018 general election in the Alabama State Senate District 35 race against incumbent Sen. David Sessions,

even after being wildly overspent.

Running for office as a Democrat in Alabama is always a heavy

lift. But politcos say it’s even more burdensome this year, as the

Alabama Congressional District 1 seat has shifted further to the

right after the same court-ordered redistricting giving Shomari Figures a fighting chance next door in District 2.

Tom Holmes, 78, of Mobile, said his campaign will focus on

how Washington, D.C., and the two Republican incumbents have “failed to adequately represent average Alabamians and their families” and how they have continued to divide the

nation."

He is the current board president

of The Arc of Mobile County, which he helped organize in 2019.

Holmes is BSA Troop leader in Mobile, and is a lector and lay eucharistic minister at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mobile.

Holmes sees a direct through line from his political work and his role as an ARC advocate.



“It’s made me aware of the ways the issues of the disability

community overlap with the policies of Progressive organizations like Alabama Arise and Democrats.

"It’s all about representing people who are marginalized and don’t have a seat at the table of power," he said. “It’s time

someone steps up to speak for people without a voice."

Baldwin County Rev Tapped

for Top Spot at Alabama Arise

Healthcare for all. The right to vote. Reproductive freedom. Equity in education and in the workplace.

They really aren't partisan issues.

That makes it easy for Rev. Clyde Jones to walk that fine nonpartisan line in his new role as the new President of the Alabama Arise Board.

“It should be everyone’s concern to make Alabama better,” he says.

Most Baldwin County Democrats view Alabama Arise as one of the state’s most prestigious and influential Progressive institutions. Its a statewide organization that promotes public policies to improve the lives of Alabamians marginalized by poverty. It brings together faith-based, community, nonprofit and civic groups, grassroots leaders and regular people from across Alabama. 

Though nonpartisan Alabama Arise lays out an annual legislative agenda, focusing on the issues that matter most to alleviate poverty and its effects

So how did this kid from rural Virginia who’s been a Daphne neighbor for a decade come to lead this esteemed Progressive organization?

With a mixed heritage of Black, white and Native American, Jones grew up “isolated” in a rural region near Charles City, Virginia.

“I am really quite diverse,” he says with a chuckle.

 Though school integration happened years earlier in the South, Jones did not see any white kids in his school until fifth grade.

He got a lifelong lesson in bipartisanship in the U.S. Army, where he served as a signal communications soldier for 21 years. Jones is a Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom II veteran and a Bronze Star recipient. 

“In the military, you have to learn to work together with people from all backgrounds and walks of life,” Jones said.

“In the service, we’re all on the same team,” he said. “In the the military, everything you do, you work across the aisle.”

It was in Iraq that Jones first heard the call to ministry.

The Jones family moved to Daphne in 2013 to take a job with Dupont. And Rev. Jones now is an associate minister at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Daphne.

Jones was setting the model for working both sides of the aisle when he ran for Daphne School Board in 2018, challenging incumbent Republican Andrea Lindsey. He won the endorsement of prominent Republican David Tarwater, who ultimately left the local Republican Party.

Jones is the Education Committee chairman for the Baldwin County NAACP and on the Executive Committee for Supporting Educational Excellence in Daphne Schools (SEEDS). He is an outreach liaison on the Baldwin County Democrats Executive Committee.

“Most of our efforts are about things everybody wants out of life,” he says. “Red or Blue, everybody wants a decent quality of life and a fair chance to succeed for themselves and their children.”

New FemmSouth Podcast

Peers Inside Local Attacks on Books and Librarians

BY Leigh Bancroft, founder of FemmSouth and BCDEC outreach liaison

Checkout FemmSouth’s latest podcast episode, EP 4.2: Defending Books & Librarians Against Attack, where they explore the intersections of reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, sex education, and current attacks on libraries.

Many challenged books cover not only sex education and body awareness, but also themes like gender identity, sexual orientation, and LGBTQ+ narratives. Alarmingly, the newly formed Baldwin County Conservative Coalition (including M4L and Clean-Up Alabama) has labeled certain books as "pornographic" and accused them of "homosexual grooming," sparking a battle for intellectual freedom in Baldwin County. 

In this episode, FemmSouth interviews Angie Hayden, founder of Read Freely Alabama and Elizabeth Williams, a degreed librarian and Baldwin County organizer for Read Freely Alabama. Hayden discusses the dire consequences of compromises in Prattville, which is ground zero in Alabama, while Williams discusses efforts in Fairhope to protect the local library and its diverse voices. Recent city council and library board meetings showcased widespread community support for defending intellectual freedom against bullying tactics.

Listen here—

https://www.femmsouth.com/podcast