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U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 2nd District

Shomari Figures

Democrat 1st term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.7M raised · top PACs: Aguilar, Arpac, American Association for Justice Breaks with Democrats most onGovernment Operations and Politics: broke on 5 of 17 party-line votes (29%; most Democrats: 6%)
94LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
26BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 18th minority
  • Transportation and Infrastructure 30th minority
Age
41

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date12626237267426

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 14% 8%
Transportation and Public Works 14% 8%
Agriculture and Food 4% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Transportation and Public Works and Taxation; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Education.

  • He talks most about: Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Cost of Living (Taxation), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 26 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAgriculture Committee18th minority
MemberTransportation and Infrastructure Committee30th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

24% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Figures.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

24% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Sewell and Bynum.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 25 · expected 19
Action in committee 8 · expected 5
Beyond committee 2 · expected 1
Passed House 2 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 234 of 433 in the House

0.58expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

2 of 25 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.58 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 6006 (passed a chamber), H.R. 3962 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.41
Government Operations and Politics5 of 17
Environmental Protection2 of 25

With his party on the other 10 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 8 of the 9 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 94% of party-line votes, breaks 26 times (peer median 10), most on Government Operations and Politics.

  • Position: −0.41, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Government Operations and Politics 5 of 17, Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 13, Immigration 3 of 15.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Figures$2.7M raised11%30%42%17%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

41% of what he raised came from individuals; 11% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.7M raised, 42% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 9.2 points.

107 PACs of the 185 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Aguilar100% D
  2. Arpac21% D
  3. American Association for Justice98% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

226 bills

Figures voted Yea on 29, Nay on 75, did not vote on 3, and sponsored or cosponsored 119 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.