Shomari Coleman Figures (born September 3, 1985) is an American politician from Mobile, Alabama. A member of the Democratic Party, Figures is the member-elect for the United States House of Representatives in Alabama’s 2nd congressional district.

Figures is the son of Michael Figures, a civil rights attorney and member of the Alabama Senate, and Vivian Davis Figures, who succeeded her husband in the Alabama Senate after his death. His father was the attorney of Beulah Mae Donald whose son was lynched by members of the United Klans of America. Donald was awarded $7 million dollars, which bankrupted the organization.

Current Position: US Representative of AL 7th District since 2010
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Attorney from 1992 – 2011
District: Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Pickens, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox counties and portions of Clarke, Jefferson, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties.
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Thinking of John! Our top priority in Congress must be to pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act! What a befitting celebration of John’s legacy and tribute to the people of Georgia who showed us the real power of the VOTE! #GoodTrouble #RestoretheVRA

Before entering politics, she was a securities lawyer for Davis Polk & Wardwell and a public finance lawyer for Maynard, Cooper & Gale, where she was the first Black woman to make partner. She is the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Alabama.

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