Representative · Alabama's 2nd district

Shomari Figures

Shomari Figures is a Democratic representative for Alabama's 2nd district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 13, and cast 437 of 463 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.9%13 of 675 · rank 211 of 43994%437 of 463 · rank 384 of 439260 became law24%89 of 371

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.41+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  2. H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access ActYea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
  3. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 221–203· Against party
  4. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 219–208· Against party
  5. H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
    Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
  6. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Yea
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  7. H.R. 7084: Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Yea
    Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
  8. H.R. 5184: Affordable HOMES ActYea
    Jan 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 263–147· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

26 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced2492%
  2. Passed one chamber27.7%

Policy areas

  1. Agriculture and Food8
  2. Education3
  3. Congress2
  4. Foreign Trade and International Finance2
  5. Government Operations and Politics2
  6. Public Lands and Natural Resources2
  7. Taxation2
  8. Transportation and Public Works2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10551 Public Service Educational Assistance Act
    Introduced· Education· Sep 24, 2026
  2. H.R. 6006 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 North Elm Street in Tuskegee, Alabama, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office".
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 17, 2026
  3. H.R. 10229 Protecting American Beef Producers Act
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Sep 2, 2026
  4. H.R. 10206 Restoring Opportunity for Advanced Education Act
    Introduced· Education· Sep 1, 2026
  5. H.R. 9849 Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jul 22, 2026
  6. H.R. 9704 Tariff Impacted Farmer Support Act of 2026
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jul 15, 2026
  7. H.R. 9426 Affordable Youth Enrichment Opportunities Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jun 24, 2026
  8. H.R. 8502 HARVEST Act
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Jun 15, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Alabama's 2nd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6B
Per resident
$2,238
Rank in Alabama
2 of 7
Contract actions
6,564
New awards: 4,864

By fiscal year

  1. 912.5MFY2017
  2. 1.6BFY2018
  3. 1.5BFY2019
  4. 1BFY2020
  5. 497MFY2021
  6. 1.4BFY2022
  7. 1.4BFY2023
  8. 2.3BFY2024
  9. 2.6BFY2025
  10. 1.6BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Air Force$648.7M41%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$361.2M23%
  3. Department of the Navy$229.4M14%
    Department of Defense
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$170.9M11%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. Department of the Army$60.8M3.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$24M1.5%
    Department of Defense
  7. Defense Information Systems Agency$22.7M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  8. Agricultural Marketing Service$18.2M1.1%
    Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. DELL MARKETING L.P.$280.9M18%
    4 awards
  2. AUSTAL USA, LLC$258.4M16%
    31 awards
  3. AMERESCO INC$213.8M13%
    1 award
  4. ALABAMA SHIPYARD LLC$85.3M5.3%
    14 awards
  5. EMERGENT, LLC$76.8M4.8%
    3 awards
  6. MEDICAL PLACE INC$37.2M2.3%
    22 awards
  7. WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$34.7M2.2%
    9 awards
  8. SAWTOOTH CONSTRUCTION JV II LLC$32.3M2.0%
    1 award
  9. ELB SERVICES LLC$31.4M2.0%
    71 awards
  10. REGAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP$28.9M1.8%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.4M
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$662.6K
From committees
$885K
297 committees
From contractor PACs
$105K
45 PACs · 12% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
alabama power companyalabama power co employees federal political action cmte (apc employees federal pac)$10KALABAMA POWER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$19M
airbus americas, inc.airbus americas, inc. political action committee$9,000AIRBUS AMERICAS CUSTOMER SERVICES, INCAI match · 98% · of one corporate family$179.7K
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$7,000GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$5,000PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$5,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$5,000CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$4,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)$4,000TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$226.3M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.4M$885K$105K45 PACs · 12% of committee money
2024$2.6M$630.6K$44K10 PACs · 7% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Alabama's 2nd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
figures.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4931
Office
225 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.