(The Center Square) - Alabama voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to select partisan candidates for various statewide races, but some districts for the U.S. House will not count.
The Alabama legislature approved a congressional map that redrew congressional districts in the first, second, sixth and seventh districts in the state. Races for those districts will occur in a special election set for Aug. 11.
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