Alabama is appealing a federal court’s Monday order that it must use two redrawn state Senate districts in upcoming elections because the map originally drawn by lawmakers packed Black voters into one district, limiting their influence in others.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco’s order said the new map will be used in the 2026 and 2030 state Senate elections, and any special elections, until new lines are drawn by the Legislature after the 2030 census.

The new map impacts Senate District 25, currently held by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, and Senate District 26, held by Sen. Kirk Hatcher, D-Montgomery. It stretches Hatcher’s district into Elmore County, while giving Barfoot more of Montgomery.

In a written statement Tuesday evening, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office said it wants

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