Two Democrats crossed. Figures was not one of them.

TWO DEMOCRATS CROSSED YESTERDAY. NEITHER OF THEM WAS SHOMARI FIGURES.

Yesterday the House voted on the rule that set the terms for the rest of its week. The rule passed 214 to 211.

Two Democrats voted for it. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington. Without those two votes it fails 212 to 213.

Shomari Figures voted no.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A FORTNIGHT

On September 1 the House took the same kind of vote. That rule passed 210 to 208.

The same two Democrats voted for it. Golden and Perez. The same two, and only those two, out of two hundred and thirteen.

Figures voted no that day as well.

WHAT IT COST THEM

Democratic leadership called the first one a significant breach of trust and referred it to the Committee on Caucus Rules. Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar signed the statement together. Members talked openly about stripping the two of their committee seats.

Golden and Perez did it again two weeks later anyway.

LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT

Jared Golden holds Maine's Second District. Donald Trump carried it.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez holds Washington's Third District. She won it by fewer than three thousand votes the first time.

Both of them represent places where the other party can actually win. Both of them took a caucus punishment referral rather than hand their voters a party-line vote they would have to explain at home.

AND LOOK AT HIS

Alabama's Second District was drawn by a federal court to elect a Democrat. It did, on the first try, in 2024.

Shomari Figures has never had to choose between Hakeem Jeffries and the people who live in Dothan, Enterprise, Troy and Phenix City. Twice this month two of his colleagues did choose, and paid for it. He was not asked to, and he did not offer.

A safe seat is not a character reference.

THE REST OF THE ALABAMA DELEGATION

On yesterday's vote, every Alabama Republican voted yes. Robert Aderholt. Barry Moore. Gary Palmer. Mike Rogers. Dale Strong.

The two no votes from Alabama were Shomari Figures and Terri Sewell.

Two Republicans in the entire House voted no. Andy Harris of Maryland and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. Figures found himself on the same side of the tally as the two most rebellious conservatives in the chamber, for the opposite reason, and that is the only company his vote kept.

WHAT THE RECORD COVERS

Every number above is from the official roll call published by the Clerk of the House.

Yesterday's vote is Roll Call 300 of the 119th Congress, second session, on House Resolution 1530, September 15, 2026. Passed, 214 to 211, 8 not voting.

The September 1 vote is Roll Call 288, on House Resolution 1499. Passed, 210 to 208.

Both are rules. A rule is the vote that decides what the House is allowed to consider. The minority almost always votes against one as a bloc. That is what makes crossing it notable, and that is why leadership treated it the way it did.

FORTY-EIGHT DAYS

Forty-eight days until November 3.

Rhett Marques is the Republican nominee in Alabama's Second Congressional District. Shomari Figures is the incumbent.

Two Democrats in swing districts spent this month proving they answer to their voters first. Ours did not have to. That is the whole argument for a seat that was drawn to never be in doubt.

We want this seat back. Show up.

Wall of Shame — Today: Alabama Peanut Producers

Today on the Wall of Shame: the Alabama Peanut Producers PAC (Dothan) has put $5,000 into Rep. Shomari Figures' campaign account. Figures then voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — the same ag and tax package Wiregrass peanut farmers benefit from. The Wall of Shame exists for one reason — so that total stops growing. https://take2back.com/wall-of-shame.html