Congressman Al Lawson

The first Democrat to enter the race dropped out.

County Commissioners approved the name change in February 2022.

The state and plaintiffs in a redistricting lawsuit are heading to a Tallahassee courtroom next week. The hearing comes after the state admitted in filings that Black voters no longer have the ability to elect a candidate of their choice in a key, North Florida congressional district.

D. Edwina Stephens dedicated her life and seemingly limitless energy to improving the lot of her neighbors in a part of town that had long been shortchanged by local elected officials.

Local political candidates and activists reach out to Black voters with few results

This Sunday is Souls to the Polls, the traditional voting initiative by the Black church community — and Congressman Al Lawson hopes it will also give his campaign a boost

Area political candidates follow tradition: marching in the FAMU homecoming parade to reach thousands of voters

North Florida Democratic Congressman Al Lawson is seeking re-election in a district that looks a lot different than the one he represents right now, but it covers a region he knows well.

Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction to block a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Despite vocal opposition to the governor's congressional map, state lawmakers moved the plan quickly along on the first day of a special legislative session to pass a new U.S. House map.