Two-term state Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, announced his reelection bid on Wednesday, two days after a federal court approved new lines that make his district majority minority.

The state is appealing 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.

She previously ruled the current state Senate map violated the Voting Rights Act by illegally diluting the influence of Black voters around the capital city.

The new map impacts Senate District 25, currently held by Barfoot, 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

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