Jerry Carl and Barry Moore to hold debate in January

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December 8, 2023

Two congressional incumbents will square off in a debate on January 24, 2024 at the Daphne Civic Center as Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) and Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) were drawn into a dramatically-altered First Congressional District.

“We are excited to hear from both congressmen about the issues that concern us at all in the newly drawn Congressional District 1,” Patrick McWilliams, Chairman of the Baldwin County Commission said.

“The Baldwin County Republican Party felt best they both speak on the issues that concern us all. We have almost 30 percent of the Congressional District 1 population in Baldwin County, so that’s a good chunk.”

Rep. Jerry Carl, a native of Mobile, currently holds the seat.

“Alabama’s First Congressional District needs a conservative workhorse fighting for them in Congress, and that’s exactly what I’ve done since being elected,” Carl said in a statement.

“I look forward to debating my challenger as I highlight my record as a conservative fighter who has stood up for Trump’s America First agenda and gone toe-to-toe with Joe Biden to hold him accountable for being a total failure.”

Barry Moore is a native of Enterprise in Coffee County, who now finds himself as a resident outside the district he represents in Congress.

“Alabama’s First Congressional District has become one of the most conservative in the nation, and they need a true conservative voice,” Moore said in a statement. “I look forward to standing on my record as the first elected official in the nation to endorse President Donald Trump for President and why I was rated as the most effective conservative in the Alabama delegation by the Center for Effective Lawmaking.”

The ultra-rare incumbent dynamic is a product of a court appointed special master tasked by the federal court with creating a second majority-minority district “or something close to it.”

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