Shomari Figures
DemocratU.S. Representative, AL-2| Age | 40 (b. 1985-09-03) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2025-01-03 (~1 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | Black / African American |
| Religion | Protestant (unspecified denomination) |
| Education | B.A. in Criminal Justice and History (2006) and J.D. (2010), both from the University of Alabama; attended LeFlore Magnet High School, Mobile, AL |
| Prior occupation | Attorney; federal law clerk (Eastern District of Missouri, Judge Nannette A. Baker); Obama 2012 campaign field organizer; White House Domestic Director of Presidential Personnel; White House Liaison to Attorney General Loretta Lynch (DOJ); Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown; Biden transition team member; Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to Attorney General Merrick Garland (DOJ) |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Mobile, Alabama |
| Marital status | Married — Dr. Kalisha Dessources Figures |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Mobile, Alabama |
| Notable relatives | Father: Michael Figures (Alabama State Senator, civil rights attorney, d. 1996); Mother: Vivian Davis Figures (Alabama State Senator, current); Uncle: Thomas Figures (first Black assistant U.S. attorney in Mobile, Alabama) |
Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2024 |
| Committees | House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| Caucuses | Congressional Black Caucus · New Democrat Coalition |
| Leadership | New Democrat Coalition Transportation Task Force Chair |
| Ideology | Member of the moderate New Democrat Coalition; supported cryptocurrency innovation; no DW-NOMINATE score yet publicly available for the 119th Congress |
| Signature legislation | Bill to designate Tuskegee postal facility as Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office (H.R. introduced Nov. 2025) · Save SNAP Act of 2026 (H.R. 8503) · Rural Health Resilience Act of 2026 (H.R. 8504) · HARVEST Act (H.R. 8502) · Veterinary Education Equity Act (H.R. 8505) · Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act of 2026 (H.R. 8046) · RISE Reauthorization Act of 2026 (H.R. 7533) |
Financial
| SAK Investments LLC (100% ownership) | business_owned · 2023 |
| CMB Holdings Group LLC (33% owned via SAK Investments LLC) | business_owned · 2023 |
Top donors: Protect Progress PAC (crypto-aligned, Fairshake affiliate) ($2,700,000 (independent expenditure)) · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama PAC ($10,000) · PAC To The Future (Nancy Pelosi leadership PAC) ($5,000) · Cunningham Bounds (law firm)
Top industries: Lawyers / Law Firms · Leadership PACs · Health Care · Finance / Securities · Cryptocurrency / Digital Assets
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.