Contest seen as latest test of president’s grip on GOP as he urges voters to reject one of the few senior Republicans who has defied him Sign up for the Breaking News US email Voters in Alabama will also come out to pick their candidates today. New congressional maps in the state have cost Democrats a seat in the House of Representatives. The primary schedule for House districts was rearranged, and thus voters today will nominate candidates for only three of Alabama’s seven House districts, with primaries for the rest set for August.