7th Congressional District candidates discuss the economy, IVF and gun violence

Next Tuesday, residents of Alabama’s 7th Congressional District will choose between incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Republican candidate Dr. Robin Litaker to represent them in the US House of Representatives. The district includes Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter and Wilcox counties, as well as parts of Clarke, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties.

Sewell is in her seventh term representing District 7. She serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and the House Administration Committee, where she is the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Elections.

Litaker has 32 years of experience in the Alabama public education system, serving as a teacher and principal in the Mobile and Hoover City Schools systems. She is the founder of the Alabama Conference of Educators.

ABC 33/40 spoke with each candidate about various topics.

• Goals if chosen
• Lower cost of living
• Protecting in vitro fertilization
• Reducing violent crime
• Immigration reform
• Ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas

Watch Congresswoman Sewell’s full interview:

Watch Dr. Litaker’s full interview:

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