Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson's announcement last month that he would not seek another term as his city's chief executive shook up the political landscape in the southern part of the state.
Almost immediately, speculation was rampant about who would fill those shoes. One of the names mentioned was State Sen. Vivian Figures (D-Mobile).
Figures told AL(dot)com last month that she was "considering it."
Multiple sources now tell 1819 News that Figures has finalized her plans to run in 2025.
Her decision comes as her son Shomari Figures, the Democrat nominee for the open second congressional district seat, faces Republican nominee Caroleene Dobson in next month's general election.
Figures has served in the Alabama Senate since 1997. She was elected in January 1997 to serve the remaining term of her late husband, then-Sen. Michael Figures.
Before that, she had served on the Mobile City Council since being elected in 1993, so she is no stranger to City of Mobile's municipal government's inner workings.
In her most recent reelection bid in 2022, Figures defeated Republican Pete Riehm by a 2-to-1 margin in a newly drawn district that now includes a portion of Spanish Fort in Baldwin County.
Jeff Poor is the editor in chief of 1819 News and host of "The Jeff Poor Show," heard Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon on Mobile's FM Talk 106.5. To connect or comment, email jeff.poor@1819News.com or follow him on Twitter @jeff_poor.
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