She says public service is in his DNA and that his father -- late State Senator Michael Figures definitely had a hand in his victory. “Oh my God... I know Michael is smiling down from heaven ...

he is the son of Michael Figures, a civil rights lawyer who won a well-known case against the Ku Klux Klan, and of Vivian Davis Figures, who succeeded her husband in the state Senate after his death.

His late father, Michael Figures, was an Alabama state senator and his mother serves in that role now. The son’s win is critical in the Democrats’ efforts to regain control of the House.