Tennessee Lawmakers Approve Map Erasing Black District

Tennessee lawmakers approve map erasing Black district

Tennessee lawmakers approve map erasing Black district

Ironic: Tennessee's New "Racist" 9th District Will Likely Have Black Woman Replace a 76-Year-Old White Democrat

While Democrat activists occupied the Tennessee state Capitol yesterday after a vote to redraw the congressional maps following the historic Supreme Court decision in Louisanna v.

Tennessee Democratic Party Statement “On Egregiously, Racially Drawn Congressional District Maps” – The Tennessee Tribune

NASHVILLE – Just now, the Republican-led Tennessee General Assembly passed new Congressional maps set to be in effect for the 2026 August primary election. This map dilutes the voice of black Memphians and harms their ability to elect a Representative from their community. The following is a statement from the Tennessee Democratic Party Black Caucus Chair, Solomon Trapp: “That congressional leaders would vote to disenfranchise one of the few rem…

Tennessee wipes out its last Black majority district

Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. Tennessee Republicans have erased the state’s last Black majority congressional district, splitting Memphis into three GOP-leaning seats. The Republican-controlled legislature passed the new…

Tennessee’s New “Racist” Map Will Likely Replace a White Male Democrat With a Black Republican Woman

Tennessee Democrats spent Thursday screaming “Jim Crow” from the gallery of the state capitol, locking arms on the House floor, and accusing Republican mapmakers of “white supremacy.” The reason? A new congressional map signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee redraws the state’s only Democrat-held district — the so-called “Black-majority” 9th, anchored in Memphis — in a way that virtually guarantees the seat flips to a Republican in November. And here …