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Mississippi Democrat on Potential Redistricting After VRA Ruling: ‘We Have a Fight Ahead of Us’
- On Monday, April 27, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Callais v. Louisiana that Louisiana's congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, prompting Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to suspend the state's congressional primaries until July for a redraw.
- For six decades, Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act served as a central legal tool to challenge racial discrimination in elections, but voting rights experts say this decision significantly weakens the provision, clearing the way for states to revive discriminatory voting maps.
- Republican governors across the American South are moving quickly to capitalize on the ruling, with Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee calling special legislative sessions to reconfigure their congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections.
- Democrats fear these redistricting efforts could help Republicans secure up to 19 new seats, with Representative Bennie Thompson stating on Saturday that the ruling leaves his party with 'a fight ahead of us' to prevent losses.
- Civil rights groups are bracing for a wave of litigation in response to the ruling, while some states, wary of the legal vacuum, have begun adopting their own voting rights acts to provide local court protections against gerrymandering.
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DeSoto County NewsTrump pushes Mississippi to redraw congressional districts after Supreme Court ruling. But legal and political hurdles loom
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. President Donald Trump is urging Mississippi officials to redraw the state’s four congressional districts as part of his national push for Republican states to flip Democratic districts to the GOP before this year’s federal midterm elections, several state and federal officials familiar with the communication told Mississippi Today. But there would be significant …
Mississippi Democrat on potential redistricting after VRA ruling: ‘We have a fight ahead of us’
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) on Saturday said the likely redistricting efforts that could kick off following the Supreme Court’s ruling against a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana leave Democrats with “a fight ahead of” them. Ahead of what was at the time a looming Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act, Mississippi…
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