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Tennessee Republicans Will Consider Redrawing US House District Covering Majority-Black Memphis
Republicans say the proposed map could erase Tennessee’s only Democratic House seat and help them strengthen their narrow majority before the 2026 midterms.
- On Tuesday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called a special legislative session to consider a redistricting plan targeting the state's lone Democratic-held U.S. House district centered on Memphis, following pressure from President Donald Trump.
- Republican lawmakers in several Southern states are seizing on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to redraw congressional districts ahead of November midterms, with Trump encouraging these efforts as Republicans seek to maintain their narrow House majority.
- Clergy members denounced the plan Monday, with the Rev. Earle Fisher, founder of Up the Vote 901, describing the potential breakup of Memphis's district as "misrepresentation." Fisher said, "It is about misrepresentation."
- Alabama's special session began Monday amid protests, with demonstrators at the historic Alabama Capitol carrying signs declaring "No new map" and chanting "We fight back!" against the redistricting effort.
- Sheyann Webb-Christburg, a participant in the 1965 Bloody Sunday voting rights march, noted that "much blood, sweat and tears was shed" in the historic effort to secure the right to vote.
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Tennessee poised to vote on new US House map sought by Trump that carves up Memphis
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to vote on a plan to reshape a majority-Black congressional district. The move is part of a broader strategy in Southern states following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act.…
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Republicans Eye Another Seat in Tennessee
"Tennessee Republicans unveiled a new congressional map on Wednesday that would wipe out the lone Democratic seat in the Volunteer State," Punchbowl News reports."The proposal, which must pass the GOP-dominated state legislature, cracks Memphis’ Shelby County into three districts and likely do
·New York, United States
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