Cohen on ‘Shameful’ Tennessee Redistricting Erasing His House District: ‘Next Stop Is the Courts’
The map redraws Memphis and shifts August election districts as the NAACP Tennessee files suit and Democrats challenge the process.
- During a three-day special session, the Tennessee legislature passed a new congressional map splitting Memphis. Governor Bill Lee signed the legislation into law, prompting the Secretary of State to announce a special candidate qualifying period.
- Republicans pushed the map to secure an all-Republican delegation to Washington, claiming the process modernizes redistricting by removing racial data. State Democrats argue the plan targets the state's only Black-majority district to dilute political power.
- Tensions escalated during the session as lawmakers voted largely along party lines. Rep. Antonio Parkinson criticized the move, stating, "You cannot celebrate Dr. King in January and then turn around and kill the black voice of Tennessee in May."
- The NAACP Tennessee filed a lawsuit to stop the maps from taking effect. The new law changes the candidate filing deadline to May 15, requiring current candidates to reapply for elections.
- New candidates must collect at least 25 signatures to qualify by the May 15 deadline. Following a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee became one of the first states to redraw its map.
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Democratic Lawmakers Melt Down as Tennessee Passes New Congressional Map
Turmoil engulfed the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville Thursday after lawmakers approved a new congressional map. Videos posted to the social media platform X showed elected Democrats — a distinct […] The post Video: Democratic Lawmakers Melt Down as Tennessee Passes New Congressional Map appeared first on The Western Journal.
NAACP Sues Tennessee Over Redistricting That Wiped Out State’s Only Majority-Black District
AP Photo/George Walker IV The NAACP Tennessee State Conference filed a lawsuit after the state of Tennessee redrew its congressional districts to favor the GOP in all nine, eliminating the state’s only majority-Black district. On Thursday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the new district lines into law, becoming the latest state to join the trend initially pushed by President Donald Trump to engage in a nontraditional mid-decade redistricting…
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Action News 5Here’s what the new congressional districts in Tennessee mean for voters and candidates
Following Gov. Bill Lee’s signing of the new congressional map into law, the Secretary of State reports that there will be a special qualifying period for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cohen on ‘shameful’ Tennessee redistricting erasing his House district: ‘Next stop is the courts’
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) vowed legal action Thursday after Tennessee passed a new House map that carves up his majority-Black congressional district in an effort to flip his seat red in November. Cohen, the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member House delegation, called the new map “shameful” and criticized Republicans for heeding President Trump’s call to…
Dem senator stands on desk, fights with sergeant at arms after congressional map OK’d
All hell broke loose on Thursday after Tennessee Republicans passed a new congressional map eliminating the only Democrat district. Tennessee’s Republican-led House passed the new map that eliminates the state’s only majority-black district in Memphis. Shortly thereafter, the State Senate passed the congressional map. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the new map into law. Tennessee...
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