Tennessee Republicans Will Consider Redrawing US House District Covering Majority-Black Memphis
Republicans say the plan could erase Tennessee’s only Democratic House seat and help protect their narrow majority ahead of 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 Governor Bill Lee speaks during a news conference outside the USDA Whitten Building on July 8, 2025. —Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty ImagesRepublican lawmakers in Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee are set to make the next moves in the mid-decade redistricting battle, seeking to further bolster their party’s chances in the fall midterms in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that hollowed the Voting Rights Act. The court’s ruling…
Tennessee lawmakers consider redrawing the state's only Democratic-held U.S. House district
Republican lawmakers in several Southern states are seizing on the opportunity afforded by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to redraw congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections.
Democrats oppose Tennessee Redistricting
NASHVILLE (WDEF) – Tennessee lawmakers return to Nashville on Tuesday for a snap Special Session to consider redistricting the state election maps before the midterm elections. A Supreme Court ruling last week undermined the Civil Rights Voting Act used to protect black-leaning districts in court. Tennessee Republicans, with the support of President Trump, want to eliminate the last Democratic seat in the state in the Memphis area. It should not…
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