Tennessee redraws map to erase the last Democratic House seat in Memphis
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Republicans in Tennessee approved a new congressional map that carves Memphis into three districts to dilute Black voters and eliminate the state's last Democratic House seat, a move tied to the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act and met with protests at the state capitol.
- Tennessee Approves New Map Aimed at Flipping the Last Democratic Seat The New York Times
- ‘This is how we cement President Trump’s agenda’: Tennessee Republicans celebrate state’s new congressional maps – live The Guardian
- Cohen on ‘shameful’ Tennessee redistricting erasing his House district: ‘Next stop is the courts’ The Hill
- How GOP's Tennessee redistricting map impacts Nashville, Memphis elections The Tennessean
- TN Senator Brent Taylor announces run for 9th District WREG.com
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