Tennessee Republicans redraw map to secure a near-blanket GOP hold on Congress
TL;DR
Tennessee Republicans approved a new state House map intended to add a GOP seat in the U.S. House, a move spurred by a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act and could reshape Black-majority districts; Gov. Bill Lee backs the plan, which could yield a 9-0 GOP advantage amid protests in the Tennessee House gallery.
Topics:top-newspolitics#elections#politics#redistricting#tennessee#us-house-of-representatives#voting-rights-act-of-1965
- Tennessee lawmakers approve new House map to eliminate Democratic-held seat The Washington Post
- ‘This is how we cement President Trump’s agenda’: Tennessee Republicans celebrate state’s new congressional maps – live The Guardian
- NAACP files emergency petition to block Tennessee redistricting plan The Tennessean
- TN Senator Brent Taylor announces run for 9th District WREG.com
- Opinion | Republican pharaohs subject Memphis voters to disenfranchisement MS NOW
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