Tennessee passes new congressional map that splits states only . . . As protesters accused them of racial gerrymandering, Tennessee state lawmakers passed into law on Thursday a new congressional map that could allow Republicans to flip the state’s lone Democratic-held seat, notching the GOP another win in the mid-decade redistricting scramble Republican Tennessee Gov Bill Lee signed the bill into law Thursday afternoon The session was interrupted by
Tennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after . . . The Tennessee Legislature passed a new U S congressional map that will favor Republicans in all nine of the state’s districts ahead of this year’s midterm election The bill passed Thursday and is expected to be quickly signed by Gov Bill Lee, as state lawmakers faced a tight deadline to get the maps approved ahead of the state’s August primary election, set to take place in 90 days
Tennessee Enacts New U. S. House Map Carving Up Majority-Black District . . . Not long after the new map became law, the NAACP Tennessee State Conference sued in state court asserting that the mid-decade redistricting is illegal Tennessee is the first state to pass new congressional districts since a U S Supreme Court ruling last week significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities