Tennessee, congressional maps
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Thirty new candidates, including several state lawmakers and former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, are eyeing congressional bids after TN redrew maps.
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new US House map Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.
On day two of Tennessee's special session, the GOP proposed its ambitious redraw linking Memphis and the greater Nashville area in two separate districts.
A week after an explosive special session carved up TN's last Democratic congressional district, a fourth lawsuit has been filed to stop it.
By Joseph Ax May 7 (Reuters) - Tennessee Republicans on Thursday approved a new congressional map dismantling a majority-Black U.S. House district centered on Memphis, as several other Southern states seek to leverage last week's U.
Republican-led legislatures in Tennessee and Alabama will reconvene in the coming days. Unlike in Tennessee, however, a new map in Alabama will require Supreme Court action. By Emily Cochrane and Abbie VanSickle Two Southern governors on Friday said they ...