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Tennessee Republicans redraw Memphis congressional district after Supreme Court ruling
May 9, 2026
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Tennessee lawmakers moved fast. Days after the Supreme Court raised the bar for racial gerrymandering claims under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans in Nashville proposed, and then passed, a new congressional map that splits Memphis and Shelby County into three districts, effectively erasing the state's only remaining Democratic-held House seat.
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