Tennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act [View all]
(Tennessee Lookout) he 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.
The new map splits the state’s last majority-minority U.S. House district in Memphis across three seats as Republicans attempt to flip the last Democratic-held district. Democrats are expected to file a lawsuit over the new map, arguing that Republicans are trying to change the rules too close to the election and that the changes were made based on racial demographics.
About 60% of voters in the current U.S. House District 9, which includes the whole city of Memphis, are Black.
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