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Tennessee released a new congressional voting map that could go into effect before the midterm
congressional voting maps. **George Walker IV/AP** George Walker IV/AP Tennessee Republicans have passed a new
congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supreme court’s decision [gutting section 2](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting Rights Act. Tennessee Republicans [have already enacted a new map
new map was intentionally drawn to ensure Black voting power was diluted throughout Tennessee’s nine congressional
voting power of racial minorities. Tennessee’s [new map](https://x.com/tnsenategop/status/2052034274988015720) aims to draw the state’s lone Democratic congressional
congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court last week weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting. - 🎧 **Protesters from Tennessee's blue cities argue that the new
new maps mean that all nine of Tennessee’s congressional districts are Republican-leaning. The district had closely occupied the south-west corner of the state. Now three districts snake out from Memphis’ dense center
voting practices and gave minority voters the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. Just eight days after the decision, the Republican-led [Tennessee](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/tennessee-congressional-map-redistricting) legislature passed new redistricting maps, eliminating the state
Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee”. Lee did not immediately confirm the statement. A new map in Tennessee is expected to net another solidly Republican district in the state, increasing Republicans’ chances
new Republican House seats before the 2026 midterm elections. Red states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee, are rushing to revise their congressional maps after a [supreme court ruling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) gutted key anti-discrimination
Voting Rights Act stripped away in practice, the last remaining majority-Black district [has been erased](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/tennessee-congressional-map-redistricting). Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which includes Memphis, lies cracked into three pieces, each containing almost
new maps in the wake of last week’slandmark [Callais v Landry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional
new congressional map during a special legislative session at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on May 7. \*\*Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images\*\* Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images MEMPHIS, Tenn. — From the founding
Voting Rights Act. “This is a five-alarm fire for Black representation in the south,” said Michael Li, a redistricting expert at the Brennan Center for Justice. “The [supreme] court has signaled it’s going
new map shortly after the supreme court decision came down. Republicans in Tennessee eliminated the state’s one Black congressional district and Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia are all moving in turn. Mississippi, whose
Tennessee [eliminated the state’s one Black congressional district](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/tennessee-congressional-map-redistricting) last week. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis [signed a new map](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/florida-new-congressional-maps-desantis) shortly after the supreme court decision came down. Alabama
new map,” she wrote. - **How will this play into the overall battle for Congress?** Red states, including Alabama and Tennessee, are rushing to revise their congressional maps after the original supreme court decision. On Monday
new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va. on April 27. **Allen G. Breed/AP** Allen G. Breed/AP The Supreme Court of Virginia struck down the congressional redistricting approved by voters in April
new electoral map](/news/2026/4/22/trump-calls-virginia-election-rigged-after-redistricting-referendum) that was crafted to flip four Republican-held US congressional seats to Democrats, handing President Donald Trump’s party a victory in the run-up to the November midterm elections
Maps of the Great State of Tennessee,” Trump [wrote](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116494706928688681). “Likewise, all of the other Political Representatives of Tennessee have promised to do so”. He added: “This should give us one extra seat