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redistricting effort in Tennessee is one of several rapidly advancing plans in Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court’s recent ruling gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. That would advance a key priority under Trump: the president has pushed Republicans across the country to reconfigure their state congressional
Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) Voting rights groups have been planning and filing lawsuits saying
supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional districts that left Black voters at a political disadvantage. Republicans in Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina
ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus)
Supreme Court ruling on the federal Voting Rights Act, and that ruling hasn't come yet. The party in the White House usually loses House seats in the midterm and President Trump's agenda could
Supreme Court ruling that [weakened minority protections](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) under the federal Voting Rights Act. The South Carolina state senate is composed of 34 Republican senators and 12 Democratic senators. Fourteen Republicans voted with
redistricting competition . It was kicked off last year by [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was supercharged by a recent supreme court ruling severely weakening the Voting
redistricting plan aimed at winning more seats in the US Congress for Republicans. Saturday’s elections also took place amid confusion after a recent US Supreme Court ruling [weakening part of the Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949) and [triggered a Republican-led](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it) push to redraw districts across the South. Kemp made it clear that he will not be a part of that push
supreme court ruling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) gutted key anti-discrimination protections in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Analysts at the Council of Foreign Relations [have said](https://www.cfr.org/articles/gerrymandering-the-supreme-court-and-the-2026-midterm-elections) the ruling could upend midterm outcomes
Supreme Court ruled last week that a [provision](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how) of the landmark 1973 Voting Rights Act, which prevented diluting the voting power of minorities, was unconstitutional. Under the ruling, challengers must now prove that
Supreme Court could beckon in another slate of redistricting in the US South. In Louisiana v Callais, the justices will determine whether the creation of two Black-majority congressional districts is in line with
redistricting war upended an already polarized political environment, with states rushing to draw new districts to favor their parties. Trump has pushed for redrawn congressional maps in several Republican-led states to protect the party
Act because it had only one Black majority district out of six, despite Black residents making up one-third of the state’s voters. ## Why did Louisiana pause its primary? The Supreme Court ruling
Voting Rights Act, eliminating a key provision that gave minority voters representation in Congress. Within days of the decision, Republican-led states in the south moved to redraw congressional maps to erase majority-Black districts
Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) "Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our voters, Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said
redistricting flurry. Still, Democrats are seen as having an advantage over Republicans in the November legislative elections, despite the tightening margins. Florida’s vote comes after the US Supreme Court [ruled](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) that a Congressional
ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act. **J. Scott Applewhite/AP** J. Scott Applewhite/AP A historic drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be on theway after the U.S. Supreme Court
ruling](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022) that weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and opened the door to states blowing up blue districts drawn to protect the voting power of racial minorities. Tennessee