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Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis is set to hold a special legislative session on April 28 to discuss possible redistricting
redistricting, most notably in Florida, where Republicans are meeting in a special legislative session next
Florida voting lines that could help Republicans win four additional seats in the U.S. House this November. DeSantis has called lawmakers to a special legislative session starting Tuesday. [ trying to redraw maps to pick up more
redistricting fight,” he said. The RNC and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Richard Hudson is holding out hope that the state’s Supreme
Florida’s Republicans signed a 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
Florida’s governor, has proposed a congressional redistricting plan that could essentially cancel out Virginia’s changes by giving Republicans an improved chance of winning additional seats. The redistricting is on the agenda
legislators enacted the [“Mississippi Plan”,](https://mississippitoday.org/2024/04/12/mississippi-voting-rights-history-discrimination/) which introduced efforts to suppress Black voters, like poll taxes, crimes that had felony disenfranchisement and literacy tests. Outside of the legal disenfranchisement, Black Mississippians experienced violent
Florida lawmakers have since redistricted in that state in April bring to about 13 seats nationally where they've gained an edge. Then, after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened voting rights for minority communities last
special legislative session at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on May 7.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2667x2667+667+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff3%2F45%2Ff8b7bcef4a80814d704d1b8eaffe%2Fgettyimages-2274493055.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5822329/memphis-gerrymandering-representation-voting-rights) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [After redistricting, what does representation mean to Tennessee voters?](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5822329/memphis-gerrymandering-representation-voting-rights) Federal civil
special redistricting sessions within four days of the ruling. South Carolina Republicans have started steps toward redrawing there. Protesters have flooded capitol buildings in Montgomery, Ala. and Nashville. Civil rights activists and Democratic lawmakers have
legislatively.” Yet there are signs that some Virginia voters are thinking less about Trump and more about Spanberger. Some of the same surveys that found the pro-referendum side with only a narrow lead recorded