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Southern Republicans rushed to redraw their states' congressional voting maps after an April 29 U.S. Supreme
map that created a second majority Black district has led to calls from Republicans for more last-minute redraws, particularly in Southern states. The decision triggered Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, also a Republican, to order
redraw comes as Republican-led Southern states scramble to enact new maps in the wake of [last week’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
southern states are also scrambling to redraw congressional districts in response to the supreme court’s Wednesday ruling that [severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling).** Before the supreme court’s decision
redraw comes as Republican-led southern states scramble to enact 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
redraw its 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 map will
Voting Rights Act, opening the door for Republican-led Southern states to dismantle Democratic-held majority-Black and majority-Latino districts. Black and Latino voters tend to support Democratic candidates. Already, Republican-controlled states, such
redraw its map to create five more Republican-favoured US House Districts. Republican and Democratic-controlled legislatures in Missouri, California, Utah, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas have since followed suit. The campaign was kicked
votes [came amid](https://x.com/MariannaBac/status/2052427221311074560) protests at the state capitol, and after a walkout by Democrats. State Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis Democrat, called the new district maps "racist tools of white supremacy
Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second
redrawing maps every 10 years following the US census population count. Virginia’s vote last week, in which Democrats were expected to net four seats, largely neutralised Republican redistricting gains. Florida’s new map again
vote to approve new congressional maps in Virgina could embolden Florida’s Republican-controlled state assembly to consider tit-for-tat changes to its own map, the House Democratic leader has said.** Voters in Virginia
Republican-controlled legislature to redraw that state’s congressional maps in an effort to oust up to five Democratic House lawmakers. California was the first to respond, with voters backing redistricting in favor of Democrats
redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson strongly criticised the court for departing from its usual procedure of waiting 32 days to formally issue its judgment