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redistricting. Republican lawmakers in other southern states, including [Louisiana](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5806000/louisiana-suspends-house-primaries-supreme-court) and [Alabama](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5812921/alabamas-legislature-poised-to-adopt-new-congressional-map-after-scotus-ruling), are moving to eliminate other majority-Black, Democratic-held districts in the wake of the Supreme Court
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 Rights Act which had restrained
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, AP reports. The court
state from certifying the results, calling the ballot language “flagrantly misleading”. Trump reacted to the decision on Truth Social, calling it a ‘huge win for the Republican Party, and America, in Virginia.” “The Virginia Supreme
decision *Louisiana v. Callais* restores fairness to our redistricting process and allows states to pass electoral maps that reflect the will of the voters, not the will of federal judges,” Kemp said Friday. “Voting
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’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district. Other southern states, like [Mississippi](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/mississippi-redistricting-old-capitol), are expected to follow
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
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 Rights Act and opened the door to states
decision, the Virginia supreme court rejected a Democratic-backed ballot measure approved by voters in April that reconfigured the state’s US House map for partisan advantage. Ruling in favor of a Republican challenge
redistricting ruling Louisiana is preparing to delay its House primaries after the Supreme Court struck down its current map. In a statement [posted to social media](https://x.com/LAGovJeffLandry/status/2049847456095928434), Republican Gov. Jeff Landry said
redistricting. - 🎧 **Protesters from Tennessee's blue cities argue that the new map will silence the voices of voters** who support Democrats. These voters make up roughly a third of the state's population, according
southern Iran. **Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images** Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images - 🎧 **Adm. Brad Cooper, head of Central Command in the Middle East, says the military has set up** a "defensive umbrella across the Strait