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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 silence
map. Legislation awaiting a final vote in Alabama also would upend the state’s congressional primaries if courts allow the state to change its US House districts. In South Carolina, meanwhile, Republican lawmakers urged
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, with
map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans, AP reports. Debates already have played out in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana as [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) push to leverage a recent Supreme Court ruling that
change in seats to roughly a draw. But the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a Louisiana congressional map that created a second majority Black district has led to calls from Republicans for more last
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 protections in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Analysts at the Council of Foreign Relations [have
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
changed it. We'll continue to do that as circumstances warrant," he said, noting that similar policies have been embraced by industries far beyond football.  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
change in this years’ midterm vote. Trump’s redistricting scheme took aim at breaking up Indiana’s first and seventh congressional districts, representing the urban centers of Indianapolis and Gary, where Democrats have consistently held
congressional districts. The ruling raised the bar for a map to be considered illegal under the law, requiring challengers to prove racist intent behind how districts are drawn. It deemed Louisiana’s current map, which
change in date would confuse and subsequently disenfranchise voters while undermining voter education groups already distributing information about the election. “This illegal executive order threatens the integrity of our democratic system and disregards the voices
Tennessee. The outgoing Republican governor, Brian Kemp, has endorsed Dooley, but the president has not weighed in on the primary. Georgia voters from both parties will also select candidates to replace Kemp as governor
Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Georgia – whose flagship public athletic programs generate more than $100m in annual revenue. Each of those states has [moved to draw new maps to limit
congressional gerrymandering advantage heading into this year’s midterm elections. The ruling could bolster Republican hopes of keeping their majority in the US House in the midterms. Democrats pursued the Virginia measure as part
change that  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 suit. But the struggle