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Tennessee, Alabama take steps to redraw House maps in wake of Supreme Court ruling
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble across multiple southern states to redraw congressio...

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Alabama and Tennessee join rush of southern states moving to redraw maps after Supreme Court ruling
Trump says Tennessee will redraw House maps after Supreme Court ruling
Tennessee to redistrict in effort to flip Memphis congressional seat
At the behest of President Donald Trump, Tennessee’s Republican supermajority is returning to Nashville next week to redraw the state’s congressional maps, carving Memphis into multiple safe-Republica...

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Southern States Move to Redistrict Under Weakened Voting Rights Act
Republicans Want Tennessee’s Last Democratic House District
Gov. Lee calls for special session on redistricting
Tennessee Democrats are sounding the alarm after new Republican calls for redistricting that could dramatically reshape congressional lines, with Memphis and Shelby County squarely in the crosshairs.

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N.J. governor says she’s open to redrawing congressional map — but her own party has doubts
Visual: What a TN U.S. House map would look like without a Memphis Democratic-held seat
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Tennessee GOP lawmakers meeting next week to carve up Memphis' blue House district

Gov. Bill Lee called for a special session Friday so that Republican lawmakers can redraw Tennessee's U.S. House map to eliminate the state's lone Black-majority congressional district in Memphis and secure another seat for the GOP.

Tennessee House rejects bill limiting who can vote in party primaries

A GOP-led effort to close primary elections to non-party affiliated voters failed in the House on April 20, despite being funded in the state budget.