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Candidate Field Set After Republicans Redrew Tennessee District Lines
nytimes.com • • general
Key Points:
- Tennessee voters selected congressional candidates in primaries following the state's Republican-led redistricting, which aimed to eliminate the only Democratic-held seat by slicing through Memphis, where most Black voters reside.
- The new district maps were approved shortly after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, making it harder to consider race in redistricting.
- In the Fifth Congressional District, Charlie Hatcher, a former agriculture commissioner, upset Trump-endorsed candidate Mr. Ogles and will face Democrat Mayor Chaz Molder in the general election.
- The redrawn Fifth District now excludes much of liberal Nashville and includes part of Memphis, challenging Democratic candidate Molder to rely on family ties in western Tennessee to compete.
