Republicans unveil proposed congressional map that carves up Tennessee's lone Democratic district
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Tennessee Republican legislative leaders proposed a new congressional map aimed at eliminating the state's only Democratic-controlled district, a majority-Black district in Memphis represented by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- The proposal follows a recent Supreme Court ruling limiting the use of race in redistricting and seeks to change state law to allow redistricting more than once per decade.
- The new map would split the Memphis metro area into three districts, potentially diluting Democratic voter influence in a traditionally Democratic stronghold.
- Similar redistricting efforts are underway in other Southern Republican-controlled states like Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina following the Supreme Court's decision on racial gerrymandering.
- These mid-decade redistricting moves, encouraged by former President Trump, aim to protect and expand Republican House majorities, with eight states enacting new maps that could net Republicans 13 additional seats.
