Tennessee passes new congressional map splitting the state's only majority-Black district
Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional map on Thursday that breaks up the 9th Congressional District, the state's only majority-Black district centered on Memphis, into three Republican-leaning districts. Governor Bill Lee signed the bill into law the same day. The redistricting follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act and is part of a broader mid-decade Republican redistricting push across multiple states.
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