Tennessee calls special session to redraw congressional maps
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Updated · USA TODAY · May 1
Tennessee calls special session to redraw congressional maps
8 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · May 1
Governor Bill Lee said lawmakers will return to Nashville on 5 May, after Donald Trump said Lee had promised action and days after the Supreme Court curtailed Voting Rights Act protections.
Republicans could split Memphis into multiple districts, creating nine safe-Republican seats and threatening the state's last Democratic-held House seat, now represented by Steve Cohen.
The move would halt active campaigns and force candidates statewide to re-qualify, while Democrats vow legal challenges and other Southern Republican states, including Alabama, pursue similar redistricting.
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