Tennessee congressional redistricting litigation
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Breaking
Tennessee voters elect congressional candidates following redistricting
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Milestone
Federal Judges Clear New Tennessee Congressional Map That Splits Black District
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· date approximate Background
Tennessee's congressional map was redrawn by the state legislature to favor Republican candidates, eliminating the state's lone Democratic House seat.
The Tennessee state legislature reshaped the state's congressional lines through redistricting that favored the Republican party. This process resulted in the removal of Tennessee's single Democratic House lawmaker.
Previously, the heavily Democratic Memphis area was largely kept together in the 9th District, which provided Tennessee Democrats with one reliable congressional seat in a deeply Republican state. The redrawing of the map divided Memphis among three Republican-leaning districts.