Democratic House representatives hold hands in prayer after leaving the floor session of the Tennessee House of Representatives in protest of efforts by the state's Republican leadership to redistrict congressional election maps, in Nashville, Tennessee, May 7, 2026. by Seth Herald/Reuters

Tennessee lawmakers pass U.S. House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis

Politics

The new voting districts approved Thursday could give Republicans a chance to win all nine of the state's congressional seats in the November midterm elections.

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Tennessee is the first state to adopt new districts since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities.

President Donald Trump has urged more Republican-led states to redraw their districts in light of the court ruling. Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina also have taken steps toward redistricting.

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