Tennessee Republicans redraw map to eliminate only Black-majority district

Tennessee's Republican legislature passed a new congressional map that splits up the majority-Black Shelby County, likely pushing out the state's only Democratic congressman and creating an all-Republican federal delegation. The move follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act, allowing states to redraw districts along partisan lines. Tennessee is the first state to finalize a new map under this ruling, with several other Southern states expected to follow.

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