Les républicains du Tennessee approuvent de nouvelles cartes électorales malgré les manifestations

Les républicains du Tennessee ont voté jeudi l'adoption de nouvelles cartes électorales qui devraient éliminer le seul siège démocrate de l'État à la Chambre des représentants des États-Unis. Le gouverneur républicain Bill Lee a promulgué la mesure peu après. Cette décision fait suite à un arrêt de la Cour suprême invalidant certains districts à majorité noire en raison d'un découpage électoral racial inconstitutionnel.

Des centaines de manifestants se sont rassemblés au Capitole de l'État à Nashville lors de la session extraordinaire. Ils brandissaient des pancartes portant les inscriptions « Jim Crow 2.0 » et « Apartheid moderne » alors que les législateurs débattaient du découpage divisant Memphis en trois districts à tendance républicaine. La police d'État a évacué une partie des tribunes après que les manifestants ont refusé de quitter les lieux.

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Illustration of Governor Bill Lee signing a new map bill in Tennessee to eliminate a Democratic congressional seat by splitting Shelby County.
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Tennessee republicans pass new map to eliminate democratic seat

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Tennessee’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a new congressional map on Thursday that splits majority-Black Shelby County into three districts. The move aims to remove the state’s only Democratic-held U.S. House seat. Governor Bill Lee signed the map into law shortly after passage.

Tennessee became the first state to redraw its congressional districts after a Supreme Court decision last week that weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering. Republicans in the state legislature approved a new map that removes the only U.S. House seat held by a Democrat. Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly after the vote.

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Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a proposed congressional map that would split the state's majority-Black Shelby County and likely erase the last Democratic seat in the U.S. House. The plan aims to give the GOP all nine of the state's congressional districts. It follows a recent Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's April 29, 2026, Callais v. Louisiana decision striking down Louisiana's congressional map as a racial gerrymander (as covered in this series), experts warn the reinterpretation of Voting Rights Act protections could endanger minority representation nationwide. Louisiana has extended suspension of its U.S. House primaries until at least July 2026 amid expectations of a redraw.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on April 29, 2026, in Louisiana v. Callais that Louisiana’s congressional map (SB8) was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, concluding the Voting Rights Act did not require the state to draw an additional majority-Black district. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., called the ruling “a massive and devastating blow,” warning it could accelerate redistricting fights across Southern states ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

A Tazewell County Circuit Court has paused certification of a Virginia referendum passed on April 21, 2026, that returns congressional redistricting power to the Democrat-controlled General Assembly. The measure passed with 51.5% of the vote, reversing a 2020 bipartisan commission approved by 66% to 34%. Legal challenges cite violations of the state constitution's amendment process.

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