Illustration of Governor Bill Lee signing a new map bill in Tennessee to eliminate a Democratic congressional seat by splitting Shelby County.
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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Partai Republik Tennessee sahkan peta baru untuk hapus kursi Demokrat

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Legislatur Tennessee yang dikuasai Partai Republik menyetujui peta kongres baru pada hari Kamis yang membagi Shelby County, wilayah dengan mayoritas penduduk kulit hitam, menjadi tiga distrik. Langkah ini bertujuan untuk menghilangkan satu-satunya kursi DPR AS yang dipegang Partai Demokrat di negara bagian tersebut. Gubernur Bill Lee menandatangani peta tersebut menjadi undang-undang segera setelah disahkan.

Penataan ulang daerah pemilihan terjadi selama sesi khusus yang dipanggil oleh Lee menyusul putusan Mahkamah Agung AS pada 29 April yang melemahkan Bagian 2 dari Undang-Undang Hak Pilih (Voting Rights Act). Saat ini Tennessee memiliki delapan perwakilan Republik dan satu Demokrat, yaitu anggota DPR Steve Cohen dari Memphis. Garis batas baru tersebut memecah Distrik ke-9 yang mayoritas berpenduduk kulit hitam dan memperluas cakupan pemilih Memphis ke distrik yang membentang sekitar 200 mil hingga ke pinggiran kota Nashville.

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Para pengguna konservatif merayakan peta tersebut sebagai kemenangan Republik yang menghapus distrik Demokrat terakhir, dengan sering kali mengejek aksi protes, sementara para kritikus mengecamnya sebagai gerrymandering yang mencolok dan upaya penindasan pemilih yang menargetkan komunitas kulit hitam di Shelby County.

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Tennessee Republican lawmakers approving a new congressional map that removes the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat.
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Tennessee Republicans approve map eliminating lone Democratic seat

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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.

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.

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Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to pass new congressional maps expected to eliminate the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly afterward. The move followed a Supreme Court decision striking down certain majority-black districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

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.

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In response to the Supreme Court's Callais v. Louisiana decision curtailing Voting Rights Act protections (as covered in this series), Alabama lawmakers have begun a special session to reinstate 2023 congressional maps if courts lift a prior ban. Critics say the move would undermine Black representation.

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