Redistricting

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional map approved by voters in a recent referendum, ruling it unconstitutional. Democratic leaders have criticized the decision as overturning the will of the people.

13. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

Tennessee has approved new congressional maps that divide Memphis's single Democratic-held district into three districts expected to favor Republicans in November. The changes follow protests by Democratic lawmakers and a special legislative session.

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.

6. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

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.

2. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

Five months after Indiana's GOP-led Senate rejected a Trump-backed plan to redraw congressional maps for House advantage, President Trump has endorsed Republican primary challengers against the senators who opposed it—including Sen. Spencer Deery—intensifying intraparty conflict ahead of Tuesday's primary.