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Trump says Tennessee will redistrict after Supreme Court ruling
April 30, 2026, 3:13 p.m. ETWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Tennessee Republicans have committed to redraw their state's congressional districts to eliminate the lone Democrat-held House seat following the Supreme Court's decision severely narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act.Trump, in an April 30 post on Truth Social, said Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee committed in a phone call to "work hard" with Republican state lawmakers to redraw maps before the 2026 midterms to ensure Republicans gain control of all nine of the state's U.S. House seats. Trump framed the effort as correcting a "constitutional flaw" in Tennessee's maps after the court's ruling."This should give us one extra seat, and help Save our Country from the Radical Left Democrats, and their Country destroying Policies of High Tax, Open Borders, Transgender Mutilization, Defunding the Police, ICE, and Border Patrol, No Voter ID, Soft on Crime, and so much more," Trump said. "Thank you Governor Lee – PUSH HARD!"In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court on April 29 struck down a congressional map in Louisiana that had been drawn to protect the voting power of Black residents, delivering a massive blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The ruling jeopardizes Democrats' hold on several Black-majority districts across the South. Republicans officials in some states quickly vowed to push for new maps before the November election.Republicans' race to capitalize on the court's ruling before the midterms comes amid a cross-country redistricting battle with Democrats that was set off by Trump encouraging GOP-controlled states to redraw their maps to hold on to the slim U.S. House majority. Redistricting typically occurs at the end of each decade, once new census data is available.Tennessee's only Democratic congressional seat, District 9, held by Rep. Steve Cohen, includes all of majority-black Memphis and Shelby County. Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Trump ally, in a post on X floated redrawn maps that would slice Memphis three ways, diluting the city's strong Democratic support by folding those voters in with rural, conservative parts of the state.A spokeswoman for Lee did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tennessee adjourned its annual legislative session last week, meaning the governor would have to call a new special session for the legislature to vote on new maps.Cohen accused Trump and Republicans of "coming for the power of Black voters in M...
Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling
Ruling weakening Voting Rights Act opens door to more US states redrawing maps, diluting voting power of minority groups.United States President Donald Trump has said Tennessee will redraw its electoral map following a US Supreme Court ruling that gutted a key provision of the landmark US Voting Rights Act.While the Supreme Court’s ruling on Louisiana’s electoral map has wide-ranging implications across the country, it also has implications for the broader electoral landscape.It removes some race-related restrictions on how congressional district maps can be drawn and, in turn, has sparked calls from Republicans to revisit redistricting in several states ahead of the consequential midterm elections in November.The shift comes amid a largely unprecedented redistricting spree that began last year with US President Donald Trump heaping pressure on Texas to redraw its congressional maps to favour Republicans. Both parties have since sought to gain seats in redistricting in seven states – including Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, California, Utah, and Virginia.Most recently, Florida’s legislature on Wednesday passed a new congressional map, creating 24 districts expected to go to Republicans, up from 20 currently held by members of the party.In a post on his Truth Social account on Thursday, Trump said he had spoken with Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee, “wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee”.Lee did not immediately confirm the statement.A new map in Tennessee is expected to net another solidly Republican district in the state, increasing Republicans’ chances of keeping control of the US House of Representatives in November.Louisiana to redraw mapThe Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday concerned Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has long been cited as a means to prevent state officials and lawmakers from diluting the voting power of racial minorities in how they draw congressional districts.The ruling raised the bar for a map to be considered illegal under the law, requiring challengers to prove racist intent behind how districts are drawn.It deemed Louisiana’s current map, which includes two Black majority districts, unconstitutional, and is expected to imperil other Black majority districts across the country. Black voters have historically leaned heavily Democratic.On Thursday, Louisiana’s governor announced the state would delay its primary...
Republicans Ramp Up Redistricting Push After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court's ruling narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act is already prompting calls from Republicans to redraw congressional maps, a move that could create more GOP-friendly seats, particularly across the South.In Tennessee, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Wednesday encouraged state lawmakers to reconvene and redraw district lines in a way that could flip a Democratic-held ...
Supreme Court ruling is set to reshape American politics
11 hours ago — The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and ...
