A federal court on Thursday upheld Tennessee’s redraw of its congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
“A federal three-judge court has upheld Tennessee’s new congressional map against claims of racial gerrymandering under the 14th Amendment,” SCOTUS Wire stated.
A federal three-judge court has upheld Tennessee’s new congressional map against claims of racial gerrymandering under the 14th Amendment. pic.twitter.com/p6ukWB8mB0
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 23, 2026
Bloomberg Law shared further:
The Black Memphis residents whose overwhelmingly Democratic district was carved up “lack any direct evidence of racial motivation” in lawmakers’ decision to carve up their previous district and divvy it up into three other ones, the judges said as they denied a preliminary injunction. Instead, the new maps “are readily explainable by political motivations,” they said
In May, Tennessee’s GOP-led General Assembly redrew the state’s congressional map based on population and politics, not race, after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
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The new map is expected to give Republicans a 9-0 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation.
BREAKING — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed the new 9-0 congressional map into law.
🔴 +1 GOP
🔵 -1 DEM pic.twitter.com/jQNd3YnFlY— VoteHub (@VoteHub) May 7, 2026
WREG has more:
That led to the 9th District in Memphis being split into three districts. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege this was done to dilute Black votes and cement a Republican majority.
“The decisions by this court continue to further the disenfranchisement of Black voters in Memphis,” said Amber Sherman, one of the plaintiffs.
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