NAACP Tennessee files lawsuit challenging redrawn US House district map

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,653

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The NAACP’s Tennessee chapter filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon challenging the legality of the state’s new congressional map, redrawn so a majority-Black voting district was eliminated.

NAACP Tennessee President Gloria Sweet-Love filed an emergency petition to stop the map from going into effect in Davidson County Chancery Court. The lawsuit was filed less than three hours after Gov. Bill Lee signed the new map into law.

The Tennessee Legislature’s Republican supermajority passed the map — …

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