Three-judge panel upholds Tennessee redistricting

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 647

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A three-judge state panel on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge to Tennessee’s redrawn congressional maps brought by the state chapter of the NAACP, its president, a state lawmaker and a congressional candidate.

The unanimous decision by the court keeps intact, for now, a GOP-led redistricting process that carved majority-Black Memphis into three separate voting districts for the first time in 50 years in an effort to dismantle Tennessee’s sole Democratic-leaning district.

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