Tennessee Republicans unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday morning that would likely help their party gain an extra seat in Congress as a special session on redistricting continues this week.

State Representative Justin J. Pearson said the passing of the map of redrawn congressional districts is a “political lynching” that has set Tennessee back over 150 years. State Rep. Justin J. Pearson said the following in a response: “Today’s vote to redraw the congressional districts in Tennessee set our state back over

As Tennessee lawmakers returned to the State Capitol for a special session Tuesday, they were met with hundreds of protesters there to oppose efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps.

The Tennessee redraw will only eliminate one Democratic district, but is expected to help give the GOP an edge in the 2026 battle to hold the lower chamber of Congress.

A group of Tennessee voters, including former state Sen. Brenda Gilmore, filed a lawsuit Wednesday over Tennessee's newly drawn congressional maps, alleging the redistricting effort in early 2022 intentionally discriminates against Black voters and dilutes ...