Politics

Redistricting Sparks Legal Action

Updated 2026-05-07 21:50 UTC 2 sources Negative

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) is taking legal action against Tennessee’s new redistricting map, which he claims is designed to erase his majority-Black district and flip it Republican in the upcoming midterm elections.

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The Hill

Cohen on 'shameful' Tennessee redistricting erasing his House district: 'Next stop is the courts'

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) on Thursday vowed legal action after Tennessee passed a new House map that carves up his majority-Black House congressional district in an effort to flip his seat red in November. Cohen, the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member House delegation, called the new map “sha

2026-05-07 21:30 UTC

CNBC

Redistricting race to the bottom ramps up, as GOP eyes more states to draw new House maps

An April Supreme Court ruling has caused a scrambled in some southern states to redistrict before November's midterm elections.

2026-05-07 21:42 UTC