Republican governors pursue new congressional maps after US Supreme Court ruling
Republican governors are seeking new maps that could add House seats and reshape primaries after the ruling narrowed race-based redistricting limits.
- Following a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that weakened the Voting Rights Act, Republican governors in Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee announced plans to redraw congressional districts ahead of November's midterms, with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey calling legislators to Montgomery starting Monday.
- The Supreme Court's decision struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana, ruling the map relied too much on race and removing a key impediment to Republican redistricting under the Voting Rights Act.
- Eight states have already adopted new House districts; Alabama's seven-member delegation currently contains two Democrats, yet Republican leaders claimed new maps would give the state a fighting chance to send seven Republican members to Congress.
- President Donald Trump encouraged the effort on Sunday, claiming his party could gain 20 House seats, while Democratic State Sen. Ramesh Akbari said outside Memphis's Civil Rights Museum, 'We cannot keep doing things like this and calling ourselves a democracy.'
- The redistricting battle has escalated nationwide as Democrats in California responded by doing the same; Tennessee faces a compressed timeline with the primary scheduled for August 6, while Louisiana suspended its May 16 primary amid legal challenges.
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Alabama Legislature to begin special session with redistricting possible
The Alabama House of Representatives as seen on April 9, 2026. The Alabama Legislature is scheduled to begin a special session on Monday that could result in the elimination of congressional districts currently represented by Black Democrats. (Andrea Tinker/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Legislature will begin a special session Monday afternoon that could lead to new congressional and legislative maps — if the U.S. Supreme Court allows it. Gov. K…
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Red State Seeking New Congressional Map Approval – Could Give GOP 7-0 Sweep
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has called legislators back to approve plans for potential primary elections. If the state is allowed to switch congressional maps before the midterms, the state could go from a 5-2 Republican edge to a 7-0 republican edge. Fox News reported Alabama seeking approval for new map that could make it a 7-0 GOP sweep Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called legislators back to Montgomery starting Monday to approve contingency…
Tenn Gov Lee calls special session to redraw House map in GOP's favor 9-0 – Democratic Accent
Tennessee’s redistricting special legislative session Tuesday will weigh a map that will potentially turn the state’s lone blue district red before the 2026 midterms. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who is term-limited and leaving office after this year, moved quickly to call the special session after a conversation last week with President Donald Trump on the heels of the landmark Supreme Court decision that found race should not be used to dictate th…
Redistricting battle expands as Alabama, Tennessee call special sessions
Less than a week after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana's redistricting case weakened key parts of the Voting Rights Act, Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee are moving to redraw congressional maps – calling special legislative sessions this week. Special sessions begin In Alabama, Governor Kay Ivey called lawmakers back to Montgomery starting Monday, aiming to approve plans for new primary elections tied to revised congressiona…
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