Redistricting race to the bottom ramps up, as GOP eyes more states to draw new House maps
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- Bill Lee on Thursday signed into law a just-approved measure to eliminate the state's lone Democrat-held congressional seat.
- Steve Cohen, the Memphis Democrat who holds the seat Republicans are targeting.
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Tennessee's Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed into law a just-approved measure to eliminate the state's lone Democrat-held congressional seat. It's the latest move in a scramble to redraw U.S. House districts in the wake of a pivotal Supreme Court decision and ahead of the 2026 midterm election.
The maps are "insane," according to Rep. Steve Cohen, the Memphis Democrat who holds the seat Republicans are targeting. In a post to X on Wednesday as a special session of the state legislature kicked off, Cohen said the proposal would jam people living more than 200 miles apart into the same district.