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Brief May 15, 2026 · 7:00 am ET Source: The Dispatch

Southern States Redraw Maps After Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling

Several Southern Republican-led legislatures moved to eliminate majority-minority congressional districts following the Supreme Court's Calley decision, which held that the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to maintain an additional majority-Black district, according to The Dispatch. Louisiana delayed its House primaries and advanced a new map expected to eliminate freshman Rep. Cleo Fields' district, adding one Republican seat; Tennessee signed into law a redraw carving up Rep. Steve Cohen's Memphis-area district, also adding one Republican seat.

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