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After voting decision, a month of political earthquakes across the South
Republican leaders in the South have redrawn congressional maps following the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act, leading to postponed primaries, a veteran House member abandoning their reelection bid, and new candidates entering races ahead of the November midterms.
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