Tennessee Democratic Party
Coverage of Tennessee Democratic Party in the Nexus archive.
- Democrats drop Tennessee redistricting challenge; two other legal challenges ongoing
Democrats have dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee's redistricting process, which reconfigured Memphis into three U.S. House districts. Two other legal challenges remain, including suits by the ACLU and NAACP alleging racial discrimination in the redistricting. The dismissal follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision impacting the Voting Rights Act.
- Challengers seek restraining orders for new voting map as US House candidate deadline approaches
Three lawsuits challenge Tennessee's new congressional district map, which eliminates the state's only majority-Black district. A federal judge denied a temporary restraining order and combined the cases, as the Republican-led legislature passed the map after a special session called by the governor at Trump's instruction. The new map's implementation faces legal hurdles ahead of the August primary.