Tennessee's new congressional map targets the 9th District in Memphis, drawing protests from Democrats and raising legal challenges over voter rights.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee's new congressional map will bring changes to Shelby County's upcoming federal and state primary elections.

Republicans in Tennessee’s state legislature released a new congressional map on Wednesday that would split Memphis’s congressional district and possibly give the GOP an additional seat. The map reveal follows President Donald Trump’s conversation with Gov.

Tennessee’s senior Senator Marsha Blackburn is proposing new maps that would split the state’s only Democratic districts.

States, including Tennessee, are moving to redraw congressional maps in an effort to gain partisan advantages in the U.S. House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.