Federal Court Upholds Tennessee’s New Congressional Map

Challengers said the redistricting was racially motivated.
Federal Court Upholds Tennessee’s New Congressional Map
The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on March 29, 2023. Chase Smith/The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Tennessee does not have to redraw its new congressional map because groups that sued, alleging lawmakers illegally considered race, did not disprove alternative explanations, a federal court has ruled.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other groups that sued Tennessee said in their complaint that state legislators redrew the map in a way that distributed minority voters across several districts, diluting their power.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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