Another state has announced plans to have a special session of the state legislature to redistrict.
The redistricting wars have been going on for about a year already, and it’s important because whichever party has the majority in the U.S. House influences American policy and government action is a major way.
Republicans have been in the majority since President Donald Trump was elected, leaving Democrats to deliver rhetoric but little else to their supporters.
It now is Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee who confirmed plans for a special session of the state’s General Assembly next week.
“We owe it to Tennesseans to ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters. After consultation with the Lt. Governor, Speaker of the house, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, I believe the General Assembly has a responsibility to review the map and ensure it remains fair, legal, and defensible,” he said in a report at Just the News.
The defensible part is significant, as the Supreme Court just days ago struck down a district in Louisiana that had been set up specifically on racial lines, being a “black” majority district.
That stunned Democrats who long have used racial preferences to fight for such districts, and brought into question a long list of districts across southern states that were based on that agenda.
Redistricting has been an issue since last year when Texas adopted map changes that would benefit Republicans. Missouri and North Carolina followed, so California responded with a politicized map that takes away some GOP leaning seats.
BREAKING: Following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling this week, TENNESSEE will now begin the redistricting process, which will likely end up with ZERO US HOUSE REPS in the State
9-0 MAP COMING SOON! 🔥
Gov. Bill Lee just called a special session to redraw maps for the 2026… pic.twitter.com/pJIwAioo22
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 1, 2026
🚨 Georgia tells the 11th Circuit that Callais requires “prompt reversal” of the order that struck down its congressional and legislative maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. pic.twitter.com/9Ou4s7Sgqk
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) May 1, 2026
Regarding our own pending redistricting litigation, I remain hopeful Alabama will receive a favorable outcome from the U.S. Supreme Court, which is why I am now calling a special session of the Alabama Legislature. #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/yQY6qdQjSq
— Governor Kay Ivey (@GovernorKayIvey) May 1, 2026
REDISTRICTING RUSH: President Trump is urging GOP states to move quickly on redrawing maps after a Supreme Court ruling sparked a high-stakes fight for House seats, with Governor DeSantis noting, “the Florida today is not the same Florida of 2020,” @Danamariemctv reports. pic.twitter.com/8hHF0hSH1p
— Special Report (@SpecialReport) May 1, 2026
Pending now is a vote in Virginia where Democrats want 10 of the state’s 11 districts, a campaign that ex-President Barack Obama said would return “fairness” to elections there by giving the 49% of the state voting Republican only 9% of the state’s congressional delegation.
That fight is tied up in court now, where even the state’s own Supreme Court has been unable to go along with the leftist agenda so far.
Other states have their own plans in development.
In Tennessee, Lee said voters deserve districts that are “reflective representative” of the state’s politics.
In Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey already has ordered a special session to address the issue, Florida already has approved new districts that would help the GOP, Louisiana is working to follow the Supreme Court’s guidance, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has suggested a review to make sure it’s following the court ruling, and more.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has announced a special session, but in Georgia, officials said the redistrict is needed but probably cannot be done before this year’s elections.
Analysts have confirmed that the Republican party likely will come out on top in the battle, even as it works to maintain the slim majority it holds in the House now.
The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowed the Voting Rights Act in its Louisiana v. Callais case.
The court ruling said the law, which bans states from imposing a voting qualification that results in any abridgement of the right of any citizen to vote “cannot be invoked to create race-conscious congressional maps.”
That’s a “dubious practice” that lawmakers have used for decades.
But the agenda to impose race-conscious map-making, including those “majority-minority” districts that are gerrymandered to give it a “black” majority, violates the 14th Amendment.
Commentator Josh Hammer concluded the ruling, and its fallout, will benefit Republicans in a number of states this year.
