Tennessee GOP releases new congressional map that splits up blue hubs

Published May 6, 2026 12:34pm ET



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. Bill Lee (R-TN) last week, when the two discussed redrawing the Volunteer State’s maps to give Republicans “one extra seat.” 

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