by Kaitlin Housler | May 8, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) and State Representative Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) were among the plaintiffs alongside the Tennessee Democratic Party that filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the state’s new congressional map and election law...
by Zachery Schmidt | May 8, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
A Tennessee state Democrat is calling for the City of Memphis to secede from Tennessee after the state passed a new congressional map. The Tennessee General Assembly approved a new map that turns the state’s 9th Congressional District into a district where Republicans...