The Tennessee Chancery Court dismissed an emergency lawsuit that aimed to block the state’s new congressional maps from going into effect ahead of the 2026 midterms.
A three-judge panel appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court rejected the bid on May 26, days after hearing oral arguments from lawyers representing Tennessee voters and state election officials.
The 27-page order to uphold Tennessee’s new U.S. Congressional map was issued on the same day that South Carolina and Alabama failed to move forward with efforts to redistrict.
The emergency lawsuit was filed in the Volunteer State by groups and voters, including the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, after a new U.S. congressional map passed the Republican-led Tennessee General Assembly and was signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on May 7….