NASHVILLE—The Tennessee House passed a bill on May 7 that would redistrict the state’s U.S. congressional map ahead of the midterms. The legislation passed 64 to 25 with three voting “present.”
The legislation now heads to the state Senate.
Tennessee House Passes Redistricting Bill to Carve Up State’s Lone Blue District
Republican Gov. Bill Lee ordered the Tennessee General Assembly to reconvene and review the state’s congressional map.
Then-Tennessee GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee at a Make America Great Again rally in Johnson City, Tenn., on Oct. 1, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
