Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) listens at a news conference on the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol on July 19, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
A Republican gubernatorial candidate and current U.S. senator from Tennessee called on lawmakers to change the state’s congressional map in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision that reversed a section of the Voting Rights Act that was used to create race-based districts.
In a post on X on April 29, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), now running for governor, suggested that state officials move to create a map that entirely favors Republican House members.
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