Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Redistricting Bill to Carve Up State’s Lone Blue District

Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Redistricting Bill to Carve Up State’s Lone Blue District

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Tennessee legislature passed a bill on May 7 that would redistrict the state’s U.S. congressional map to break up the state’s only Democratic district ahead of the midterms.

The legislation passed the state Senate 25–5 after it passed the state House 64–25 with three voting “present.”

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times