Tennessee electoral maps challenged on racial grounds

Tennessee's electoral maps are being challenged in court, this time with plaintiffs alleging that "unconstitutional racial gerrymanders" included in the maps disenfranchise nonwhite voters.

The maps, enacted after the 2020 census, are already under court review, as separate plaintiffs are arguing that the legislature's decision to add part of Davidson County to state Sen. Mark Pody's District 17 violated the state constitution, which mandates that legislative districts in a county be sequentially numbered. The earlier lawsuit, backed by the Tennessee Democratic Party, also contends that the legislature split more counties in the state House map than was necessary.