TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 4, 2026

Late Friday afternoon, Gov. Bill Lee called a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly to begin Tuesday to consider redrawing the state’s congressional districts. According to the Nashville Banner, the move follows calls from President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn to revisit the maps after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. Lee said the legislature has a responsibility to ensure districts remain “fair, legal and defensible.” The proposal could target Tennessee’s Memphis-based 9th Congressional District, the state’s only remaining Democratic-controlled district, and would come after the qualifying deadline for congressional primaries has already passed. In a separate 2022 case, the Tennessee Supreme Court warned that delaying election timelines to accommodate redistricting could risk voter confusion and undermine the integrity of state elections, according to the paper.