House redistricting to eliminate five Democratic incumbents in urban Tennessee [View all]

Tennessee House Redistricting Committee on Friday unveiled — and voted to advance — its own draft state House map that would eliminate five Democratic incumbents who face re-election in 2022.

The plan, if approved by the legislature, would further solidify the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly and diminish Democratic influence.

The map, presented for the first time in public and immediately passed by the committee Friday, would lump nine Democratic incumbents in urban areas such as Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis in four districts.

Six Republicans are paired together under the new district lines, although two of the lawmakers already announced they will not seek re-election in 2022.

Read more: https://www.dnj.com/story/news/2021/12/17/tennessee-house-redistricting-eliminate-five-democratic-seats-urban/6499589001/
(Murfreesboro Daily News Journal)