Event Brief
Tennessee and Alabama call special sessions to redraw House maps
Filed: May 01, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Summary: Tennessee and Alabama Republican governors called special sessions to redraw congressional maps after a Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling.
WHO: Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama
WHAT: Special sessions were called to begin redrawing congressional House maps.
WHEN: May 01, 2026 at 8:32 PM ET
WHERE: Tennessee, United States
WHY: The Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
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