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The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic ...
November 2020 saw the election of first openly LGBT people ever to hold seats in Tennessee's state house of representatives, [16] Democrat Torrey Harris and Republican Eddie Mannis. [17] Before November 3, 2020, Tennessee was one of just five states in the nation (others being Alaska, Delaware, Louisiana and Mississippi) to have never elected ...
In the 2024 presidential election in Tennessee, Republican Donald Trump won 75 State House districts, while Democrat Kamala Harris won 24 districts. In Tennessee's 2024 State House elections, held alongside the presidential race, Democrats successfully held District 67 in Clarksville , a seat where Donald Trump won by 1.8%.
The primary election this month in Macon-Bibb County will feature a contested race for state representative in District 145, which covers a portion of Bibb County. Six candidates have qualified ...
Noah Harbuck, Republican candidate for District 145 in Middle Georgia, writes on the importance of the new seat.
The Tennessee Legislature drew new maps for Tennessee's congressional districts to account for the new 2020 census data. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Tennessee Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. Legislators drew the maps for the state from late 2021 through early 2022. [2]
Throughout the 20th century, the 4th district took many different forms, but in most cases encompassed most of the rural area between Nashville and Knoxville. It has often been the state's largest district in terms of area, and one of the largest east of the Mississippi River, because of low population density and the district's rural character.
The district comprises two halves, joined through a narrow tendril in Roane County near Ten Mile.The lower half borders North Carolina to the east and Georgia to the south. . For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities: