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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 ...
The Tennessee House of Representatives 86th district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly. The district represents the western part of Shelby County, which includes Downtown Memphis, Beale Street, South Memphis, Benjestown, Northaven, and parts of the city of ...
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 ...
The total number of state members is capped by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. [2] In addition, each of the five inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington, D. C., sends a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The Bureau of the Census conducts a constitutionally mandated decennial census whose figures are ...
The Tennessee House of Representatives 21st district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly.It covers the northern and central portions of Monroe County, such as Vonore, Madisonville, and Sweetwater; and the southern and central portions of Loudon County, such as Greenback, Philadelphia, and Loudon. [1]
Tennessee House of Representatives 92nd district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee Legislature. It covers all of Marshall County, parts of Franklin County, Marion County, and Lincoln County. [1] [2]
Arguably, the district's current characteristics began to take shape in 1925 — the first year a congressional district consisted exclusively of Shelby County.. A congressional district was perfectly coextensive with Shelby County from 1925 until 1966, numbered as the 10th from 1925 to 1933 and from 1943 to 1953, then the 9th from 1933 to 1943 and the 9th from 1953 to 1966.
The Tennessee House of Representatives 28th district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly. It covers the areas surrounding downtown Chattanooga , along with various outer parts of the city, such as East Chattanooga, Brainerd, and Alton Park.