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Tennessee redistricting drives 2026 primaries, Blackburn won

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After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections, the Republican‑controlled Tennessee lawmakers finalized a new legislature redrew the state’s congressional map that dismantles map, splitting the long‑standing majority‑Black 9th District in Memphis, splitting it into three districts and extending it east toward Nashville. districts. The redrawn reconfigured 9th now stretches about 200 miles east from Memphis toward Nashville and leans Republican, prompting longtime Republican. Longtime Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen to retire. In the GOP primary for the seat, state announced he will not seek re‑election. State Sen. Brent Taylor—endorsed Taylor, endorsed by former President Donald Trump—faces other Republican contenders, while Trump, won the Democratic Republican primary includes expelled state for the new 9th, while State Rep. Justin Pearson and state Sen. London Lamar. secured the Democratic nomination. In the newly drawn 5th District, incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles lost the GOP primary to former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher, despite Trump’s endorsement of Ogles. Republicans currently hold eight of the state’s nine U.S. House seats and aim for are targeting a clean sweep in the November midterms. In the newly drawn 4th District, Rep. Scott DesJarlais will meet Democrat Victoria Broderick. On August 6, 2026, the Republican gubernatorial primary resulted in U.S. Sen. Senator Marsha Blackburn defeating defeated Rep. John Rose and Rep. Monty Fritts, securing Fritts in the GOP nomination and becoming Republican gubernatorial primary, positioning her as the likely first female governor of Tennessee. Trump did not endorse any candidate. Prediction‑market odds gave Blackburn a 96 percent chance of winning, though a recent poll showed a tighter three‑way race. Blackburn now faces Democrat Jerri Green in the November general election. The primary followed the redistricting, which eliminated the sole majority‑Black Memphis district.

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  1. 2026-08-07 18:29 UTC Tennessee redistricting drives 2026 primaries, Blackburn won
  2. 2026-08-07 05:26 UTC Tennessee redistricting drives 2026 primaries, Blackburn won
  3. 2026-08-07 02:27 UTC Tennessee redistricting shapes 2026 primaries
  4. 2026-08-06 19:28 UTC Tennessee GOP gerrymandering drives 2026 primaries
  5. 2026-08-06 09:23 UTC Tennessee GOP gerrymandering shapes 2026 primaries
  6. 2026-08-06 04:55 UTC Tennessee GOP gerrymandering shapes 2026 primaries
  7. 2026-08-05 13:25 UTC Tennessee GOP gerrymandering drives 2026 primaries

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