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Candidate Field Set After Republicans Redrew Tennessee District Lines

Tennessee’s primary elections on Thursday came after Republican legislators carved up the state’s only majority-Black district in a bid to win all nine of the state’s House seats.

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A voter left the booth after casting a ballot at an early voting polling place last month.
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In Redrawn Tennessee, Democrats Scramble to Hold On to One Seat

All nine districts are now solidly Republican after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act. But some Democratic candidates insist they still have a chance.

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Representative Steve Cohen, Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari, center, and Tennessee State Senator London Lamar, right, discuss the new Tennessee House map.
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