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'Not coincidental': Tennessee Dem State Rep. rips 'racist' GOP redistricting push - MS NOW Reports
After the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called the state legislature back into session to discuss a new congressional map that could eliminate the only Democratic U.S. House seat and majority Black district in the state.
MS NOW Reporter Nnamdi Egwuonwu is joined by Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D), who is running for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District seat that’s at peril, to discuss why he thinks this is happening. - Aired on 05/03/2026.