https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/tennessee/Recent content in Tennessee on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usFri, 08 May 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-may-8-2026/Fri, 08 May 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-may-8-2026/<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a new congressional map into law on Thursday that divides the state&rsquo;s only majority-Black House district, centered on Memphis, into three predominantly Republican districts, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tennessee-lawmakers-pass-u-s-house-map-carving-up-majority-black-district-in-memphis">PBS News reported</a>. The map passed during a special session of the General Assembly. Memphis, represented in Congress by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007, will now be split among three districts that stretch hundreds of miles east into rural Tennessee. If the map holds, Republicans could control all nine of the state&rsquo;s House seats after the November midterm elections.</p>