Tammy Jo O’Neal sits for a portrait on the front porch of their home which now falls in Congressional district five on Elzey Ave with their neighbors now being in Congressional District nine following the GOP led effort to redistrict Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., July 29, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald
By Bianca Flowers, David Hood-Nuño and Ally J. Levine
Published Oct. 17, 2026 5:00 a.m. CDT
“Four years before the Memphis redistricting, Republicans used a similar strategy in drawing new maps for Nashville. They split the city, which had voted overwhelmingly Democratic for roughly 70 years, into three broader districts where Republicans can now easily prevail.”