Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout:

The Tennessee Legislature passed a new U.S. congressional map that will favor Republicans in all nine of the state’s districts ahead of this year’s midterm election.

The bill passed Thursday and is expected to be quickly signed by Gov. Bill Lee, as state lawmakers faced a tight deadline to get the maps approved ahead of the state’s August primary election, set to take place in 90 days.

Gov. Lee signed the bill almost immediately. The Legislature also passed—and Gov. Lee signed—a bill nullifying a five-decade Tennessee law that prohibits mid-decade redistricting and removes a provision requiring voter notification when their designated polling place changes.

One week from Supreme Court decision to redrawn maps. I’ve never seen Republicans move as quickly as when they’re eliminating rights and consolidating power.

The new map splits the state’s last majority-minority U.S. House district in Memphis across three seats as Republicans attempt to flip the last Democratic-held district. […]

About 60% of voters in the current U.S. House District 9, which includes the whole city of Memphis, are Black.

Emily Cochrane, The New York Times:

Leaders of the state legislature, where Republicans hold a supermajority, said they redrew the map based on partisan politics, not race, to comply with the Supreme Court decision.

“It was absolutely drafted on politics,” said State Representative Jason Zachary, a Knoxville Republican.

Wink.