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The Redistricting Race to the Bottom

The solution to gerrymandering isn't more gerrymandering

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Lauren Pinkston
May 12, 2026
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What started last year with Texas redrawing congressional maps quickly spread to California, Louisiana, Virginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida, and most recently, my home state of Tennessee.

Less than one week after the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision that rolled back minority voter protections under the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Re…

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