UPDATE: Tennessee Governor OFFICIALLY Signs New Congressional Map into Law

In a gigantic win for Republicans ahead of midterms, Tennessee has just approved of a new Congressional map that is expected to eliminate the state’s single Democrat district.

All nine districts in Tennessee will now be red!

The redistricting measure passed in the Tennessee House on Thursday — and Democrats absolutely lost their minds.

We covered that here:

CHAOS: Democrats Go BERSERK After Tennessee House Passes New Congressional Map

Later on the same day, the Tennessee Senate passed the measure.

Democrats, again, had a huge meltdown.

Watch this:

🚨 JUST IN — IT'S OFFICIAL: The Tennessee Senate has PASSED a 2026 redistricting map that will eliminate the final Democrat seat in the state

CHAOS ERUPTS on the floor, Democrats are going haywire 🤣

The 9R-0D map now heads to Gov. BILL LEE for signature. LFG! 🔥

Looks like… pic.twitter.com/ezisfgkhnR

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 7, 2026

JUST IN — IT'S OFFICIAL: The Tennessee Senate has PASSED a 2026 redistricting map that will eliminate the final Democrat seat in the state

CHAOS ERUPTS on the floor, Democrats are going haywire 🤣

The 9R-0D map now heads to Gov. BILL LEE for signature. LFG! 🔥

Looks like southern Republicans are going FULL PRO-MAGA for the midterms. They don't have any interest in becoming the next Indiana.

Keep this trend going! Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, ALL OF THEM must redraw

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Finally, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the measure into law, making Tennessee the first state to officially pass a new, fair map after the bombshell SCOTUS ruling that made racial gerrymandering illegal.

AP News reported:

Tennessee is the first state to pass new congressional districts since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week significantly weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities. But more Southern states could follow. Republicans in Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina also have taken steps toward redistricting.

The Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply with federal law. The high court’s decision altered a decades-old understanding of the law, giving Republicans grounds to try to eliminate majority-Black districts that have elected Democrats.

Louisiana has postponed its congressional primary to give state lawmakers time to craft a new House map. Legislation awaiting a final vote Friday in Alabama also would upend the state’s congressional primaries if courts allow changes to its U.S. House districts. In South Carolina, meanwhile, Republican state House members released a proposed new congressional map designed to give them a clean sweep of the seats.

The states are the latest to join an already fierce national redistricting battle. Tennessee is the ninth state to redraw its congressional districts since Trump prodded Texas Republicans to do so last year. From that spate of redistricting, Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats while Democrats think they could gain up to 10. But some competitive races mean the parties may not get everything they sought in the November elections.

While this is a massive win for fair maps, it's still expected to face some legal challenges coming up.

Already, liberals are filing lawsuits to stop Republicans from fairly redrawing the map.

Fox News noted:

Legal challenges are already underway, including a lawsuit filed by the NAACP’s Tennessee chapter on Thursday arguing the map dilutes Black voting power and targets the state’s only majority-Black district.

The lawsuit should be shot down quickly, as the Supreme Court made it very clear that states are entitled to re-draw their maps fairly and legally.

Now, let's see the rest of the Southern states follow in Tennessee's footsteps!