Anger, disbelief and solidarity: How Memphians in Nashville are reacting to proposed redistricting
“... to think that the Legislature that I served in for 24 years as a senator, is doing this to the second largest city in the state and one of the most iconic cities in the country, and doing (it) with impunity ... It’s unbelievable,” U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, said during a Tennessee Democratic press conference in Nashville on May 5, 2026. (Noah McLane/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Hundreds flooded around the state capitol to protest a Republican plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, effectively removing the one Democratic voice Tennessee has in Washington D.C.
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9th Congressional District redistricting Steve Cohen Karen CamperNoah McLane
Noah McLane reports on the state house for The Daily Memphian. He was born and raised in Tennessee and attended journalism school at Middle Tennessee State University, where his passion for community-focused storytelling began.
Prior to writing for The Daily Memphian, Noah was the editor-in-chief of his college newspaper, worked on general assignment for the Jackson Hole News & Guide in Jackson, Wyoming, and was most recently an editorial intern at the Nashville Scene.
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