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In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests

By Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica · October 26, 2026

Not two weeks after the Tennessee legislature carved Memphis into three congressional districts this spring, in a move designed to eliminate Democratic representation, Republican state Sen. Brent Taylor made his electoral expectations clear in a photo posted on social media. Taylor and U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, a fellow…

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In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests

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