{"id":24015,"date":"2026-05-03T03:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/marsha-blackburn-redraw-tennessees-lines-now\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:43:18","slug":"marsha-blackburn-redraw-tennessees-lines-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/marsha-blackburn-redraw-tennessees-lines-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsha Blackburn: Redraw Tennessee\u2019s Lines Now"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court sided with fairness and the rule of law in its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais<\/i>, which returned the Voting Rights Act to its original intent: to protect against intentional racial discrimination. This decision doesn\u2019t discriminate; it says we are all Americans. It restores equal protection under the law, which should be easy for all of us to celebrate. The court sided with Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s vision for a colorblind society and said that racial preferencing doesn\u2019t belong in our elections, just as it doesn\u2019t belong in college admissions.<\/p>\n

Following the ruling, I immediately called for our Tennessee state legislature to reconvene as soon as possible to redraw our map \u2014 this should yield another conservative seat. From hosting campaign schools to supporting strong conservatives up and down the ballot, I\u2019ve worked to keep Tennessee a red state, and now we have an unprecedented opportunity to ensure Tennessee has nine solid Republican congressional seats by revisiting the state\u2019s Ninth Congressional District, home to the solidly Democratic area of Memphis.<\/p>\n

As governor, I\u2019ll work tirelessly to make this map a reality, but the fact of the matter is, we can\u2019t wait that long. The legislature must reconvene as soon as possible to pass a new map for it to be in effect for this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n

I was encouraged when President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social<\/span><\/a>: \u201cI had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee, this morning, wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee. Likewise, all of the other Political Representatives of Tennessee have promised to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the ruling, liberals have bemoaned that redrawing the lines would create a \u201clack of representation,\u201d but it\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve never heard a liberal bemoan the lack of conservative representation in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Hawaii, or Delaware.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt: Tennessee is a conservative state \u2014 we don\u2019t have a state income tax, we don\u2019t allow illegals to run our state, we fight to protect faith, family, freedom, hope, and opportunity, and I want to keep it that way. In fact, that\u2019s why I\u2019m running for governor. We have the potential to be America\u2019s conservative leader. But this is bigger than the Volunteer State; the trajectory of our country is at risk.<\/p>\n

If we are to make Tennessee America\u2019s true conservative leader, this is where it begins.<\/p>\n

As Donald Trump himself said, this will \u201chelp Save our Country from the Radical Left Democrats, and their Country destroying Policies of High Tax, Open Borders, Transgender Mutilization[sic], Defunding the Police, ICE, and Border Patrol, No Voter ID, Soft on Crime, and so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately passing a new, 9-0 map is essential to cementing President Trump\u2019s America First agenda and America\u2019s Golden Age. I will do everything I can to support the legislators who take up this mantle and help us secure the future of our state and of our great nation.<\/p>\n

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Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is the state\u2019s senior senator. She is also running for governor. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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