A panel of judges has ruled Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, that a Republican-drawn map for Tennessee’s Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the ...

Tennessee Senate map ruled ... The court ruled that the state legislature has until Jan. 31, 2024, to create a new Senate map. ... of Elections Mark Goins by people who live in the district.

Ultimately, the chancery court judges upheld the House map but ordered the Tennessee Senate to create a new map by January 31, 2024. In upholding the House map, the judges referred to a good faith ...

Judges rule Tennessee Senate map unconstitutional, order legislature to redraw by Jan. 31 Meanwhile, the three-judge panel upheld the state House maps. Only the Senate districts must get redone.

The panel found the state Senate map unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to submit a new map by Jan. 31, though the judges ruled in favor of the state in regards to the new House map.

Ultimately, the three judges panel upheld the House map and ordered the Tennessee Senate to come up with a new district layout by Jan. 31, 2024.

Tennessee state Senate districts are required to be numbered consecutively in counties with more than one district — Davidson County, home to Nashville, instead houses districts 17, 19, 20, and 21.

The new judgment from the Tennessee Supreme Court reverses that. As a result, this now makes the filing for Senate candidates for Thursday, April 14, at 4 p.m.

A three-judge state court panel last week ruled that Tennessee's new state House map is constitutional while throwing out the state Senate map. The panel ordered the Tennessee General Assembly to ...

A Republican-drawn map for Tennessee’s Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the legislative districts in left-leaning Nashville, which affects w… ...