Hakeem's Folly: TN Legislature (Noisily) Passes Redistricted Map. Mississippi's Next.

<![CDATA[Alas, poor Steven Cohen, we hardly knew ye ... oh, wait, we only knew ye too well. Tennessee's lone congressional Democrat faces tough sledding in the midterms now that the Tennessee legislature has started the redistricting process. Cohen represents the Volunteer State's 9th CD, which up to now is the state's lone majority-minority district crafted under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. For 20 years, Cohen has held the seat that legislators had crafted for a black candidate, which made the whole racial-gerrymandering process in Tennessee a big bust.]]>