Tennessee Republicans unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday morning that would likely help their party gain an extra seat in Congress as a special session on redistricting continues this week.

Tennessee’s senior Senator Marsha Blackburn is proposing new maps that would split the state’s only Democratic districts.

Tennessee lawmakers return to Nashville this week to redraw the state’s congressional maps. How does that work? And is it legal to do it now?

The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.

As Tennessee lawmakers returned to the State Capitol for a special session Tuesday, they were met with hundreds of protesters there to oppose efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps.

President Trump said Tennessee Republicans have committed to redistricting to eliminate the state's only Democratic seat.

The legislature will redistrict Memphis, carving the city into multiple safe-Republican seats, at the behest of President Donald Trump.