One scenario
By now, you probably know a three-judge panel recently struck down the 2022 Tennessee state Senate map, saying seats in the same county weren’t properly consecutively numbered.
Since the problem is in Davidson County, none of this is very relevant in Hamilton County, where the senatorial districts, 10 and 11, are numbered consecutively.
However, lawmakers have only until Jan. 31 to redraw new districts and submit them. While whatever happens is not likely to significantly alter Republicans’ super-majority in the Senate, among the considerations in drawing the new map is as few county splits as possible.
One proposed map that offers the fewest splits is one created in 2022 by state Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville. The current map has nine county splits, but Yarbro’s has only six.
