Justin Pearson had spent months campaigning to represent his congressional district in the Memphis area. Then, in just three days, Tennessee Republicans erased it. The new map, passed in a special session and signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on May 7, split the only majority-Black district into three areas and folded them into adjacent Republican-leaning districts. In doing so, it transformed the 9th District from a solid Democratic seat into a Republican stronghold with an estimated nine-point