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House Select Committee on Redistricting- December 17, 2021
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Finally,
by
proceeding
with
these
concepts
today,
tennessee
citizens
will
have
over
100
days
to
become
familiar
with
the
new
state
house
districts
prior
to
the
april
7
2022
qualifying
deadline
with
that
said,
I'd
like
to
ask
mr
doug
himes
to
assist
us
with
the
presentation
of
the
redistricting
plans.
Mr
hines.
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
doug
hymes,
I'm
the
ethics
counsel
for
the
house
and
also
the
council
for
this.
This
committee
today,
under
this
agenda
item
of
the
presentation
of
plans.
There's
three
sets
there's
the
public
plans
that
were
submitted
to
the
house,
and
these
would
be
the
four
state
house
plans
and
after
that
members
submitted
plans
that
I
believe
representative
freeman
has
a
plan
to
offer
and
then
finally,
the
committee
plan,
which
I
believe
speaker
marsh,
will
present
the
public
plan.
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C
But
to
start
with
it's,
the
public
submit
submitted
plans
and
mr
brett
windrow
of
davidson
county
submitted
a
plan
through
representative
freeman.
He
is
not
here
today
and
I've
conversed
with
representative
freeman.
He
sent
mr
windrow,
send
us
a
statement
and
I'll
read
that
statement
to
you
for
on
behalf
of
mr
windrow.
C
Sorry
I'll
start
over
hello
by
way
of
introduction.
The
comments
here
are
by
brett
windrow,
nashville
attorney
and
tennessee
native
originally
from
cookville.
I
would
love
to
be
here
in
person
today.
However,
I
do,
however,
due
to
prior
family
obligations,
I
am
unable
to
attend
personally
well,
not
a
demographic
or
cartographic
expert.
Sorry,
it's
been
a
long
day
of
speaking
as
a
citizen
in
person
who
has
a
stake
in
multiple
parts
of
the
state.
I
wanted
to
have
my
input
on,
at
the
very
least,
the
principles
by
which
the
state's
districts
are
drawn.
C
First
and
foremost,
the
principle
I
use
is
to
maintain
similar
communities
together.
I
cannot
guarantee
I
did
so,
but
I
made
my
very
best
effort
on
that
note.
I
would
like
to
bring
attention
to
the
fact
that
citizens
must
draw
the
entire
state
rather
than
individual
districts
or
areas
with
which
they
are
familiar,
at
least
if
they
want
their
suggestions
on
the
record.
C
Obviously,
individuals
can
make
suggestions
to
individual
representatives,
but
if
that
individual
is
either
an
unscrupulous
incumbent
or
partisan
hacks
descriptions
which
I
descriptions,
which,
thankfully
I
can
comfortably
say,
don't
apply
to
my
legislators.
Representative
friedman
and
senator
campbell,
then
such
requests
may
well
have
been
said,
comment
concern
aside.
The
idea
of
keeping
communities
together
is
a
key
concern.
C
There
has
been
indication
in
the
press
that
some
legislators
desire
to
split
or
otherwise
contort
communities
for
vinyl
political
purposes,
particularly
my
adopted
home
of
nashville,
despite
differences
between
communities
nashville
at
the
end
of
the
day
is
one
cohesive
whole,
with
common
political
interests
at
the
state
and
federal
level,
distinct
from
nearly
all
of
the
areas
surrounding
it,
northeast
rutherford,
county
being
the
sole
potential
exception
as
a
national
transplant
from
rural
tennessee.
I
can
assure
this
committee
that
such
a
move
would
disenfranchise
the
people
of
nashville
proper.
C
Furthermore,
amongst
the
people
of
rural
tennessee,
such
a
move
would
contribute
to
a
view
that
this
body
and
politics
as
a
whole
is
not
a
noble
argument
of
ideas,
but
a
mere
power
play
and
destroy
the
reputation.
This
body
has
it
body
in
the
long
term.
Beyond
this,
I
would
like
to
preempt
a
few
arguments
made
by
those
who
bring
less
than
noble
principles
to
the
redistricting
process.
I
have
heard
the
use
of
actions
in
other
states
as
justifications
for
adverse
actions.
C
This
patently
ridiculous,
schoolyard
logic
can
be
facially
disregarded,
except
to
say,
by
way
of
analogy
that
when
two
people
commit
a
crime,
one
is
not
justified
by
the
other's
action.
The
docket
is
only
lengthened.
Similarly,
some
seek
to
use
the
actions
of
past
general
assemblies
to
justify
current
circumstances.
Besides
the
same
analogy
still
applying.
C
I
would
implore
this
committee
to
consider
to
only
base
their
redistricting
decisions
on
legal,
geographical,
communi,
communal
considerations
and
the
like
to
draw
based
on
political
or
heaven
forbid.
Racial
ethnic
considerations
disguise
the
political
considerations,
would
damage
the
reputation
of
this
great
body,
disenfranchise
those
in
both
rural
and
urban
tennessee
and
contribute
to
dis,
integrating
state
and
national
political
dialogue.
And
that
is
the
end
of
the
written
comment
from
mr
brett
windra.
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No,
I
just
I
want
to
make
note,
there's
going
to
be
several
here
that
were
submitted
through
through
my
office
and
some
came
from
conservatives.
Some
came
through
progressives
or
democrats,
and
I
I
did
not
self-select.
I
submitted
every
single
map
that
came
out,
as
as
I
felt
it
was
my
duty,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
comment
before
we
continue
down
the
line.
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Its
overall
range
was
24.23
percent
with
a
high
of
11.48
negative
12.75
is
the
low
splitting
26
counties,
but
many
of
those
were
double
splitting
counties.
It's
not
contiguous.
It
has
unassigned
areas
and
pairs
46
incumbents,
so
that
that
might
help
with
with
maybe
some
of
the
questions.
The
the
second
submission
the
house
received.
C
And
this
is
the
equity
alliance,
a
and
memphis
a
phillip
randolph
institute
house
concept
it
was
submitted
through
representative
harris
has
a
statewide
plan:
99
districts,
there's
two
minority
majority
districts:
the
overall
range
was
9.75,
the
high
and
low
is,
is
4.86
a
negative
4.89
30
counties
were
split
again.
There's
some
issues
with
the
way
those
counties
were
split.
It
is
not
contiguous,
there
are
no
unassigned
areas
and
it
appeared
30
incumbents.
C
C
And
then
the
final
public
submission
was
a
a
group
of
citizens,
I
believe
from
memphis
and
I'll
get
to
the
evaluation
above
the
map,
and
this
was
submitted
by
mr
cardell
orr
and
eris
newton,
jeffrey,
lichtenstein
and
kermit
moore
through
representative
hardaway
in
99
districts,
10
majority
minority
districts.
It
had
an
overall
range
of
19.28.
C
The
high
was
9.58,
the
low
was
9.70
split,
58
counties,
it's
not
contiguous,
it
has
unassigned
areas
and
it
appeared
20
incumbents.
I
reached
out
to
all
the
folks
that
submitted
plans
and
asked
them
to
to
respond
to
me
by
this
past
tuesday.
I
did
not
hear
back
from
the
citizens
that
submit
this
plan.
C
I
do
not
know
if
representative
hardaway
is
behind
me.
He
indicated
that
he,
when
I
did
see
him
that
he
probably
would
not
say
anything
unless
he
received
something
from
the
group.
So
you
you
all
will
tell
me
if
he's
behind
me
or
not,
so
if
he
is
not.
If,
unless
you
want
to
see
the
oh
here
is
the
map,
if
you'd
like
to
see
it,
but
that
concludes
the
the
public
submissions.
Mr
speaker,.
C
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The
largest
deviation
on
the
target
population
is
3
3311.,
that
was
in
washington
county,
and
I
will
note
that
that
county
was
kept
whole.
The
largest
deviation
over
the
target
population
is
3473,
which
is
in
hamilton
county
once
again,
another
county
that
we
we
try
to
keep
whole
the
9.72
population
deviation
is
within
the
window
of
what
courts
have
deemed
permissible
in
the
interest
of
reducing
splits.
D
So
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
county
splitting.
As
you
know,
the
tennessee
constitution
prefers
keeping
counties
whole
article
two
section,
five
reads
in
a
district
composed
of
two
or
more
counties:
each
county
shall
adjoin
at
least
one
other
county
of
such
district,
and
no
county
shall
be
divided
in
forming
such
district.
The
u.s
supreme
court's
1962
baker,
v
carr
decision,
which
provided
the
one
person
one
vote,
standard,
forced
tennessee
to
split
counties
to
equalize
district
populations.
D
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D
D
There
are
22
districts
included
in
this
proposal
where
voters
who
belong
to
minority
groups
could
influence
the
outcome
of
an
election.
13
of
those
are
majority.
Minority
districts
and
nine
are
minority
opportunity
districts
and
let
me
explain
how
I
how
I
come
up
with
those
numbers
of
the
22
districts.
13
are
effective
majority
minority
districts,
where
the
group
of
minority
voters
represents
more
than
50
percent
of
the
voters
in
that
district,
there's
one
in
hamilton
county
two
in
davidson
county,
one
in
rural,
west,
tennessee
and
nine
in
shelby
county.
D
Some
similar
version
of
these
13
minority
majority
districts
also
exist
in
the
current
state
house
map.
Additionally,
there
are
nine
minority
opportunity
districts.
These
are
sometimes
referred
to
as
crossover
districts
or
influenced
influence
districts.
These
are
districts
where
non-white
voters
account
for
more
than
35
percent
of
the
voting
age
population,
but
less
than
50..
The
rationale
is
that
even
a
significant
voting
block
of
minority
voters
could
influence
an
election.
D
These
minority
opportunity
districts
are
located
across
the
state.
There
is
one
opportunity
district
specific
to
black
voters
in
shelby
county
two
districts
in
davis,
county
that
have
non-white
voting
minorities,
and
there
are
six
additional
minority
opportunity
districts
where
a
coalition
of
non-white
voters
represent
more
than
35,
but
less
than
50
percent
of
the
voters.
D
While
creating
this
map.
I
try
to
keep
cities
and
communities
whole
as
the
tennessee
constitution
calls,
for
we
drew
lines
using
geography
and
political
subdivisions
such
as
cities
and
towns,
as
much
as
possible
to
try
and
keep
communities
whole
from
maryville
to
millington.
Our
staff
has
identified
at
least
35
cities
and
towns
that
are
unsplit
by
this
map
versus
the
current
map.
In
many
places,
our
district
lines
follow
boundaries
that
make
much
sense
to
voters
such
as
major
roads,
rivers
and
city
limits.
D
D
We
collected
these
thoughts
from
citizens
at
meetings
and
and
through
the
comments
that
were
presented
during
this
had
hot
committee
and
and
and
and
incorporated
those
comments
and
thoughts
into
the
plan
using
traditional
redistricting
measure.
This
map
scores
better
for
compactness
than
the
existing
map,
perhaps
just
as
important.
We
try
to
make
sure
every
district
passed.
The
you
know
when
you
see
it
test.
Aside
from
the
unavoidable
issue
in
upper
east
tennessee
with
hd
house
district
3,
this
mass
passes
the
eye
test
for
compactness.
D
D
Despite
vastly
uneven
population
growth
and
population
declines
in
30
counties,
there
are
only
four
incumbent
pairings
on
the
statewide
map.
I
think
there
was
a
difference
there
in
in
your
review
and
that's
having
to
do
with.
I
think
a
couple
of
members
have
moved,
but
their
their
listed
address
on
the
website
keeps
the
my
statement
accurate.
D
As
a
general
rule,
incumbents
were
only
paired
in
situations
necessitated
by
population
variance
or
a
county
split
every
10
years.
The
constitution
requires
us
to
put
together
a
difficult
puzzle.
The
best
we
can.
We
believe
we
put
forth
a
fair
amount
that
keeps
more
communities
together
and
respects
the
will
of
the
voters.
D
It's
a
constitutionally
sound
plan
that
results
in
the
fewest
county
splits
since
the
1960s
low
population
deviations
and
it
preserves
the
ability
of
minority
voters
to
elect
their
preferred
candidates,
and
then
I'd
like
to
address
one
thing
in
shelby,
county
and
and
that's
in
regards
to
the
unconstitutionality
part
and
the
locker
case.
There's
still
one
more
issue.
D
That
would
be
the
fewest
county
splits
in
the
house
redistricting
plan
since
baker
b,
carr,
which
I've
already
said
the
house
district
map
intentionally
collects,
connects
shelby
county
and
fayette
county
with
house
district
94
for
the
purpose
of
equalizing
districts
in
both
counties,
avoiding
unequal
districts
or
county
splits
elsewhere
in
west
tennessee
and
perversing,
preserving
the
vote
and
power
of
minority
groups
in
shelby
county.
Why
has
it
been
common
practice
to
keep
large
urban
communities
whole?
D
In
1983,
the
tennessee
court
held
locker
versus
crowell
that
it
is
constitutional
to
divide
a
large
county
when
a
certain
unique
conditions
are
met.
The
supreme
court
stated
they
would
not
foreclose
the
possibility
that
the
detachment
of
a
single
part
of
shelby
shelby
county
might
be
justified
by
either
the
necessity
to
reduce
a
variance
in
adjoining
district
or
to
prevent
the
dilution
of
minority
voting
strength.
D
D
There's
a
there's,
a
feeling
that
there's
going
to
be
a
reduction
of
seats
in
shelby
county
from
14
to
13.,
and
that
would
create
a
reduction
potentially
of
this
opportunity
district,
which
allows
the
the
the
map
to
eliminate
the
majority
minority
district
and
the
views
of
that
of
that
opportunity.
District.
D
The
supreme
court's
decision
in
lockhart
is
important,
but
it's
also,
but
this
proposed
map
also
is
validated
by
the
tennessee
constitution
and
the
u.s
constitution's
equal
protection
clause.
The
u.s
constitution
requires
a
one-person
one
vote.
Equal
population
standard
with
an
allowable
variance
and
state
law
requires
districts
that
are
substantially
equal
in
population
in
accordance
with
the
state
constitution.
D
By
splitting
shelby
county
in
in
our
map,
we
are
better
meeting
the
substantial
equal
population
factor
than
a
map
that
chooses
chooses
to
keep
shelby
county
whole.
Under
this
proposal,
shelby
county
is
neither
over
represented
or
nor
underrepresented.
Instead,
it
ensures
that
shelby
county
receives
equal
representation
also
by
splitting
shelby
county.
In
our
proposal
we
reduce
the
overall
number
of
county
splits
from
the
current
map
dramatically
and
that's
pretty
much.
All
I've
got
I'd
love
to
answer
any
questions.
Anybody
has.
E
C
C
I
think
you
all
got
copies
of
it,
maybe
or
it's
on
dashboard,
and
I
would
I
would
point
out
that
I
do
believe
that
this
this
plan
says
that
there's
15
pairings,
if
and
I
think
there
was
an
address
in
the
third
district,
which
was
the
issue
that-
and
I
agree
that
it
should
be
down
a
little
bit
as
a
as
as
it
as
a
as
the
county,
splits.
This
evaluation
notes
and
I'll
read
it
to
you.
C
There's
23
splits,
but
the
split
of
shelby
county
appears
to
violate
article
2,
section
5
of
the
constitution,
as
interpreted
by
state
x-rail,
locker
b,
crowl
656
southwest
2nd
836,
which
is
tennessee
at
tennessee
supreme
court,
1983.,
locker's
decision
and
I'll
read
you
the
the
the
the
holding
the
relevant
part.
Turning
to
the
limitation
on
dividing
counties
and
creating
house
districts,
we
think
an
upper
limit
of
dividing
30
counties
in
the
multi-county
category
is
appropriate,
with
the
caveat
that
none
of
the
30
can
be
divided
more
than
once.
C
I
think
the
statement
that
this
appears
to
violate
the
article
2
section
5
is
is
is
correct.
I
would
suggest,
by
adopting
a
plan
that
split
shelby
county,
that
you
would
be
creating
a
litigation
risk
you
can
accomplish.
This,
isn't
a
small
split,
it's
27
thousand
one
hundred
and
twenty
seven
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
three
people.
C
D
Thank
you
and
I
apologize
for
speaking
out
of
turn
a
second
ago.
That's
I
won't
do
that
again.
I
do
want
to
address
the
the
incumbent
incumbents
being
paired
together
and
while
your
number
is
accurate,
there
are
several
of
them.
I've
got
representative
campbell's
address
as
as
a
different
address
that
does
not
pair
along
with
representative
holtzclaw's
address,
meaning
that
they're
not
pairing
up
and
then
in
district
65.
D
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
on
behalf
of
the
committee
officers
and
the
coordinators
today,
I'm
presenting
a
redistricting
plan
for
the
tennessee
house
of
representatives.
This
concept
complies
with
all
state
and
federal
constitutional
and
statutory
requirements,
and
the
house
redistricting
redistricting
guidelines.
E
E
E
It
maintains
the
current
number
of
majority
minority
districts
and
creates
two
coalition
districts.
Finally,
at
my
direction,
this
concept
has
been
reviewed
by
the
attorney
general's
office.
At
this
time.
I
would
ask
the
committee's
attorney
to
go
over
the
concept
generally
and
district
by
district.
C
Now,
of
course,
the
growth
across
the
state
was
vastly
uneven.
17
counties
grew
by
more
than
10
percent.
Most
of
these
counties
are
concentrated
here
around
nashville
and
middle
tennessee
and,
conversely,
30
counties
actually
were
negative
growth
lost
population.
We
only
had
eight
the
last
decade.
Most
of
these
counties
are
located
in
rural
west,
the
upper
cumberland
region
and
in
northeast
tennessee.
C
As
mr
speaker
marsh
said,
this
concept
has
an
overall
population
range
of
9.90
percent,
the
high
districts
being
in
montgomery
county
at
a
positive
5.09
percent
in
the
low
district
being
in
dixon
and
cheatham
county
with
a
negative
4.81
percent.
There
are
30
split
counties:
9
in
west
9,
in
middle
and
12
in
east.
Seven
districts
have
paired
incumbents,
one
in
rural
northeast,
one
in
knox,
county
two
in
davidson
county,
one
in
williamson
county
one
in
rural
middle
west
and
one
in
shelby
county.
C
Conversely,
there
are
eight
districts
without
incumbents,
one
in
knox,
one
in
trailsdale
and
sumner,
one
in
rutherford,
one
in
williamson,
three
in
davidson
and
one
in
montgomery.
This
concept
maintains
the
current
number
of
majority
minority
districts,
one
in
hamilton,
two
in
davidson,
one
in
rural
west
and
nine
in
shelby
county.
C
This
concept
creates
two
coalition
districts
in
davidson
county,
one
of
those
districts
without
an
incumbent
and,
of
course,
I'll
stop.
Just
a
coalition
district
is
a
district
of
combined
race,
race,
racial
or
ethnic
minorities,
where
the
voting
age
population
equals
50
percent,
plus
one
person
voting
age
population.
C
Two
two
coalition
districts
have
been
created
in
davidson
county
and
surprisingly,
in
the
first
time
in
the
years,
I've
done
this
six
districts
stayed
exactly
the
same,
and
that's
mostly
because
of
where
they're
located.
Geographically
with
that,
if
you
draw
your
attention
to
the
video
board,
I
will
go
over
the
dish.
Go
over
the
the
concept
district
by
district.
C
And
starting
in
northeast
tennessee
district
three
and
I
will
give
you
the
whole
counties,
the
partial
counties
and
then
I'll.
Let
you
to
also
know
who
the
representatives
representative
or
representatives
are
in
the
district
and
whether
or
not
they're
an
open
seat.
District
three
is
all
of
johnson
part
of
carter,
part
of
sullivan
and
part
of
hawkins
representative
campbell
is
in
that
district
district
one
in
is
all
located
in
sullivan
county.
C
That's
representative,
crawford
district,
two
all
of
and
sullivan
county
is
representative
halsey
district
four
and
he
is
all
of
unicoy
and
part
of
carter.
That
is
representative
holzclaw
district
seven
in
washington
county
is
all
in
washington
county.
That's
representative,
alexander
district
6
is
all
in
washington
county.
That's
representative,
tim
hicks,
district
5
is
all
of
greene
county.
It's
a
single
county
district
that
is
representative
honk.
C
District
nine
is
part
of
hawkins
of
hancock
and
part
of
claiborne.
That
is
representative
gary
hicks
district
10
is
all
of
granger
and
part
of
hamblin
district
has
representative
eldridge
and
representative
jerry
sexton
in
the
boundaries
district
11
is
all
of
part
of
hamblin
and
part
of
jefferson.
That's
representative,
faison
district
17
is
all
are
sorry
part
of
severe
part
of
jefferson.
That's
representative
farmer,
district
12
is
the
remainder
of
seviera
county.
That's
representative
carr
district
8
is
located
entirely
in
blount
county.
C
That
is
a
representative
moon
district
20
is
the
second
district
located
entirely
in
blind
county
that
is
representative
ramsey
to
the
north
district,
36,
all
of
campbell
all
of
union
part
of
claiborne.
It's
representative
powers,
district
33,
all
in
anderson,
county
representative
reagan.
Turning
to
knoxville
and
I'll
zoom
in.
C
Knox
county
is
divisible
within
its
boundary
of
seven
districts.
It
was
seven
districts
that
remain
seven
districts.
District
19
is
all
within
the
boundary.
It
is
representative
right.
This
is
one
of
the
districts
that
did
not
change
district
16,
representative
carringer
again,
all
within
knox,
county
district,
89,
representative
lafferty,
all
within
knox,
county
district,
14,
representative
zachary,
all
within
knox,
county
district,
18,
representative
manus,
all
within
knox,
county
district
15,
is
represented
all
within
knox,
county
representative,
mckenzie
and
representative
gloria
johnson
district
90,
all
within
knox
county.
It
is
no
incumbent
in
that
district.
C
C
Turning
to
the
south
east
corner
of
tennessee,
these
two
districts
that
are
centered
in
bradley
county
did
not
change.
District
24,
which
is
located
entirely
in
bradley
county,
is
representative
hall
district
22,
which
is
all
of
bulk
all
of
meigs,
and
the
other
part
of
bradley
is
representative
howe.
Those
districts
did
not
change.
Turning
your
attention
to
hamilton
county
hamilton,
county
divisible
in
within
its
boundary
into
five
seats.
It
was
five
seats
before
within
its
boundary.
C
It
is
still
those
districts
are
district,
30,
representative,
helton
district,
29,
representative,
vital
district
28,
representative
hakeem
district
26,
representative
smith
and
district
27
representative
hazelwood
to
the
north
ford
district
county
of
bledsoe,
ray
saquati
and
veer
van
buren
is
representative
travis
proceeding.
North
district
42
is
part
of
putnam
county.
That's
representative
williams,
the
other
portion
of
putnam
county
and
all
of
cumberland
county
is
speaker.
Sexton.
C
District
40.,
all
of
jackson,
all
smith,
all
dekalb.
All
canon
part
of
wilson
is
representative
weaver
district,
43,
all
of
white
olive
warren,
representative,
cheryl
district
47,
all
coffee,
all
of
grundy,
representative
bricken
district
39,
all
of
franklin
all
of
marion
representative
rudder
moving
to
the
west
district
70
part
of
lawrence.
All
of
giles
and
part
of
lincoln
is
representative
doggett,
the
other
portion
of
lincoln
all
of
moore
and
all
of
bedford,
speaker
marsh.
C
That's
representative
garrett,
district
44,
all
within
sumner
county
is
leader
lamberth,
and
a
new
district
of
the
remainder
of
sumner
county
and
all
of
troussdale
county
with
no
incumbent
representative
kumar
is
district
66,
it's
all
of
robertson
county.
It's
a
single
district
county.
It
was
a
single
district
county.
It
remains
a
single
district
county.
C
Turning
to
davidson
county
10
districts
within
the
county
boundary
at
the
beginning
of
this
decade
and
10
districts
remain
all
within
the
boundary
of
the
county.
District
50
is
representative
mitchell
and
representative
dixie
district
54
is
a
open
seat.
District
51
is
representative
beck.
District
60
is
representative
jernigan
district
52
is
represented.
Clemens
representative
stewart
and
representative
potts
district
55
is
an
open
seat.
District
53
is
representative
powell,
district
59,
open
seat.
District
56
is
representative
freeman
and
district.
58
is
representative
love
to
the
south
williamson
county
in
marshall,.
C
C
C
Dixon
county
part
of
dixon,
all
of
cheatham,
representative
littleton,
the
other
part
of
dixon
all
of
hickman
and
all
of
louis
representative
curcio,
montgomery
county
three
districts
within
its
boundary
district
75
is
an
open
seat.
District
70
67
is
representative
hodges
district
68
is
speaker
johnson
to
the
west,
all
of
stuart,
all
of
houston,
all
of
humphreys,
all
of
benton
part
of
henry
representative
reedy,
representative
griffey,.
C
District
79,
the
remainder
of
henderson
part
of
carroll,
part
of
gibson,
representative
halford,
district
76,
all
of
weekly,
part
of
henry
part
of
carroll,
representative
darby
in
the
north
west
corner
of
tennessee,
all
of
lake,
all
of
dyer
part
of
obayan
represented
grills
district
a2.
All
of
lauderdale,
all
of
crockett,
part
of
gibson,
part
of
obayan
representative
hurt.
C
In
this
southwest
corner
district
81,
all
of
tipton
part
of
haywood,
represent
moody
district
73.
All
within
madison
county
is
representative
todd.
District
94,
all
of
fayette
part
of
hardiman.
All
of
mcnary
is
representative
gann.
That's
a
district
that
did
not
change
district
80,
a
part
of
hardeman
part
of
madison
and
part
of
haywood
is
representative
shaw
and
finally,
shelby
county
shelby
county
had
14
districts.
This
concept
has
13
districts,
as
I
stated
previously.
C
F
Thank
thank
you,
mr
chair
and
and
council
of
hinds.
Thank
you
heims.
Thank
you
for
your
your
presentation,
the
I
was
kind
of
reflecting
back
on
what
you
said
earlier
about
you
know
in
in
our
presentation
of
our
map
that
it
would
be
deemed
unconstitutional
or
outside
of
the
law,
because
we
could
create
14
districts,
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
got
a
better
and
a
clear
understanding
of
that
which
brings
me
to
my
question
about
the
map.
That's
being
present,.
C
F
And
and
due
to
the
fact
that,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
mr
chair,
thank
you,
sir.
Yes,
sir,
due
to
the
fact
that,
okay,
because
there's
a
split
of
shelby
county-
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure-
I
understand
it
clearly,
because
there's
a
split
in
shelby
county,
that,
along
with
the
fact
that
14
districts
could
have
been
14
could
have
been
created,
would
would
put
it
outside.
Of
that
of
the
law.
Is
that
is
that
how
we
interpret
that.
F
F
C
Representative
parkinson,
I
think
I
think
that
you
can
comply
with
the
voting
rights
act,
as
this
plan
does,
with
13
districts
in
shelby,
county
or
theoretically,
with
14
districts
in
shelby
county
they're,
both
within
a
10
percent.
If
you
were
to
draw
either
way,
you
still
would
have
be
be
within
a
10
range
and
not
split
30
counties.
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
sir,
and
thank
you
for
that
counselor.
I
appreciate
the
the
better
understanding
of
that.
You
know
I'm
just
I'm
just
a
little.
I
just
have
a
question
about
you
know
if
we
have
the
ability
to
create,
you
know
14
districts
in
shelby
county
and
still
be
within
the
law,
and
I'm
looking
at
all
of
these
open
districts
across
the
state.
You
know
just
not
really
understanding
why
or
what
the
rationality
is
for
us
to
have
so
many
open
seats.
C
Thank
you,
mr
representative
parkinson.
I
I
think
so
at
the
beginning
of
what
I
talked
about
the
census.
You
know
there
is
essentially
because
of
the
dramatic
growth
in
davidson
county,
there's,
essentially
a
three
seat
shift.
I
have
to
be
careful
how
I
say
that
there
is
a
shift
in
seats.
Maybe
that's
fair.
I
don't
know
that
bring
essentially
three
representational
districts
or
to
to
middle
tennessee.
C
They
come
from
other
parts
of
the
state
and-
and
you
know
where
they
come
from,
you
all
make
those
decisions
where
they
come
from
the
13
as
opposed
to
14.
I
I
don't
know
which
is
the
right
answer,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
13
districts
is
closer
to
ideal
if
divided
evenly
than
14
and
reflects
the
fact
that
shelby
county
had
very
low
growth
from
2010
to
2020..
C
C
C
C
C
E
B
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Mr
heims,
I
want
to
go
back
to
the
question
that
representative
parkerson
was
asking
about
with
respect
to
the
14
in
shelby
county.
It's
interesting
to
me
that
in
knox
county
we
eliminated
a
district.
13
was
not
read
on
your
list
and
we
moved
the
one
from
shelby
county
90
to
knox
county,
not
to
middle
tennessee,
where
you
said
the
growth
was
so
if
the
idea
was,
we
would
take
these
seats
and
move
them
to
where
the
growth
was.
B
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Yes,
leader
camper,
I
can
there's
not
a
seat
eliminated
in
knox.
County
knox
counties
started
with
seven
districts.
It
still
has
seven
districts.
What
happened
is
a
a
number
changed
and
the
the
district,
the
same
number
of
districts
is
there
it's
just
that
district
90s
number
winds
up
in
knox,
county
and
and
13,
which
you
could
consider
the
district.
That's
moved
out
of
shelby
is
in
rutherford
county
and
reasoning.
C
A
B
C
B
This
this
map
creates
a
situation
where
we
have
a
30
county
split.
Is
that
what
you
say
in
your
presentation-
and
you
also
mentioned
earlier-
if
I'm
not
mistaken-
that
the
supreme
court
decision
felt
it
best
to
not
split
if
possible,
if
it
at
all
possible
the
least
amount
making
sure
that
there's
equal
representation
that
we
would
not
go
to
that
30
number
limit.
But
in
this
case
we
actually
did.
B
C
B
In
that
same
decision
or
the
sequencing
of
these
various
decisions
by
the
supreme
court,
it
also
gives
weight
to
minority
representation
with
respect
to
the
splitting
of
these
counties.
Is
that
true?
And
so
yes,
if
you
were
to
keep
shelby
whole
and
you
increase
the
number
of
splits,
then
you
you're,
leaning
more
to
the
minority
representation.
Part
of
the
decision
is
that
a
true
statement
I
mean,
because
he
did
a
couple
of
things
right.
It
talked
about
the
splits
and
talked
about
minority
representation,
or
this
opportunity.
B
Opportunity
for
minorities
to
you
know,
have
a
voice,
and
so
they
both
are
probably
equal
in
terms
of
the
strength
of
those
and
and
so
what
you're
saying
is.
If
we
kept
the
minority
representation
portion
higher,
then
it
would
be
okay
to
do
the
split,
even
though
we
would
go
over
to
23,
which
we
have
in
our
plan.
Maybe
I
missed
that
you
understand
what
I'm
going.
Okay,
thank
you.
C
C
C
Keeping
the
boundary
whole
is
not
there's
it's
trying
to
figure
out
a
good
way
to
say
this.
I
don't
think
that
you
have
to
split
that
boundary
you're,
not
giving
up
compliance
with
the
voting
rights
act.
You
can
do
both.
You
can
keep
the
county
whole
and
comply
with
the
voting
rights
act,
and
I
think
the
concept
that
speaker
marsh
is
is
what
it
does
with
a
13
district
split.
I'm
not
saying
that
you
couldn't
do
the
same
thing
with
a
14
district
split
of
shelby.
B
C
Thank
you,
mr
speakers.
I'm
sorry
so
the
in
the
concept
that
representative
marsh
presented
there
are
13
majority
minority
districts
and
there
are
two
coalition
districts.
The
13
majority
minority
districts
are
district
28
in
hamilton
county.
That's
representative,
hakeem,
with
a
african-american
voting
age
population
of
53.18.
C
C
D
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Mr
speaker,
I
just
wanted
to
make
an
announcement
before
we
left
that
the
university
of
memphis
and
the
city
of
memphis
will
be
hosting
a
reception
tonight
from
six
to
eight
at
the
grand
hyatt
all
are
invited
to
attend
and
that
you,
the
ut
and
university
of
memphis
basketball
game
is
tomorrow
at
11
o'clock.
At
bridgestone's
tickets
are
available,
go
tigers.
F
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
representative
parkinson
for
that
question.
So
the
this
plan,
since
it's
been
recommended
by
this
committee,
I'll
work
with
director
campbell
to
have
it
drafted
into
an
amendment
form
and
it
winds
up
being
a
language
amendment
that
will
go
on
to
house
bill
1035
the
first
stop
for
it
will
be
the
public
service
committee
of
state
government
and
that
in
january
after
public
service,
it
will
go
to
the
full
state
government
committee
to
calendar
rules
and
then
to
the
floor.
C
The
plan
itself,
this
the
map
that
you
see
on
the
board
should
be
by
the
in
the
next.
Several
minutes,
hopefully,
will
be
on
the
web
page
of
the
committee,
so
that
folks
can
see
the
plan
and
then
followed
by
next
week
with
some
individual
district
maps
with
statistical
information
as
we've
gone
over.
That
will
be
available
in
a
map
book
form
for
members
of
the
public
to
see
it
and
in
between
that
time.
F
C
A
A
I
was
first
running
ten
years
ago
when,
when
this
body
was
doing
the
redistricting
process-
and
it
was
nowhere
near
as
transparent
as
this-
I
know
technology
has
helped
with
some
of
that,
but
I
truly
appreciate
both
you
and
the
committee's
work
and
the
staff's
work
and
everything
else
that's
gone
into
this,
and
just
the
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
people
in
the
public
that
have
reached
out
to
folks
with
different
ideas
and
plans.
It's
certainly
the
most
transparent
process.
A
I've
ever
seen,
and
I've
never
remembered
in
in
tennessee's
history
a
time
when
this
was
out
before
christmas,
at
least
as
a
proposal.
So
I
really
really
appreciate
you,
mr
chairman,
getting
this
out
there
early
so
that
everybody
has
an
opportunity
to
look
at
at
least
what
the
proposal
is,
and
I
look
forward
to
continue
discussion.
So
thank
you,
ms
chairman,
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
leader,
all
right.
If
there's
no
further
business,
we
stand
good
adjourned.