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Mississippi Senate adopts court-ordered redistricting plan after heated debate
Summary
The Senate approved a court-ordered redistricting plan that creates two new majority-minority districts — one in DeSoto County and one in the Hattiesburg/Forest County area — after hours of debate and votes that split the chamber 33-16.
The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday approved a court-ordered redistricting plan after hours of debate, adopting map changes that create two new majority-minority districts — one in northern DeSoto County and another centered on Forest and Hattiesburg — and that require several incumbent senators to run again this year.
Senator Kirby said the legislature was acting under a federal court directive and argued the plan complied with legal requirements. “First, we have to comply with the courts. Whatever the court said, that’s what we have to do,” Kirby told the chamber as he presented the revised map and election schedule.
The plan responds to a July 2024 opinion from a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi that found two Senate districts…
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