BREAKING: Republican Governor Says There Is “No Need” For State Legislature To Redraw Congressional Map Right Now, Cancels Special Session

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has canceled a special session intended to redraw the state’s Supreme Court lines.

The Republican governor said he expects state lawmakers to redraw congressional districts sometime between now and the 2027 elections.

“On Monday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the opinion finding that Mississippi’s current Supreme Court map violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn. As a result, the injunction preventing Mississippi from using the current Supreme Court map was dissolved. This means Mississippi’s current map can still be used in all future elections,” Reeves said.

“While I always believed that the District Court’s opinion was erroneous and eventually would be overturned on appeal, to preserve the Mississippi Legislature’s right under both state and federal law to have the first opportunity to redraw the Supreme Court map, I set a special session of the Mississippi Legislature that would have begun next Wednesday. However, because the District Court’s injunction has been dissolved