As protesters accused them of racial gerrymandering, Tennessee state lawmakers passed into law on Thursday a new congressional map that could allow Republicans to flip the state’s lone Democratic-held seat, notching the GOP another win in the mid-decade redistricting scramble. Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill into law Thursday afternoon. The session was interrupted by chaotic scenes with lawmakers shouting over protesters' voices and at one point forcing police clear the balcony above the House floor before it voted on the new map. State troopers ask demonstrators to leave the House gallery as they protest efforts by the state's Republican leadership in redistricting congressional election maps on the last day of a special session in Nashville, Tennessee, May 7, 2026. Seth Herald/Reuters The new map breaks up the state’s current 9th Congressional District, which is primarily made up of Memphis, and the state’s only majority-Black district.…