Clarion Ledger/USA Today: redistricting cancellation reaction keeps congressional maps in 2027 watch lane
Bea Anhuci reports reaction to Reeves canceling the May 20 judicial-redistricting special session: Shad White had been publicly pressing to target Bennie Thompson's congressional district and said in a May 14 post that, if elected governor, he would call a special session to do it; Andy Gipson also used the issue in his campaign framing; and the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus warned against weakening Black voting power without transparency. The practical guardrail remains unchanged: no formal replacement call or map has been filed, so congressional and legislative redistricting stay in the January 2027 session or later-special-session watch lane unless official action changes the calendar.
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Bea Anhuci reports reaction to Reeves canceling the May 20 judicial-redistricting special session: Shad White had been publicly pressing to target Bennie Thompson's congressional district and said in a May 14 post that, if elected governor, he would call a special session to do it; Andy Gipson also used the issue in his campaign framing; and the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus warned against weakening Black voting power without transparency. The practical guardrail remains unchanged: no formal replacement call or map has been filed, so congressional and legislative redistricting stay in the January 2027 session or later-special-session watch lane unless official action changes the calendar. This page keeps the item on-site so readers, feed subscribers, and search engines can land on a clean Mississippi-race URL first, then jump out to the cited reporting instead of skipping straight past the desk.
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