MEMPHIS, Tenn — The congressional candidate field is looking different in the Memphis area following the approval of Tennessee’s redistricting, and voters need to know who is running in each district before they vote in the August primaries.
The new map divides Shelby County — which includes the majority-Black city of Memphis — among Districts 5, 8 and 9.
The redistricting will potentially allow Republicans to pick up an extra seat in Congress by shifting District 9 — currently a majority-Democratic area — into a more Republican area and splitting Shelby County up into three districts…