In an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller on Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves opened the door to redrawing multiple electoral maps after the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais nuked race-based districting.
Reeves said Mississippi is juggling three redistricting fights: Supreme Court districts, congressional districts and state legislative districts.
“In Mississippi, it’s a little bit more complicated,” Reeves said, noting the state is already in a Section 2 Voting Rights Act case.
The most immediate issue is Mississippi’s state Supreme Court map. Reeves has called a special session to address those districts if a federal judge forces lawmakers to redraw them.
But he made clear he can expand that call to “other redistricting matters.”
Translation: congressional and legislative maps could also be on the table.
Mississippi currently has one majority-minority congressional district, represented by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson. Reeves said lawmakers are likely to revisit whether that map still passes muster after Callais.
“We know that Mississippi’s majority-minority district was drawn race-consciously,” Reeves said. “I anticipate that the Mississippi Legislature certainly will reevaluate our state’s congressional map at the earliest opportunity that they have.”
The timing is a bit messy. Unlike other Southern states, Mississippi already held its 2026 party primaries, so officials are weighing whether any new congressional map would apply in 2026 or 2028.
Reeves also accused the ACLU, NAACP and Southern Poverty Law Center of using racial gerrymandering to boost Democrats in the South.
“100%,” he said. “I absolutely believe that that has been their goal: to grow the power of the Democrat Party.”
Now Mississippi may become the next state to test just how far Callais goes.
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