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Posted on 05/13/2026 7:12:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called off a planned special session to redraw the state’s Supreme Court districts, even as he said Mississippi could still revisit its congressional map amid a broader GOP redistricting push in the South.
Reeves announced Wednesday that he would cancel the special session scheduled to begin next week, which had been called to address Mississippi Supreme Court districts. Several Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump had pushed Reeves to add congressional redistricting to the agenda as part of a broader effort to create safer Republican seats amid a nationwide redistricting battle.
Reeves said the cancellation came after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a prior ruling requiring Mississippi to redraw its state Supreme Court districts. The lower court had previously found that the districts violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power. (RELATED: Five Republicans Vote With Democrats To Keep South Carolina’s Race-Based Congressional Maps Alive)
Trump had previously urged Mississippi Republicans to move forward with redistricting, writing in a Truth Social post that states should not conduct elections under unconstitutional maps simply for the “convenience” of state legislatures.
Reeves noted that redrawing the congressional map before the midterms would be difficult to complete in time during an interview on SuperTalk Mississippi Radio on Wednesday morning. The governor also warned that forcing a new congressional map could risk hurting Republicans in Mississippi elections.
Mississippi held its Primary Election in March, just before the Louisiana v Callais ruling.
This comes just a week after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the Democrats’ redistricting push unconstitutional, even as state primaries have already taken place.
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.… pic.twitter.com/wy7cmPpIVy
— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) May 13, 2026
“It’s complicated,” Reeves said, “Every issue surrounding redistricting is complicated, and I think it is fair to say that we are looking at every potential option as to what they may look like, and when is the best time to look at it.”
Reeves stressed that he still wants the state to redraw congressional districts and was adamant that Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson’s hold on Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District will eventually end.
“The tenure of Congressman Bennie Thompson reigning terror on the 2nd Congressional District is over,” Reeves said. “It’s not a question of if. It’s a question of when.”
Reeves’ office pointed the Daily Caller News Foundation to a recent X post by the governor when asked for comment.
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To the victor goes the spoils.
Clear as mud.
“Clear as mud.”
At least I am not the only one who could not make sense of this.
Well, this RINO Gov is getting blasted, on X ... the posts/replies are GREAT ...
https://x.com/tatereeves/status/2054643266222424457
He has RINO’d out, on this, it appears.
Anyone else seeing a pattern developing in the south?
There just wasn’t enough time.............
Anyone else seeing a pattern developing in the south?
Always enough time when demorats do the same thing.
Democrat Cong Bennie Thompson's reign of terror in the 2nd Congressional
District is over.......... It’s not a question of "if." It’s a question of "when."
oh but the time is too short to do this...
right. DeSantis and FL did it in a week.
total GOPe BeeS.
Reeves said no. He’s about to change his mind. With a lot of gentle persuasion from Trump.
Need a deep dive into lots of bank accounts to find the actual reason for this scurrilous procrastination...
This was a cancelled special session regarding redrawing the state Supreme Court districts because the 5th Circuit ruling telling them they had to redraw them got vacated after the SCOTUS ruling.
The Florida primary elections are not until July. Mississippi already held their primary elections in March.
Still, they should go ahead and redraw them even if they can only apply starting in 2028...no reason to wait and rehash this issue in the media all over again.
perhaps you don’t understand all the ramifications. if i, for instance, were a constituent, or perhaps the losing candidate, in one of these ‘black or minority’ drawn, now unconstitutional districts, i would sue the winner for disqualification on constitutional grounds.
to avoid all of this a responsible gov’t gop or dem would fix this immediately. it’s not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.
anyway, my two cents.
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