Kevin Blackwell

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State Capitol Room 215, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201

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Mississippi State Senator Kevin Blackwell publicly calls for eliminating Rep. Bennie Thompson's majority-Black 2nd District. Blackwell states: \"It's time to erase Bennie Thompson's District.\"

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announces a special legislative session for May 20, leaving the door open to redistricting Congress to target Rep. Bennie Thompson's majority-Black 2nd District. Reeves posts: \"First Dobbs. Now Callais. Just Mississippi and Louisiana down here saving our country!\"

Hours after the Supreme Court hands down its 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, Mississippi Republican State Auditor Shad White publicly calls for lawmakers to use the ruling to eliminate Mississippi's only majority-Black congressional district — the 2nd, held by Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson. White posts on social media: \"This likely opens the door to redrawing Mississippi's congressional districts. Mississippi might no longer have a district drawn to protect Bennie Thompson.\" Thompson's 2nd District runs from the Mississippi Delta through Jackson and was originally created to comply with the Voting Rights Act's requirement that Black voters in Mississippi have meaningful representation. Thompson, who led the House January 6 Committee, represents the state's only reliably Democratic seat. White's statement comes alongside a call from Republican state Sen. Kevin Blackwell, who writes: \"It's time to erase Bennie Thompson's District.\" Gov. Tate Reeves has a special legislative session already scheduled for May 20 focused on state Supreme Court districts, which operatives say could be expanded to include congressional redistricting.