Wow, TN-9 has swung to the Dems even harder than I would of thought. No doubt it will swing back to the GOP in 2012, after the district inevitably grows to include whites currently in the quickly growing suburban 7th.
That seems unlikely to me. The population of Memphis is only about 13,000 people short of being 1/9th of the state's population (Tennessee has 9 districts and probably will maintain that number for 2012-2022). I really don't know much about Tennessee politics, but just looking at the map of the current districts, I'd say the 8th district is the one most likely to absorb those suburbs around Memphis as the 7th moves towards becoming more Nashville based.
