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News Articles: Redistricting

Sen. John Kennedy, who chaired the Senate Redistricting Committee, argued during a 2021 special session that the GOP-drawn maps are fair to all Georgians.

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Long simmering dispute over Georgia political maps drawn after 2020 Census returns to federal court

We’ve passed the halfway point between the 2020 U.S. Census and the 2030 U.S. Census, but the battle over redistricting maps based on the last national headcount is still underway in Georgia. On Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments about whether or not to enact new maps.

May 12, 2025
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Georgia Recorder
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The Supreme Court rules in favor of South Carolina Republicans in voting map case

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.

May 23, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
Macon Mall voting location.

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Voter beware of Macon-Bibb ballot confusion

Macon-Bibb County’s elections supervisor is warning voters to do a little homework before heading to the polls to make sure they receive the correct ballot and vote for the right candidates.

May 20, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
A Dec. 2023 map shows the new congressional district lines.

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Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson reaffirms congressional run

Richardson announced Tuesday that she still plans to run for the seat, which will pit her against McBath, D-Marietta, in May’s Democratic primary.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (Photo by Beau Evans)

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Georgia GOP, Dems gearing up for competitive elections

Democrats and Republicans in Georgia are assembling all the tools they can muster to sway voters in what promises to be a hotly contested election year.

January 05, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Macon Democrat Tangie Herring is running to represent Georgia House District 145.

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Democrat Tangie Herring declares candidacy in the new Georgia House District 145

One of two newly redrawn state house districts centered in Macon-Bibb County has its first, and for now only, candidate: Democrat Tangie Herring. 

January 03, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia State Capitol

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'Disappointed' Democratic state reps will not run again after district changes

State Reps. Gregg Kennard and Doug Stoner will not run for reelection in 2024 after being drawn into districts with other Democrats. 

January 02, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Fulton County's RICO case against former President Trump and his allies in an alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election could take more than four months, the district attorney's office said.

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GPB evening headlines for December 28, 2023

A judge has approved new Georgia congressional and state legislative districts, some likely to retain Republican majorities.

A years-long series of upgrades to a popular state-managed hunting ground in southeast Georgia is expected to wrap up later in the new year.

December 28, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia state Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. State lawmakers were ordered to redraw Georgia's legislative and congressional districts after a federal judge ruled some illegally diluted Black voting strength.

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Federal judge approves Georgia's new congressional and legislative election maps

Federal judge Steve Jones has approved Georgia's new congressional and legislative voting districts drawn by the state legislature. 

December 28, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia state Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. State lawmakers were ordered to redraw Georgia's legislative and congressional districts after a federal judge ruled some illegally diluted Black voting strength. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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Plaintiffs in a Georgia redistricting case are asking a judge to reject new Republican-proposed maps

The people who sued to overturn Georgia's congressional and legislative districts are attacking plans that Republican state lawmakers claim cure illegal dilution of Black votes while preserving GOP power.

December 13, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia state Sen. John Kennedy,

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A judge ordered 5 new Black-majority House districts for Georgia. Macon got 2 of them

Macon voters will elect state representatives in newly drawn House districts in 2024.

December 12, 2023
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  • Gautama Mehta
 Lawmakers watch the votes comes in as a new congressional map cleared the House Thursday with a party-line vote. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Lawmakers close redistricting session; judge to decide if GOP-crafted maps comply with order

Is a newly redrawn congressional map, along with two revised legislative maps, an act of defiance or exactly what federal Judge Steve Jones instructed lawmakers to do when he struck down Georgia’s political maps for diluting the voting strength of Black voters?

December 11, 2023
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  • Ross Williams ,
  • Jill Nolin ,
  • and 1 more
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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Georgia lawmakers OK U.S. House map that adds Black districts but keeps GOP advantage

State Republicans redrew Georgia's congressional map to add court-ordered majority-Black districts in a way that didn't add Democratic seats.

December 07, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
House Reapportionment and Redistricting Chair Rob Leverett

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Republican-drawn proposed congressional map passes House committee

The House Committee on reapportionment and redistricting passed the congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans as the Legislature moves closer to wrapping up the special legislative session on Thursday.

December 06, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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Georgia lawmakers advance congressional map keeping 9-5 GOP edge; legislative maps get final passage

Georgia state senators are advancing a new congressional map that would maintain a 9-5 GOP edge in the state's delegation. The Senate voted 32-22 to pass the plan, which seeks a wholesale reconfiguration of a suburban Atlanta district now represented by Democrat Lucy McBath.

December 05, 2023
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