The Georgia House Thursday gave final passage to a congressional redistricting map that pulls a thin slice of western Hall County out of the 9th District and moves it into the new 7th District along with Lumpkin County. A portion of South Hall would also move to the 7th.
Rich McCormick (R-Suwanee), who now represents the 6th District, is being reapportioned into the new 7th. Most of the 9th, represented by Andrew Clyde (R-Jackson County), remains intact under the plan and includes the remainder of Hall County. (Click here to see the new map: congress-2023-packet.pdf (ga.gov) )
But opponents of the new map are already planning to take the matter to court. Georgia Republicans approve new US House map, setting up fresh court battle – SRN News
(POSTED LAST FRIDAY) – The congressional reapportionment plan released Friday by Georgia legislative leaders has Republican 6th District Rep. Rich McCormick of Suwanee being drawn farther north into the north Georgia mountains from his base in suburban Atlanta.
McCormick’s district, which is now the 6th and includes all of Forsyth and Dawson County, portions of eastern Cobb, northern Fulton, a bit of western Gwinnett, and eastern Cherokee, would keep those counties, become the 7th and add Lumpkin County and a narrow strip of western Hall County.
The 9th District, represented by Andrew Clyde (R-Jackson County), would, in addition to Lumpkin and the part of Hall mentioned above, lose Hart and Franklin counties. (Click here to see a map of the redistricting proposal: congress-2023-packet.pdf (ga.gov) )
Click here for more on the proposal released Friday: Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge – SRN News