Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge

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Source: Associated Press

Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge

BY JEFF AMY
Updated 6:24 PM EST, December 1, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority and again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath’s district for wholesale transformation.

It’s unlikely any of the proposed districts would produce competitive races between Republicans and Democrats. That’s also true of Georgia’s current map.

If it passes, the map could set up a court fight over whether the federal Voting Rights Act protects McBath’s current district from being wiped out. She currently represents Atlanta suburbs including southern Gwinnett County and northern Fulton County. No ethnic group has a majority in the district, but Black, Asian and Hispanic voters collectively favor Democrats.

That district would be carved up between two Democratic and two Republican incumbents. Lawmakers would instead create a new majority-Black 6th District in Cobb, Douglas, Fulton and Fayette counties.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/georgia-redistricting-black-voters-house-senate-congress-8fad1bd18e99f588d2c544ac7210fb51

[Think. Again.]

1. If this latest map...

...doesn't "create a new court-ordered Black majority district" as ordered by the court, it does not qualify as a legitimate map to be voted on.