Breaking: Georgia legislature passes gerrymandered Congressional map giving GOP 64% of seats in state Biden won with 49.5%. GA gained 1 million people over last decade, all from people of color, but new map increases # of white GOP districts & reduces minority representation
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 22, 2021
In hindsight, the world where McBath didn't win a Senate seat in 2020 would've been one where she was likely to get drawn out of her district in 2021 (since it would imply the GA GOP kept the state legislature). Running for Senate was the play. https://t.co/dkIn2ULZ4C
— Conor Sen (@conorsen) November 17, 2021
Bad news for Dems in this 9R-5D gerrymander: Rep. Lucy McBath (D) would get a solid red #GA06.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 17, 2021
Consolation for Dems: Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) gets a solid blue #GA07 and Rep. Sanford Bishop (D) keeps a Dem-leaning #GA02. https://t.co/CovivcYxOU
Compared to the last map, GA-6 turning red again is the noteworthy shift.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 17, 2021
But compared to a nonpartisan map, it's the treatment of Democratic-leaning Cobb County–here split among four CDs–that stands out as the most dubious choicehttps://t.co/A3JPbtcocs
Sad! 