Georgia Republican Legislative Leaders Reject Governor’s Call For 2028 Redistricting

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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about moving too quickly after a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters.

Georgia Republican legislative leaders reject governor's call for 2028 redistricting

Republican lawmakers in Georgia won’t redraw congressional and state legislative districts for the 2028 elections during a special session called by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.

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The aborted effort to reduce nonwhite voters’ representation contrasts with other Southern states where Republican majorities moved quickly to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the November midterms, partly in response to President Donald Trump’s pleas to shore up the GOP’s fragile House majority.

Civil rights activists and Democrats, especially Black and other nonwhite lawmakers, celebrated the development and claimed victory after exerting weeks of pressure and gathering hundreds of citizens at the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday ahead of the session.

So Kemp lost in special session. My question is this. Where is all the Republican Outrage about redistricting? Governor Newsom put the question before the voters of California and we approved it. Yet, when Republicans do NOT put the question of redistricting before voters and no cries foul. Why don't Republicans let the voters decide? What are they afraid of?

 

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You left something out.....No surprise there.

But the governor, in the final months of his second term, also called on lawmakers to redraw their own districts.....

Nobody is going out on a limb for a lame duck governor that's not that highly regarded by the GA Legislature's gop members.