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Georgia Republicans decline to redraw congressional map after voting rights decision [Georgia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia)
decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act, there is also increased attention on two nonpartisan Georgia Supreme Court seats on the ballot that Democrats seek to flip. Like every other state that has held
Republicans in a race that has taken on heightened attention following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act. **Georgia
Voting Rights Act.** **Louisiana** – where Republicans could reconfigure two district currently represented by Black Democrats – has already indicated it wants to quickly redraw ahead of the midterms. The landscape elsewhere is a bit more complicated
decision to weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has [set off a scramble](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?cid=apn) across various southern Republican-led states, with top candidates and party chairs from Georgia
Georgia’s May 19 primary or rush to redraw congressional maps, following a Supreme Court ruling that [gutted the Voting Rights Act](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949) and [triggered a Republican-led](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it) push
Republicans in Tennessee eliminated the state’s one Black congressional district and Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia are all moving in turn. Mississippi, whose population is nearly 40% Black, was initially set to enter
Voting Rights Act decision, [is on the brink](https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/redistricting-louisiana-congressional-map-senate-committee/article_3d12f622-8fd6-4aa0-9a02-5fb5980bd84d.html) of implementing a new map that would eliminate the seat of one of the state’s two Black Democrats in Congress. Alabama [has successfully
decision, Republican-led states rushed to redraw their voting maps in ways that weaken Black political power. Tennessee and Florida have already passed new maps, while Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia seem poised to follow. Mississippi
rights advocate and former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams about the fallout from the decision, and why even now Abrams thinks the way forward is through engaging more voters to participate in democracy. - **What
right to flex his muscle,” said Shane Noem, who is neutral in the race as the chair of the Kenton County Republican Party in Massie’s district. “The question remains: Will the ‘Average Joe’ Republican
Voting Rights Act, eliminating a key provision that gave minority voters representation in Congress. Within days of the decision, Republican-led states in the south moved to redraw congressional maps to erase majority-Black districts
right of Trump on the politically potent issue of abortion. But Collins represents a deep-red district. Running statewide, in a major battleground state that hasn’t elected a Republican to the Senate
Republican President Donald Trump has instigated. "I'm here because of the same forces that pulled on John Lewis when he was a student," said Darrin Owens, 27. He has worked for former Vice President
Republican as the carrier of the populist right’s mantle in the race and putting the president in direct opposition to the governor. “Mike is a special guy, a special congressman, a special person
decision [to narrow the Voting Rights Act,](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-louisiana-00898123) which gave Louisiana the greenlight to redraw its majority-minority districts and kicked off new gerrymanders in other GOP-led southern states, like Tennessee. Friday
vote share by 45 percentage points, followed by state legislative races in Rhode Island and Oklahoma that swung 28 and 27 points, respectively. Republicans’ largest gain was in a February special election for an Alabama
decisive impact. Statewide early voting for the June 16 runoff begins June 8. Another Georgia-based GOP strategist, who is uninvolved in the race, cautioned that the president’s backing “is only good
Republicans who didn’t support Gabbard’s bid to lead the intelligence center. Trump first dismissed Gabbard’s input as an intelligence chief in June 2025, amid a joint mission between Israel
right now, but in the state of Georgia versus what we saw in 2018 with Stacey Abrams, or what we saw with Warnock — we're missing the light,” said Cobb County Democratic Chair Essence Johnson