Redistricting Recap Episode 26: Georgia
Quick Updates:
Alabama's map has been struck by a court. The map had no net change, meaning this decision has no effect on the running total.
Jerry McNerney (D-CA) is retiring. In addition, Josh Harder is running in his CA-9, rather than CA-13. None of these decisions effect the rankings of these seats.
Previous Episodes:
Georgia is the first map where the winner of the 2020 presidential election in the state didn't win a majority of the districts. In this case, despite winning Georgia, Biden only won 5 out of 14 districts. Simply put, this is another vicious gerrymander.
#14 GA-5
Incumbent: Nikema Williams (D)
Predecessor: GA-5 (Safe D)
Lean: D+62.3
Ranking: Safe D
Location: Atlanta
#13 GA-13
Incumbent: David Scott (D)
Predecessor: GA-13 (Safe D)
Lean: D+54.5
Ranking: Safe D
Location: South Atlanta Suburbs
#12 GA-4
Incumbent: Hank Johnson (D)
Predecessor: GA-4 (Safe D)
Lean: D+52.0
Ranking: Safe D
Location: DeKalb County
#11 GA-9
Incumbent: Andrew Clyde (R)
Predecessor: GA-9 (Safe R)
Lean: R+44.5
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Northeast Georgia
#10 GA-14
Incumbent: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
Predecessor: GA-14 (Safe R)
Lean: R+43.3
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Northwest Georgia
#9 GA-3
Incumbent: Drew Ferguson (R)
Predecessor: GA-3 (Safe R)
Lean: R+35.8
Ranking: Safe R
Location: West Georgia
#8 GA-8
Incumbent: Austin Scott (R)
Predecessor: GA-8 (Safe R)
Lean: R+32.4
Ranking: Safe R
Location: South Georgia
#7 GA-10
Incumbent: Jody Hice (R) [running for other office]
Predecessor: GA-10 (Safe R)
Lean: R+29.1
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Central Georgia
#6 GA-11
Incumbent: Barry Loudermilk (R)
Predecessor: GA-11 (Safe R)
Lean: R+22.6
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Cobb County
#5 GA-6
Incumbent: None
Predecessor: GA-6 (Lean D)
Lean: R+23.0
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Forsyth County
#4 GA-7
Incumbent: Lucy McBath (D) & Carolyn Bourdeaux (D)
Predecessor: GA-7 (Tossup)
Lean: D+17.6
Ranking: Safe D
Location: Gwinnett County
#3 GA-1
Incumbent: Buddy Carter (R)
Predecessor: GA-1 (Safe R)
Lean: R+18.2
Ranking: Safe R
Location: Southeast Georgia
#2 GA-12
Incumbent: Rick Allen (R)
Predecessor: GA-12 (Safe R)
Lean: R+14.9
Ranking: Safe R
Location: East Georgia
#1 GA-2
Incumbent: Sanford Bishop (D)
Predecessor: GA-2 (Lean D)
Lean: D+6.4
Ranking: Lean D
Location: Southwest Georgia
Net change: +1 Safe D, -1 Lean D, -1 Tossup, +1 Safe R
Running Total: +6 Lean D, -5 Tossup, -8 Lean R, +9 Safe R (+6 D, -5 T, +1 R)
Posted Jan 30, 2022, 6:47 PM UTC