Georgia GOP Pushes 2028 Redraw as Political Control Faces Threat

Georgia Republicans are considering redrawing the state’s congressional map before the 2028 election, locking in political advantages while they still control the state’s mapmaking process.

The state’s legislature will meet in a special session beginning Wednesday that marks the latest move in a national tit-for-tat redistricting battle between the two parties.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) last month declined to have Georgia join other Republican-led Southern states in rushing to enact remedial maps in time for the 2026 election, but said a US Supreme Court ruling that limited race-based redistricting under the Voting Rights Act “requires Georgia to adopt new electoral ...