Key State Calls Special Redistricting Session as GOP Moves to Redraw Maps

Kemp’s executive order directs lawmakers to redraw congressional, state House, and state Senate districts after the Supreme Court significantly narrowed the legal framework surrounding racial considerations in redistricting.

The move places Georgia alongside other Republican-controlled Southern states, including Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana, that are aggressively revisiting district maps after the Court ruled states cannot rely predominantly on race when drawing political boundaries.