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ATLANTA (AP) Georgia lawmakers return to the capitol Wednesday with maps on their mind. They will begin a special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp to redistrict Georgia's congressional delegation, state Senate and state House.
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Republican 2022 Hopes Run Through Districts Scarred by Covid Bloomberg 2 days ago Jonathan Levin
(Bloomberg) Republicans aiming to retake the U.S. House next year will have to defend the party’s pandemic record, especially in Sun Belt districts that stand out for their grim death tolls or lackluster vaccinations.
Forty-seven Democrat-held districts and 21 Republican seats are at the center of the fight. High Covid-19 death rates or low vaccine penetration stand to be issues in around 20 of them, 15 to the potential advantage of Democrats.
While voters’ memories are often short, none have been through a combined public-health, economic and political crisis in such a short time. Whatever lessons they take will determine whether Democrats who as of Tuesday will have a seven-seat margin in the 435-member body can avoid the usual midterm setback for a new president’s party.
Georgia adds 1 million, but growth slows from 1990s, 2000s
By JEFF AMYApril 26, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia gained a million new residents from 2010 to 2020 according to U.S. Census results released Monday, with the state still growing more rapidly than the nation. But for the first time since 1990, the state will not add a congressional seat, as the state’s population growth slowed noticeably from the breakneck pace of the previous two decades.
Georgia’s total population rose above 10.7 million from 9.7 million a decade ago. That 10.6% growth was the 12th fastest in the nation.
Percentage-wise, though, it was the slowest growing decade for Georgia since the 1940s, back when the state only had about 3 million residents, and pales behind the 26.4% increase in population the state saw in the 1990s and the 18.3% growth it saw in the 2000s. It’s the first time since the 1990 Census that Georgia won’t add a congressional seat, holding steady at 14. Before 1990, Georgia had