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Georgia GOP Calls June 17 Session to Redraw Districts

6/7/2026

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Georgia's Republican-led Legislature will hold a special session on June 17 to redraw congressional, state House and Senate districts for the 2028 elections.
The session follows a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in April that invalidated a Louisiana majority-Black congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
Governor Brian Kemp called the session after a 2023 federal judge ruled several Georgia districts discriminatory, prompting Rep. Tanya Miller to call the maps map-rigging.

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Georgia's Republican-led Legislature will hold a special session on June 17 to redraw congressional, state House and Senate districts for the 2028 elections.
The session follows a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in April that invalidated a Louisiana majority-Black congressional district as a racial gerrymander.
Governor Brian Kemp called the session after a 2023 federal judge ruled several Georgia districts discriminatory, prompting Rep. Tanya Miller to call the maps map-rigging.