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CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
When legislators redraw the boundaries
of election districts, they not only reshape
the state's political landscape, they close out
chapters in Georgia's history. One bit of politi
cal history involves the 14th District of the
Senate, which covers a large area of Southwest
Georgia centered around Americus and Sumter
County. That district has been a part of the
legislative map since the modern-day Senate
was established in 1962 with the end of the
county unit system.
Jimmy Carter first became a political player
in the 1960s by winning two elections in the
14th District. The rural district has been rep
resented by just four different senators
over the past 50 years.
The historic 14th District will be
eliminated under the new Senate
plan, however. Because of popu
lation losses in South Georgia,
the counties making up the 14th
will be divided among three sur
rounding districts.
Sen. George Hooks
(D-Americus), who has held the
seat for the past 22 years, will have
to run against another Democrat, Sen.
Freddie Powell Sims of Albany, or retire from
the Legislature.
That's what happens in every redistrict
ing. Areas with population losses or stagnant
population growth lose seats in the House and
Senate, while areas with a growing population
add those seats.
Hooks is not the only lawmaker to see
his old district disappear. There are four
House districts south of the gnat line where
two incumbents will be paired against each
other—which means that at least one incum
bent will be eliminated in each district.
Like migratory birds heading north, those
districts are winging their way to Metro
Atlanta, where they will become open seats
in areas where population growth has been
strongest. The 14th Senate District has been
configured as a new district that incorporates
parts of Bartow and Cherokee counties. Sen.
Barry Loudermilk (R-Cassville) is expected to
move into that new district.
The new map for the House of
Representatives includes six open seats in
Republican-leaning areas. There are two new
House districts in Gwinnett County and one
new seat in each of these suburban counties:
Forsyth, Douglas, Cherokee and Henry.
Most of the areas where the population loss
has been heaviest are currently represented by
Democratic legislators, which has made it eas
ier for the Republican leadership to draw maps
that eliminate Democratic districts. In six of
the redrawn House districts, two Democratic
incumbents are paired against each
other. That means at least six of these
incumbents will not be returning
to the General Assembly after the
2012 elections.
It is highly possible that five
of the Democratic incumbents
who will be forced out of office
are white women, a develop
ment that prompted Democrats
to accuse Republicans of attempt
ing to make Georgia a more racially
polarized state. Republicans say they
are only drawing the lines to reflect the popu
lation shifts recorded in the 2010 census.
The relative truthfulness of those oppos
ing arguments will be decided at some future
point by a federal court judge, because the
Democratic minority will file a lawsuit chal
lenging the boundaries of the new districts
drawn by Republicans.
Republicans did the same thing after the
2001 redistricting session and persuaded a
panel of federal judges to throw out the maps
drawn by the Democrats, who then held major
ity control of the Legislature.
"This process is far from over," Hooks
said. "There will be other options to look at.
I have never seen a redistricting plan passed
in the final form in which it was originally
introduced."
Tom Crawford lcrawford@gareporl.com
THIS MSIIIH WSILI
--AND IT'S TIME ONCE ‘GAIN FOR
POINTLESS SPECULATION about
THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAM
PAIGN!
ELECTION DAY IS
A MERE YEAR AND
A HALF AWAY.'
MITT ROMNEY IS THE OBVIOUS
MEDIA-ANNOINTED FRONT-RUNNER
IN THE 6.0.P. RACE AT THIS
MOMENT--
—BUT MICHELE 8ACHMANN
DID MAKE A STRONG
SHOWING AMONG A
STATISTICALLY MEANING
LESS SAANPLING OF IOWA
STRAW POLL VOTERS'
by TOM TOMORROW
WELL, SHE IS THE ONLY CANDI
DATE PROMISING TWO DOLLAR
A GALLON GAS IF SHE WINS.'*
WITH HIS STRAIGHT TALK AND TEXAS
SWAGGER, PERRY HAS MADE QUITE
AN IMPRESSION on commen-
TATQRS SUCH AS OURSELVES*
HE 1$ A STRONG CON
TENDER TO THE BE THE
NEXT MEDIA-ANNOINTED
FRONT-RUNNER, IF HE CAN
REFRAIN FROM THREATENING
BODILY HARM TO ANY MORE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.'
AND NOW FOR A QUICK RECAP OF
THE DAY’S OTHER NEWS'
WAR, FAMINE, RIOTS,
ECONOMIC CALAMITY,
MURDER, MAYHEM
AND DESPAIR.'
YADDA, YADDA
YADDA, BLAH
BLAH BLAH.'
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NOW LET'S GET BACK TO THE
IMPORTANT QUESTION—
V
—WHO WILL WIN THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION NEXT SUMMER?
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ACCORDING TO MY LATEST T'l
GUT FEELING, IT COULD
BE PERRT- -UNLESS IT'S
RoMNET QR BACH MANN!
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OR MAYBE
CHRISTIE
OR RYAN.
WE'LL HAVE MORE
SPECULATION--AFTER
THE5E MESSAGES'
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