U.S. Rep. John Barrow to be shoved out of Savannah?
A reliable contact has just sent us this draft of new congressional lines now moving among influential Republicans in Georgia – the first detailed look we’ve seen:
Click here for a your own downloadable copy. As David Wasserman of Cook Political Report notes below, the map is the same one he posted in May.
Nonetheless, we’re being assured that these lines are being passed around as a starting point for a special session of the Legislature that begins Aug. 15. At a glance:
– In the 12th District, U.S. Rep. John Barrow, the last white Democrat from the Deep South, would be pushed out of his residence in Savannah. Previously, Republicans targeted him by forcing Barrow to move from his original base in Athens. Under this map, Augusta would become Barrow’s third home. If he survives a 2012 vote.
– The new, Republican-dominated 14th District would stretch from Hall County, home to both Gov. Nathan Deal and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, northeast to Rabun Gap – and eastward into the middle of Cherokee County.
– In the 8th District, U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton, would pick up the Republican-dominated Valdosta area from U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Savannah, protecting Scott from a first-term challenge. But Scott wouldn’t pick up Thomasville, as some had said he would.
– In the 2nd District, U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, would be strengthened by moving into the Bibb County area – a Democratic-leaning region might have served as a base for a challenge to Austin Scott.
– U.S. Rep. John Lewis’s 5th District would be pushed deep into DeKalb County, nearly to Dunwoody, and U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s 4th District, which has been dominated by DeKalb, would move further east into Rockdale and Newton counties, whose African-American populations have exploded.
One Capitol voice we talked to, who is familiar with the map and is close to the redistricting process, said it largely reflects current thought among Republicans — especially when it comes to south Georgia. But expect some tweaking, especially in metro Atlanta. As drawn, the lines for the 7th District, now occupied by Republican Rob Woodall, wouldn’t hold up over 10 years. Population shifts would nearly guarantee that the district would wind up in Democratic hands by 2021.
That’s just a quick assessment. Additional observations would be welcome.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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RetiredSoldier
July 29th, 2011
10:29 am
A quick look and it looks as compact as possible and keeps my home county in one district. Good job, I like the map.
Gabriel Sterling
July 29th, 2011
10:37 am
The districts are rational and compact. Very hard to see where the Democrats will be able to find any legitimate basis for a lawsuit. Looks like a 10-4 GOP/Dem split. Plus 2 for GOP.
David Wasserman, Cook Political Report
July 29th, 2011
10:41 am
Full disclosure: Jim, this is not the real GA GOP map. This is the map I drew as my estimate of what GA Republicans might do in my May book, “Better Know a District.” – David Wasserman, Cook Political Report
WendyinRome
July 29th, 2011
10:41 am
Usually these maps have a metro Atlanta zoomed version that goes with them – would be great to see those details. Also, you might also mention that Rome is moved from the 11th to the 9th, and this new 9th is finally a true NW GA district. If something like this map passes, I think many of us in Rome will be glad to no longer be controlled by Cobb County.
Jon Lester
July 29th, 2011
10:43 am
I like the idea of separating Paul Broun from Augusta, so he’ll lose the votes of the Augusta Chronicle’s ill-informed readership, at least.
No Longer Republican
July 29th, 2011
10:50 am
I can’t tell from the map…I’m in Forsyth Co. and am wondering if the new map means I will still have the moron Tom Graves as my congressman. I was hoping we would get a chance to elect someone with a brain.
AngryVoter
July 29th, 2011
10:52 am
Let’s hope this map, or something close to it, gets pushed through. This seems more like a common sense map that has political consequences as opposed to a political map with geographic consequences. It seems extremely fair. Unlike the Barnes map, it doesn’t use highways as connectors for parts of districts. Hats off to the author!
RetiredSoldier
July 29th, 2011
10:55 am
Well said AngryVoter.
Red
July 29th, 2011
10:58 am
Glad that Woodall is now out of my district. Curious as to why two precincts in Greene are moved into another district. Those are sparsely populated. I like it though.
MiltonMan
July 29th, 2011
10:59 am
No longer – I can see why you are no longer a republican – you cannot even read a map = prime candidate for being a liberal.
You will either be in Tom Price’s district (6th) or the newly created district (14th).
If you don’t like either district, please feel free to move to moonbat Hank “Guam is going to sink” Johnson’s district.
Cobb County being represented by 4 different reps???
jtaylor27
July 29th, 2011
11:00 am
Looks like Lynn Westmoreland and Phil Gingrey get more compact districts. I know this will not happen anytime soon, but I wish those two would be seriously challenged. I do not care for either person as a legislator. They misrepresent GA, and are playing chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States’ government. That is pathetic behavior from those who claim to be statesmen.
MiltonMan
July 29th, 2011
11:00 am
Also, Roy Rat Barnes’ map was shot down by the GA Supreme Court. Thank God the clown is not around this time.
Just A Grunt
July 29th, 2011
11:12 am
Ugh. It looks like it goes from bad to worse for me. I am currently in the 13th district represented by David Scott but it looks like my little corner of the world would go into the 5th district represented by Hank ‘Guam is Sinking’ Johnson. I live in that little corner of Cobb county nobody wants to claim. Including Cobb county.
Just A Grunt
July 29th, 2011
11:14 am
Sorry 5th district is John ‘You know I marched in the civil rights’ Lewis. Not much difference between him and Hank Johnson
State Level Districts???
July 29th, 2011
11:16 am
Jim – any word on whether the proposed maps for the new State house & Senate districts are out? If not, when.
AngryVoter
July 29th, 2011
11:16 am
Thankfully the people of GA saw fit to not allow Roy anywhere near the maps this time.
Do you think the message has finally sunk into Roy’s thick head? Do you think he now realizes the people of GA thought he did such a poor job that they not only ran him out of office, but then they soundly voted against him, even though it meant voting in the most unethical man the Reps could have put on the ballot? Roy seems to like running his mouth at out of state functions and blame his loss on the flag issue. (Of course, he’s so arrogant he thinks us stewpit folk back here wouldn’t read about it.) Do you think he might finally realize redistricting, how he treated the teachers, etc. – you know, the things that made him a bag governor – may have been why he wasn’t reelected or elected again?
My guess is he still doesn’t get it. My guess is King Roy is to arrogant to let himself figure that out.
Once again, gratuitous shame on the Dems for not fielding a candidate with a chance of winning in the last Gov race. Let’s hope they find someone this time so that we can have a real choice.
End of rant.
A Political Demgrapher
July 29th, 2011
11:29 am
It’s hard to do th stats by eye, of course, and real stats always trump eyeballing, but eyeballing this it’s hard to see how this isn’t retrogressive under Section 5
Bob
July 29th, 2011
11:35 am
It looks logical. What happened?
Voter
July 29th, 2011
11:42 am
No matter what district you are in, we still are not represented, heard, or listened to. For some reason once they get to Washington, they forget about us – the VOTERS!
Sally
July 29th, 2011
11:45 am
Just get me out of Hank Johnson’s district!!!
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Raquel Morris
July 29th, 2011
12:00 pm
It looks to me like John Lewis is being pushed out of his district. He lives in South Fulton, but that area looks to be completely in Scott’s district.
Maybe Michael Johnson had the right idea?
gsueagle
July 29th, 2011
12:00 pm
bye-bye barrow ! i love it
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July 29th, 2011
12:03 pm
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WillieRae
July 29th, 2011
12:04 pm
The voting rights act is always going to protect the black democrats and throw the white dems under the bus. King Roy’s would be an interesting comparison. It looks like the rep’s did a good job to me.
Sick of Republicans
July 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
By putting Tom Price into the areas in metro represented by Hank Johnson, who has been a good Rep for us, and before you people start the race card, I am white. Tom Price will not listen to anyone but the Dunwoody crowd nor will he even bother to respond unless it is a Dunwoody zip code address. We don’t want Tom Price. I lived in his present district for over a year and he never even had the courtesy to respond to email, calls to his office, etc. He is like Isakkson – thinks us regular people are the unwashed because we aren’t filthy rich like them.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
12:16 pm
Sally. Here is a novel idea. Move.
Just A Grunt
July 29th, 2011
12:17 pm
Dear Sick, You must be doing something wrong because I don’t live in his district, Rep Price that is, but he returns answers to questions I ask him, or somebody in his office will. David Scott on the other hand sends out an email newsletter starting about 3 months before election time and then is never heard from again. I have had several nice conversations with some folks in his office even though we agree on exactly nothing and I know they don’t really listen or pass on the information. I often have to go to Rep Price because quite frankly all Scott is concerned with is staying in Washington and keeping all the perks of the jobs. He is a parasite on the taxpayers, but then I did mention that he is a Democrat, right?
findog
July 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
RS, look at Cobb served by three congressmen
How about that 13 reprimand
DannyX
July 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Awesome idea!! Genius.
Redistricting is way over the heads of our current Republican lead state government. Outsourcing this to another person was clearly the way to go here. I imagine our current brain challenged Republicans will still be scratching their heads over this during Thanksgiving if they don’t get someone to drawn them “squiggly lines” for them.
This is the same group of Republican lawmakers that couldn’t even handle their own tax overhaul, they had about 20 different flawed bills embarrassingly withdrawn do to incompetence and bad Georgia math.
These are the same Republicans that raised taxes on homeowners at the start of the Bush Great Recession to the tune of $300 a year. No new taxes?????
The same Republicans that are cowardly asking voters to go against their own “no new taxes” pledge for them. No new taxes?????
The same Republicans that have given Georgia Power record profits on the backs of residential customer only surcharge. (How’s that electric bill?)
These poor Republicans are so caught up in personal crisis they will never have the time to put into redistricting. Most of the Republicans are fighting off bankruptcy, foreclosure and various lawsuits.
Lets face it, state Republicans are incompetent, and don’t have the time. Having someone else draw the lines is best. Either that or pay some smart New England Republicans to come down here and draw the lines. Delta is ready.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
Stay stuck on Johnson’s “Guam” comm all you want. Does anyone really want to start with all the dumb quotes Price, Broun, Westmoreland, and Kingston have made.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
Proud to be a conservative from Georgia? The draft district lines will only have four where more than 60% of adults have at least a high school diploma. Put another way, more than 1 million conservatives in GA are dependent on audio aid!
Jeffrey
July 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
I,would rather have Price, Scott or even be in the 10th than Guam sinking walking dead Hank Johnson.Who, seems it was not worthy to attend Primary forums and debates.Also, who bribes to get elected again.
John Radney
July 29th, 2011
12:44 pm
Great, one more devil gone. Wish it had been Samforn Bishop from S Ga. Horrible man and he needs to go like obamie
Blue
July 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
Where is Kasim Reed’s district?
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
Price and Scott don’t have to bribe to get elected and attend forums and debates may be true. They are bought and paid for and treat their voters like mushrooms.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
1:03 pm
Talk about Bishop and Obama all you want. I wish that McCain and Palin had won the election because government would have gone bankrupt a year ago, the financial markets would have crashed, auto makers would have gone out of business, job losses would still be at 100K per month, troops stranded in Iraq, and bin Laden would still be alive. Oh yeah, Palin would be in Alaska fishing once a week.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
The City of Atlanta is in the 5th and represented by John Lewis.
DannyX
July 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
HELP WANTED: Republican to fill new Ga congressional seat. Candidate must be certifiably crazy. Must know 3/10 Commandments. Ethically challenged encouraged to apply, must not pass background check. Multiple bankruptcies/foreclosures ok. Advancement possible,could lead to Ga governors job.(Smart people,gays and non Herman Cain blacks need not apply)Call 1800-IHATEVRY1
Einsteindawg
July 29th, 2011
1:10 pm
Good for John Barrow. He was a third-rate lawyer in Athens and has been an even worse congressman. The only way you’re going to get honest representation FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, not for the politician, is term limits.
Smoke
July 29th, 2011
1:18 pm
Barnes redistrict plan must not have been all that bad for “conservatives.” Look at the State now.
Red
July 29th, 2011
1:33 pm
Smoke – you’re blowing it out your tailpipe. We’d be in much better shape with McCain. After all we were supposed to be in recovery summer last year – meaning we would all be in workers’ paradise right now with The Great One’s master plan. According to His Geniusness his plan would have kept unemployment below 8 – still haven’t seen that. We should have been creating hundreds of thousands of jobs with growth by now. Still in the 9’s and that is understated. Read the GDP numbers. We’re heading the wrong way with the plan that was supposed to satisfy all of our true desires. Looks like he cannot count on all 58 states to help him to reelection this time. Shovel ready = shovel load.
Frustrated
July 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
For all tort reformers who support medical malpractice caps…http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/coroner-anesthetic-at-urgent-1057839.html
jsmtih
July 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
” rockdale and newton counties which black population has exploded ” good luck to anyone who lives in those communities
RetiredSoldier
July 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Smoke-
That’s because a federal court threw the Barnes paln out in 2003/2004 and retired federal judges drew new lines.
RetiredSoldier
July 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
plan that is
Romegaguy
July 29th, 2011
2:25 pm
Like most men, I’m not very good with directions but isnt Cherokee County WEST of Hall County instead of East like described in the potential new 14th Congressional District. Maybe I could find a gas station to stop and ask…
You are welcome Jim
S
July 29th, 2011
2:50 pm
After the fiasco going on in the republican majority congress right now, no one in his right mind is going to vote a republican into office. All these radical republicans do is suck from those who can least afford it while letting the mega rich off the hook. The Koch brothers must be proud.
Bill Smith
July 29th, 2011
2:52 pm
I want to see the state Senate maps. What is going to happen to Senator Merkleson (Cecil Staton). He is a South Georgia Senator which is contracting and on the redistricting committee which will cover his tail.
http://www.grassrootsfrenzy.com
Rexd Dogma
July 29th, 2011
3:01 pm
To republicans, why are you still whining about Roy. Y’all have been in charge for w while and this state sinks further down. I was thrilled that a republican actually got a truth on the truth o meter when chip rogers said we have some of the lowest graduation rates and lowest sat scores. keep going and this will be a 3rd world country soon.
CanThinkForMyself
July 29th, 2011
4:08 pm
Why do I have to get Google docs to download this file? I would rather use my Adobe Acrobat X — why don’t I have a choice? Anyone else have this problem?
Gary
July 29th, 2011
4:21 pm
It’s funny how people like DannyX call Republicans crazy, yet get on these message boards and proceed to comment like they are certifiable nut jobs. A sad life someone like ole DannyX must live.
The maps look good and certainly nothing like King Roy put out ten years ago. And as long as you Democrats keep blaming the current economy on a President who has been out of office for 3 years and one who was last able to control his agenda 5 years ago, then we will continue to bring up King Roy whenever redistricting comes up. He played a game that no Dem has ever lost in this state and lost big time.
RetiredSoldier
July 29th, 2011
4:24 pm
S-
Please refer to the 2010 elections. 2012, more of the same.
AngryVoter
July 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
@Rexd Dogma – Gosh, you miss the point. I’m not a Rep whose upset about Roy. I’m a Dem leaning Independent who wants to vote Dem but is very disappointed at the offerings given us by the State Dem Party. Roy was a disaster. Since he was toppled, the Dems gave us Mark Taylor and then Roy again. The Dems have low hanging fruit this time – a terribly unethical Gov who hasn’t done much to help the State navigate some bad times. The frustration is the Dems will blow it again and nominate Barnes for a fourth time or someone who’s not much better.
One thing Reps do well is change course. Dems, instead, dig their heels in and arrogantly think they’ll be able to convince people who already know better that the Dems are right. It’s proven over time not to be a winning strategy.
MrLiberty
July 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Hard to tell but it looks like my wife and I will continue to not be represented by Hank Johnson or whatever idiot the parasites of the district choose to elect. Hard to believe that the constitution started with 1 representative for every 30,000 people (yes, I know the whole 3/5 slave rule, etc. – get past that ok?_). Now we have one rep for every 750,000+ “citizens.” So we as citizens are 25 times less represented than we were at the founding of this country. I know that I would be FAR better represented if my representative represented only 30,000 people. Frankly we all deserve more representation. We should have 25 times the number of people in the US House – or even better, cut the country up into 25 countries rather than the current mess we have. God knows we all hate each other and those of us who actually contribute to the productive sector are sick and tired of all the parasites who do not. Maybe 50 separate countries united under a loose non-binding agreement would be great too. Funny, sounds a lot like the wonderful Articles of Confederation.
One thing’s for sure. We certainly can’t continue on this current path. The US is way too big to remain as is. Talk about your taxation without representation. Coincindentally when the congress passed the law that LIMITED the number of US house members to the current number was right around the same time they began the slavery of the income tax. Coincidence? I think not.
Lizzie
July 29th, 2011
4:56 pm
Jim, your contacts must not be too reliable. This is just the first of many and will definitely not be the one we end up with.
AngryVoter
July 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
@S – A big Dem problem is that they really think all they need to do is make the Reps look bad and people will vote Dem by default. Dems really have no idea how Independents really think Dems are a failed party. Dems failed terribly when they controlled Congress. The voters turned them out of office in record numbers. What did the Dems do? They kept their leaders and decided the problem was they didn’t do a good job explaining. It’s not just the failure, but the arrogance that turns voters off.
Dems need to do what Reps have done. They need to bring in fresh faces and get a clear message to voters about why Dems should be in office. There is no way Inds will vote for the party run by Pelosi, Reed, Frank and Schumer. We know from experience these people are incompetent and share responsibility for where the nation is now. We know they have no idea how to budget or run a government in any direction, save for straight into the ground. No matter how bad the Reps, the Dems, in their present state, will be perceived as worse, so a Dem strategy of trying to paint the Reps as bad cannot work. At least voting back in the Reps isn’t voting back in the people who previously failed at running the government.
It’s like the Dems think we will purchase a used Yugo if they can show us the flaws on a new Chevy. We keep waiting for a BMW, but if the only choices are the Yugo and Chevy, we’ll hold our noses and purchase the Chevy.
SC Guy
July 29th, 2011
5:13 pm
If it more accurately reflects the GOP hold on the state of Georgia, then I am in favor.
Jason
July 29th, 2011
7:29 pm
When do the cities and counties have their redistricting?
Lamondrionna
July 29th, 2011
7:52 pm
“…the lines for the 7th District, now occupied by Republican Rob Woodall, wouldn’t hold up over 10 years. Population shifts would nearly guarantee that the district would wind up in Democratic hands by 2021.”
Living in Gwinnett those are not words I want to hear. Guess I need to move further east soon, before I’m overrun by diversity.
chamblee54
July 29th, 2011
11:37 pm
I would like to see a more detailed map. My house is in between number 4, 5, and 6.
I would like to see a return to a simple system, where Atlanta/Fulton Co. was a district, and Dekalb was a district.
I wonder what Cynthia McKinney is thinking about these days.
chamblee54
Judy
July 30th, 2011
2:03 am
Why does this re-districting map make me think of the quote, I think it was by Stalin or Karl Marx that said something like, “He who controls the votes, controls the people.” Who has proposed the re-districting? I realize it’s coming from the census info..but did they also count Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Charley Chicken?
Judy
July 30th, 2011
2:09 am
Why does this map make me think of the statement by either Stalin or Karl Marx that said, “He who counts the votes, also controls the people.” Who’s idea was it to do the re-districting anyway? I realize it supposedly is due to the new census information, but as I recall, there was some upset re Obama’s new method of handling (overseeing/controlling) the census department that had not been done in past presidencies. I also ponder how many of the new numbers may include Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Charley Chicken! I realize an ACORN does not fall too far from the tree!
GB
July 30th, 2011
7:08 am
A Political Demgrapher:
I don’t see the retrogression. Lewis, Johnson, Bishop and Scott are all still in majority districts, aren’t they. If Barrow is hurt I don’t think that he retrogression. The current 12th is not majority black, is it? Where do you see the retrogression?
Concerned Voter
July 30th, 2011
9:09 am
Amazing how everything that is wrong with this country is Obama’s fault. He’s been in office two and a half years. Bush, on the other hand, was given a workable budget by Clinton. Bush gave us three wars and destroyed all the good that Clinton handed him. Obama was given a disasterous budget by Bush and was expected to work miracles. How in the world could this economic mess be all Obama’s fault? Too many of the bloggers here are really just racist, and hating Democrats seems to be natural with them.
eb
July 30th, 2011
9:37 am
get Lee County away from s. bishop
Star Falcon
July 30th, 2011
9:57 am
I hope that attorney Ashley Bell (R) run for the new CD14 seat.
Georgians remember this circus (elected officials) up there in DC. Since January they have spent a lot of time energy and other resources, debating about how much to increase their credit card limit and for how long. The media is thrill by this nightmare of a show that Washington has produced. They have treated it like the Super-bowl. Meanwhile the American People continue to suffer, because the real problems have gotten worse. Unemployment, the economy etc.
Grades for 2011
House of Representatives…..F, The Senate D-, The President C-.
DH
July 30th, 2011
10:39 am
Not a fan of Cherokee County being lumped into the new 14th with northeast Georgia. Also, Cobb County being divided into FOUR districts seems pretty disrespectful.
RetiredSoldier
July 30th, 2011
11:10 am
CV-
Don’t hate Obama, dislike his policies. By your line of reasoning black bloggers who disliked Bush are racist. I doubt you think that is true, but with your logic it is.
Bush started 3 wars? Really? Me thinks you have one to many.
Dieseldave
July 30th, 2011
1:37 pm
I don’t like it. Powder Springs area is still in 13th. Should be grouped in with one of districts on north side of Chattahoochee.
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big d dawg
July 30th, 2011
10:56 pm
Cherokee county at over 240,000 in population, and being a strong republican county, needs lone representation and should not be split. Some how, Cherokee should be in one district.
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Judy
July 31st, 2011
4:49 pm
Oh,please…Cherokee Co. split 3 ways…that’s bright…you’ve got to be kidding…
Betty Brady
July 31st, 2011
8:10 pm
Anybody that isn’t smart enough to see that the Obama/Pelosi/Reid administaration is the biggest danger to America right now should not post or even vote, for that matter. All of the Democrats need to be sent home at the 2012 election. We cannot continue on the way our federa government is going. What part of BROKE don’t the Democrats understand?
East Cobb Republican
July 31st, 2011
11:06 pm
If Ed Setzler of Cobb County thinks he is going to destroy the School board lines in favor of David Banks, someone needs to check his breath to see if he is drunk or check his pulse (because it will be the end of a somewhat bright future).
Mike Seigle
August 1st, 2011
1:25 am
The 4th should include more of Gwinnett and Black majority census tracts in Fayette, Newton, and Henry should be in the 13th. Cherokee should all be in the 14th and most if not all of the Tenn border should be in the 9th. The lines in the 2nd and 8th look clean, but they do not fully represent community of interest. Some black belt counties are in the 8th and 12th. Some White suburban counties and majority white retirement heavy counties are in the 2nd.
Keith
August 1st, 2011
10:07 am
There’s already enough questionable voting practices coming from the Columbus, GA area. Why are they selling out the 2nd district to the Dems when we finally found someone to mount a serious challenge against Sanford Bishop? We’re being sold out to help out Austin Scott? You’ve got to be kidding me!!!
RetiredSoldier
August 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Keith-
Why? The Voting Rights Act of 1965. That’s why Barrow is the target.
Bobby Anthony
August 1st, 2011
4:46 pm
I like this map. It removes McDuffie County from Paul Broun’s district.