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Todd Ruger

Federal judge approves redrawn Georgia congressional districts - Roll Call

A federal judge on Thursday approved Georgia’s latest congressional map, which creates a new majority-Black district and changes the one held by Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath. McBath announced after the ruling she will run in the new district.

Judge Steve C. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, in an order, found that the Georgia legislature complied this month with a court order to redraw the lines to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

But Jones left open the possibility of a separate challenge related to McBath’s district.

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