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Wed Jan 3, 2024, 06:04 PM Jan 2024

2 Democratic incumbents in Georgia House say they won't seek reelection after redistricting

Source: Associated Press

2 Democratic incumbents in Georgia House say they won’t seek reelection after redistricting

BY JEFF AMY
Updated 2:09 PM EST, January 3, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia House Democrats say they won’t seek reelection in 2024 after they were drawn into districts with fellow Democratic incumbents.

State Reps. Doug Stoner of Smyrna and Gregg Kennard of Lawrenceville made their announcements Tuesday.

Stoner was been placed into a district with Rep. Teri Anulewicz of Smyrna, while Kennard was put into the same district as House Democratic Whip Sam Park of Lawrenceville.

Their decisions came after a federal judge accepted new congressional and legislative maps. The judge had ordered lawmakers to draw more districts with Black majorities. Republicans, seeking to limit losses to their party, paired three sets of Democratic House incumbents while creating the new districts.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/georgia-house-redistricting-doug-stoner-gregg-kennard-b7250b3ce91e318b6d156e0f8aaaa109

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