John Barrow may have finally lost his Congressional seat last November, but he’ll still be making a political impact – now in the classroom. Barrow is joining UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs and will teach classes about “factors that lead to political polarization in government”, something that the Democratic Barrow is very familiar with given his years of representing conservative districts. For Barrow and even more for UGA and its students, this addition has the ship RISING…
Redistricting spells trouble for some state reps.
It was inevitable that some Georgia state reps. would be dismayed by the proposed redistricted map, the first draft of which was unveiled this week. Eight representatives, six Democrats and two Republicans, have been drawn into the same districts. Among those – Democratic Reps. Sam Park and Greg Kennard of Lawrenceville, Reps. Teri Anulewicz and Doug Stoner of Smyrna, and Republican Reps. Beth Camp of Concord and David Knight of Griffin. The maps will be debated and potentially updated during the special session but for incumbent legislators drawn into the same districts the ship is DRIFTING…
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