McBath faces competition in bid to return to redrawn metro Atlanta congressional district

Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday for the final day of this primary election cycle to determine who makes it to November’s general election for Georgia’s 14 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

One of the most anticipated races is in the 6th Congressional District, a newly redrawn majority-Black district with a Democratic primary featuring three elected officials who are all Black women. The incumbent, Republican U.S. House Rep. Rich McCormick, is switching districts to run in the now-heavily Republican 7th district.

Lawmakers were forced to redraw Georgia’s political maps approved during the 2021 redistricting cycle after a federal judge found that they violated the Voting Rights Act by illegally diluting the power of Black voters. Last December, the Republican majority proposed and approved a congressional map that creates the new 6th district on the west side of metro Atlanta.