A competitive primary for a Georgia House seat has locked two Democratic members of Congress -- Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux -- in a tough fight for reelection.
The matchup comes after Georgia's Republican-controlled state legislature redrew congressional maps. Now, two Democrats viewed by many in the party as rising stars with promising political futures are facing off in a contentious race. The Democratic primary will take place on Tuesday for Georgia's newly redrawn 7th Congressional District. "This is a race to watch," Emory University political scientist Andra Gillespie said in an interview.
"In the redistricting, what the lawmakers decided to do was to draw Democrats out of the 6th District and put them in the 7th District," Gillespie said."So the 7th became more Democratic and the 6th became more competitive for Republicans to be able to get the seat back.
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