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A majority-minority district is an electoral district, such as a United States congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial or ethnic minorities (as opposed to Non-Hispanic whites in the U.S.). Race is collected through the decennial United States census.
Georgia is represented in the United States House of Representatives by 14 elected representatives, each campaigning and receiving votes in only one district of the 14. After the 2000 census , the State of Georgia was divided into 13 congressional districts, increasing from 11 due to reapportionment .
US states districts and territories in 2020 in which non-Hispanic whites are less than 50%. In the United States of America, majority-minority area or minority-majority area is a term describing a U.S. state or jurisdiction whose population is composed of less than 50% non-Hispanic whites.
Georgia’s Republican-controlled Legislature gave final passage to a new congressional redistricting plan on Thursday, approving a map that dismantles a minority-majority district to create a new ...
“The Republican congressional map eliminated a minority opportunity district in Gwinnett County by obliterating Georgia’s 7th Congressional District," said House Minority Whip Sam Park, a ...
In response, the Republican-controlled legislature approved a newly drawn congressional map in a special session that complied with Jones’ order to establish an additional Black-majority ...
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1995–1999), former House Minority Whip (1989–1995), former chair of the House Republican Conference (1995–1999), former U.S. representative from Georgia's 6th congressional district (1979–1999) [73]
State delegation to the United States House of Representatives For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.