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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.
A statewide map of Georgia's state House districts can be obtained from the Georgia Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here. Following the 2016 state House elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with 118 members.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
It is the third-largest lower house of the 50 United States (behind New Hampshire (400) and Pennsylvania (203)). [4] Republicans currently have a majority, though Democrats have gained seats in recent elections. As of 2011, attorneys account for about 16.1% of the membership of the Georgia House of Representatives, a relatively low figure. [5]
The present and past district boundaries can also be compared on Fair District Georgia's map explorer page. Georgia redistricting: forces two Democratic incumbents into one district in 2022 election
Representative Years Party District Electoral history Joel Abbot: March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 Democratic-Republican: At-large: Elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fifteenth and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825); died on November 19, 1826, in Lexington, GA.
Hitchens, a 77-year-old veteran and retired Georgia State Patrol trooper is running for re-election to represent Georgia’s 161 st House District, which covers Pooler, Port Wentworth, Rincon and ...
Georgia House of Representatives 7th district special election runoff, 2023 [8] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Johnny Chastain: 4,565 : 52.77 : Republican: Sheree Ralston 4,085 47.23 Total votes 8,650 : 100.00 : Republican hold