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Athens News Matters: State Lawmakers will Head to Washington to Draw the New Legislative Districts

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The proposed redistricting map based on the 2020 census data.

Every 10 years, state lawmakers are tasked with redrawing congressional and state legislative districts based on the new census data. This process is called redistricting.

In just under a month, state lawmakers will be back at the Capitol, drawing these new congressional and state legislative districts. We’ll find out what could be in store for the Athens area.

WUGA's Chris Shupe sits down with Georgia Public Broadcasting's political reporter Stephen Fowler.

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.
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