Competitive U.S. House races are becoming rare after parties drew safe seats in redistricting. But an underdog Georgia Republican is urging voters to reject a 30-year Democratic incumbent who campaigns as a friend of farmers and the military.
The 2nd District covers Georgia’s southwestern corner, including Albany and parts of Macon, Columbus and Warner Robins, but also miles of peanut fields, pine forests and pecan groves sprawling across 30 counties., courting the largely white farmers who drive the rural economy and supporting the district’s military bases.
Like many Deep South districts, it’s an outgrowth of the Voting Rights Act, which required lawmakers to create districts, despite racially polarized voting. Many of those districts heavily favor Democrats, while adjoining districts are often heavily white Republican strongholds, reducing competitiveness. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that would make it harder to create new electoral districts in which Black or Latino voters hold sway.
Some former Bishop supporters have been receptive to that message. Joey Collins, a Thomasville farmer with 1,650 acres of pecan trees and 2,000 acres of timberland, said he once gave Bishop $1,000. But“I haven’t made a dime since Joe Biden became president, not one dime.” Now he’s backing West.
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