Rep. Buddy Carter calls on Georgia legislature to delay House primaries and redraw congressional maps

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) publishes an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution explicitly calling for Georgia's Republican-controlled legislature to convene a special session to redraw the state's congressional maps and delay House primary elections if necessary. \"Call a special session. Redraw the maps. Delay the House primaries if needed. Keep statewide races on track. Get it done,\" Carter writes. All five of Georgia's Democratic-held congressional seats are majority-Black by population. Gov. Brian Kemp pushes back the same day, saying Georgia will not attempt to redraw maps for the 2026 cycle because early voting has already begun, though he says the Callais ruling \"requires Georgia to adopt new electoral maps before the 2028 election cycle.\" Carter's op-ed represents the most explicit public call by a Georgia elected official to use the Callais ruling to disrupt the ongoing primary election cycle and eliminate Democratic majority-minority districts.