Tucked in a jagged corner on the Georgia House map, Donna Harris and her neighbors voted last month for the candidates they thought could be their next representative.
It now appears they cast ballots in the wrong state House district in rural east Georgia, throwing the 48-vote outcome into doubt and jeopardizing a longtime Democrat’s reelection. The race was the closest House race in Georgia, with a 0.2 percentage point margin out of nearly 28,000 votes cast.
About 60 people likely voted in the incorrect district, according to mapping by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The apparent errors occurred after redistricting in 2021 in McDuffie County, where these voters were assigned to the wrong side of political borders running along roads and highways.
ncumbent state Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, was the announced winner of the election, edging out Republican Tracy Wheeler, a businessperson from Sparta. But a judge could soon decide whether to order a new election.
“I didn’t know I was in the wrong district. It’s kind of crazy,” said Harris, who lives near the town of Dearing, population 537.
An election redo would give Wheeler another chance to earn a seat at the Georgia Capitol and build on Republicans’ 100-80 majority in the state House….