- May 13
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 13, 2026
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Leader Jones II on Special Session: Redistricting Means More Power for Billionaires and Big Corporations At Your Expense
Atlanta, Ga. — Senate Minority Leader Harold V. Jones II released the following statement today on Governor’s Kemp’s call for special session.
"If Republicans ever used their power to help Georgians, they wouldn't have to waste time and money redrawing the maps every few years to keep their majorities.
"June will be our third redistricting since 2021. Republicans need to undo their last gerrymander because it wasn't good enough to keep their waffling political party in power. Most parties would try out some new ideas. Republicans choose to strip political power from Black people and undo the progress the South made in the last 60 years.
"Let's sum it up for everybody. The biggest bloc of middle and working class voters are Black people. When Republicans strip Black people's political power away, it doesn't just strip one community of power. It strips political power from every single middle and working class person and hands it over to billionaires and big corporations. That's what redistricting means for you."
Minority Leader Jones II is available for comment.
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