Map Reveals Small Slice of Oconee Could Be Served Up to Another House District

Georgians got their first peek at the way House and Senate voting districts could look with the state legislature's release of proposed redistricting maps Friday.

Currently (R-Watkinsville) represents all of Oconee County and portions of Clarke, Morgan, and Oglethorpe counties in the 113th district.

According to the proposal, most of Oconee and the southern section of Clarke county would become the new 119th House District.  A northeastern section of Oconee would fall under the new 117th. Morgan and Oglethorpe counties would no longer be divvied up among more than one voting district if the proposal is passed.

Oconee County would continue to be included in Senate voting District 46, represented by Republican Bill Cowsert of Athens.  It's a district that also encompasses areas of Walton and Clarke.

The Georgia General Assembly will convene Monday, Aug. 15  for a Special Session on redistricting.

For more about the upcoming session, see Lee Becker's

Correction: One of Oconee's new proposed House voting districts was incorrectly listed in the original version of this article.  It has been changed.