Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed new district maps into law for the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education Friday.
The maps were drawn by Rep. Bonnie Rich, R-Suwanee according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The commission map is expected to create a more conservative-leaning District 4 in the county with lines similar to those of the state senate district currently represented by Buford Republican Clint Dixon.
The District 4 commission seat is currently held by Marlene Fosque, who became Gwinnett County's first black commissioner when she was elected in 2018. The new District 4 will still include Fosque's residence.
The Board of Education map will have smaller changes only impacting less than 30,000 of the county's nearly one million residents.
The new maps drew heavy criticism from state and county Democrats, who argued that state legislators should have deferred to the Gwinnett delegation, which is majority Democrat.
Commission and school board district maps are updated every 10 years as the latest census numbers are released.
