State lawmakers are headed to the Gold Dome in Atlanta this week after a Federal judge ruled that Georgia must redraw legislative districts.  The Republican-controlled legislature’s map presented diluted minority districts and now lawmakers must have another go at drawing the maps.  State Senator Chuck Hufstetler of Rome says that the new maps could be a chance to get the county back into one senate district.

The last maps put a slice of northwestern Floyd County, including the Armuchee area,  in the same district as all of Chattooga County and is currently represented by Senator Colton Moore of Trenton.  The old map had Armuchee in Hufstetler’s district, along with a slice of Chattooga County that included Holland, and a portion of the Gore and Lyerly areas.

When the Rome News Tribune asked State Rep. Eddie Lumsden, who represents all of Chattooga County and a large portion of Floyd County in the state house what to expect about the outcome of this week’s special session, he said “We’ll see”.