https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Republican_Party
From the link(under resurgence)...
In the 90s, Georgia Republicans gained a majority in the congressional delegation after a redistricting plan adopted by the General Assembly Democrats backfired.
I remember this like it was yesterday!!! One district resembled a pencil. People were pissed off.
At the time, I was a very young Republican, and
dem representative Robert Brown(Macon) told us(thru the media) to just suck it up.
Well, we sucked it up alright and then came out in droves to vote against them.
On January 1, 1992, GA’s U.S. House delegation had 8 white Democrats, 1 black Democrat (John Lewis) and 1 white Republican (Newt Gingrich). By April 11, 1995 (the day that Nathan Deal switched to the GOP), GA’s U.S. House delegation had 8 white Republicans, 3 black Democrats and 0 white Democrats. Thanks, Voting Rights Act and Democrat redistricters!