Geographically,

state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh's 28th District grew significantly thanks to

the new and approved redistricting map for Georgia.

In addition

to parts of Fayette, Coweta and Spalding counties, Seabaugh has picked

up a large chunk of Troup County and several precincts in Pike County.

The geography

is such that some of Seabaugh's future constituents will have to make

long-distance calls to reach their Senator, he said. Seabaugh plans to

run again, hoping he'll get the chance to see through progress that began

in his freshman two-year term.

Seabaugh sees

the new precinct as making his job tougher, especially since he doesn't

turn away constituents from any of the counties in his district just because

they don't live in one of his precincts.

"It will

make it more difficult to represent people in my district," Seabaugh

said.

Locally, Seabaugh

lost a few precincts in Fayetteville and east Fayette. He gained a new

precinct giving him constituents in the town of Tyrone also.

In the big

picture, Seabaugh thinks his district's changes were "above average"

compared to some of the more drastic changes in other districts.

"It just

goes to show that some people wanted to have political control and wanted

to maintain that control," Seabaugh said. "That's just not right;

just not fair."

But just because

the Justice Department has approved the second version of the Senate redistricting

map doesn't mean the issue is dead, Seabaugh said. Several lawsuits have

been filed over the Senate redistricting map, one alleging that it violates

the U.S. Constitution's provision of "one person, one vote."

While finalizing

those could take several years, the process could speed up if Republicans

gain more power in the legislature and the governor's office in the upcoming

elections, Seabaugh noted.