'Everyone is a sinner,' says ex-Gov. Barnes, who led Democrats' doomed 2000 effort Author: Doug Richards Updated: 9:43 PM EDT May 10, 2021 ATLANTA — State lawmakers will reconvene later this year. And all that's at stake -- is political control of Georgia. Republicans will control are drawing legislative districts. History shows us they will draw maps to help them keep control out of the hands of Democrats. When Democrats drew maps 20 years ago, that's what they did. And it didn't work. "This is like a big game of three-dimensional chess, and also dominoes," said former state Rep. Doug Teper, a Democrat who retired rather than run in his redistricted seat.