Gingrey Visits Cherokee

Cherokee County’s would-be congressman took a tour Wednesday to get to know his new turf.

(R-Marietta) visited some key locations in and around Canton, such as the airport and the county administration building, the Cherokee Tribune reported. He also sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Tribune.

Gingrey, an obstetrician-gynecologist in his fifth term in Congress, represents the 11th District, which now stretches from Marietta through Paulding and Bartow counties and into northwest Georgia.

But under the redistricting plan the Justice Department approved just before Christmas, Gingrey’s district will shift east and south and include Cherokee for November’s elections.

If he wins a sixth term, he will begin representing the county in January 2013. Roswell Republican Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon, represents Cherokee now.

Gingrey said he’s impressed with Cherokee and vowed to do a good job representing its residents, the Tribune said.

Anticipating approval of the new district maps, Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch carried a of a testy Gingrey town-hall meeting from Kennesaw on Sept. 1.