Louisiana Lawmakers OK Congressional Map
Louisiana lawmakers approved a map that would eliminate one of two majority-Black districts ahead of the midterms.
Louisiana State Legislature
Louisiana’s Republican legislature gave final approval to a congressional map that eliminates one of the state’s two Black-majority districts and would likely lead to a one-seat GOP pickup in the November election if upheld in court, Greg Giroux reports.
The modified map the state House passed 66-36 on Thursday, and the Senate cleared 28-10 on Friday, dismantles Louisiana’s 6th District, which winds 250 miles from Shreveport to Baton Rouge and elected Black Democrat Cleo Fields in the 2024 election. The US Supreme Court last month invalidated the district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a ...