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The Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee continued discussion on Senate Bill 121, which proposes a new congressional map for the state.
The new map will eliminate one of the state's majority Black, Democratic-leaning districts while keeping one Democratic-leaning district.
Louisiana is a step closer to a new congressional map after the state Senate approved a plan Thursday that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts, both held by Democrats. The new map comes after the Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s current House map last month in a ruling that found the state had
The new proposed map splits Calcasieu Parish between the Third District and Fourth District, which House Speaker Mike Johnson represents.
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) suspended Louisiana’s primary elections, scheduled for May 16, on Thursday following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state’s 2024 congressional map. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the second majority-black district ...
By Joseph Ax May 14 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled Louisiana Senate on Thursday passed a new congressional map that eliminates one of the state's two Democratic-held, majority-Black U.S. House districts,