Louisiana’s Legislature has passed a new congressional map to give the GOP another seat
The plan is expected to give Republicans a 5-1 edge and leave Black voters with one majority-Black seat, lawmakers said.
- Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map to add a Republican seat while leaving only one majority-Black district represented by Democrats.
- The new map eliminates one of Louisiana's Black-majority districts following a Supreme Court ruling.
- The amended congressional map passed the Senate and now awaits Governor Jeff Landry's expected signature.
- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a majority-Black district as an illegal racial gerrymander, which affected the Voting Rights Act's impact in Louisiana.
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Louisiana passes new congressional map to eliminate majority-Black district, give GOP another seat
Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s current map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.
Louisiana lawmakers pass new congressional map to give GOP additional House seat
Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map on Friday designed to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with just one of its two majority-Black House districts represented by Democrats.
Louisiana Legislature Passes Congressional Map That Eliminates One Majority-Black District
The Louisiana Legislature passed a new U.S. congressional map on May 29 that gives Republicans an advantage in five of six U.S. House seats in the upcoming midterm elections. The Republican-led Senate chamber voted 28–10 on an amended version of SB 121 after it passed the state House. The bill eliminated a black-majority district that stretched from Shreveport to Baton Rouge and adjusted district lines around the southern part of the state, incl…
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