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Louisiana’s Legislature has passed a new congressional map to give the GOP another seat
The plan would give Republicans five of six House seats and leave Louisiana with one majority-Black district, 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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New Louisiana congressional map approved, litigation likely
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Louisiana legislators gave their final approval Friday to a congressional redistricting bill that increases the state’s Republican representation in Congress, but litigation from both sides of the aisle is likely imminent. On a party-line 28-10 vote, the state Senate gave its OK to the final version of Senate Bill 121 by Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe. It keeps o…
In the U.S. state of Louisiana, the Senate has approved a new division of the Congressional Districts. The decision reduces the chance of the Democrats to a majority in the House of Representatives at the Midterms in November.
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