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 enacts new congressional districts in a bid to give the GOP another seat
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana enacted a new map of congressional districts Friday that is designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black House districts, both of which are represented by Democrats. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the plan hours after it overwhelmingly passed the state’s [...]
New Louisiana map adding Republican seat heads to Landry
(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers have given final approval to a newly redrawn congressional map that is likely to shift one U.S. House seat toward Republicans after months of legal uncertainty over the state’s district lines.
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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abc 7 NewsLouisiana's new congressional map could allow GOP to pick up seat, erases Black majority district
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that could allow Republicans to flip one of the state's two Democratic-held House seats in the 2026 midterms.
The Louisiana Republicans passed a new series of House of Representatives maps this Friday following the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate race-based districts. The Supreme Court’s decision, however, eliminated race-based districts and reduced Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, triggering a wave of redeployments across the South. The new maps leave only one Democratic-trend district in the state. The state Senate passed the bill on Friday,…
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