Louisiana Lawmakers Pass 5-1 House Map, Cutting Black-Majority Districts to 1
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Updated · The Associated Press · May 29
Louisiana Lawmakers Pass 5-1 House Map, Cutting Black-Majority Districts to 1
21 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · May 29
Louisiana’s Legislature approved a new congressional map aimed at shifting the state’s U.S. House delegation from 4-2 to 5-1 Republican by reducing two majority-Black districts to one.
The redraw came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 2024 court-ordered map as an illegal racial gerrymander, opening the way for Republicans to revisit district lines before November.
The proposal reshapes Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields’ district around whiter Baton Rouge-area and southern Louisiana communities, while adding part of Baton Rouge to Democratic Rep. Troy Carter’s majority-Black New Orleans-based seat.
Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign the map, and more lawsuits are likely as Democrats argue it still packs Black voters into a single district while some plaintiffs from the Supreme Court case oppose keeping any majority-Black district.
Louisiana is part of a broader Southern redistricting push after the ruling, with Republicans estimating gains of up to 14 House seats nationally as they try to protect their narrow majority.
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