Agreeing with the challengers, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dickblocked Louisianafrom using the lines drawn in 2022 in any elections and gave state lawmakers the opportunity to draw a new map that included an additional majority-Black congressional district. While the litigation was underway,...
U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick agreed with the challengers andissued an injunctionblocking the state from conducting any elections under the 2022-drawn lines. She then gave state lawmakers the opportunity to come up with a new map that included an additional majority-minority congressional district...
The map, which was used in Louisiana’s November congressional election, has white majorities in five of six districts, all currently held by Republicans. This is despite Black people accounting for one-third of the state’s population. Another mostly Black district could deliv...
Yesterday, under threat of federal court intervention, the GOP-controlled Louisiana state legislature approved a new congressional map drawing two Black-majority districts — and effectively squeezing Graves out of his seat after five terms while leaving the district of a more junior colleague, ...
the South consistently gained Congressional representation. Meanwhile, the region’s political profile changed dramatically. A split in theDemocratic Partyin response to its postwarcivil rightsplatform led to the ascendency ofGeorge Wallaceand caused many segregationist Southernconservativesto flee to theRepub...