Washington —The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana to use for the 2024 elections a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black, giving them the opportunity to elect their favored candidate. The justices granted two separate requests...
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...
The changing congressional map is shifting the fight for control of the House By ZACH MONTELLARO 01/08/2024 05:00 AM EST Column | On Politics Advice from a Democratic Unicorn By JONATHAN MARTIN 12/23/2023 07:00 AM EST The Fifty ‘A bizarre coalition’: Red and blue states weigh ...
The Louisiana case had been on hold pending the decision in a redistricting case involving Alabama. Monday’s order follows the court’s rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama. In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one con...
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, R...
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...