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The first map adopted by Republican state lawmakers in 2022 consisted of five majority-White congressional districts and one majority-Black district, though roughly one-third of the state's population is Black. The group of Black voters and civil rights groups challenged that plan's legality, argu...
States must redraw congressional and legislative lines every 10 years to account for population shifts. In most states, lawmakers control the process, allowing them to manipulate districts to create partisan advantage in a practice known as gerrymandering. ...
thin line east, along the Mississippi state border. The district is low-income and the most rural in the state, and votes like a typical Deep South district. It is 63% White and 33% Black. Former Congressional and gubernatorial staffer Luke Letlow (1979-2020) was elected with 62% in an...
Economic Contribution of Forestry to Louisianas Congressional DistrictsShaun Tanger
news home federal judge blocks use of newly drawn congressional districts in louisiana that includes only 1 mostly black district federal judge blocks use of newly drawn congressional districts in louisiana that includes only 1 mostly black district. by...
Republicans have stood by their statements that the map is fair, and argue that trying to include the state’s widely dispersed Black population in two separate congressional districts would result in two districts with very narrow Black majorities that could actually dim...
Republicans have stood by their statements that the map is fair, and argue that trying to include the state’s widely dispersed Black population in two separate congressional districts would result in two districts with very narrow Black majorities that could actually diminish Blac...
who form a majority in five out of six, or 83%, of the State’s congressional districts, despite making up only 58% of the population. "The State’s denial to Black Louisianans of an equal opportunity to have their voices heard is illustrated by the fact that, whereas approximately one...
Louisiana has six congressional districts and is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by four Republicans and two Democrats. Louisiana had eight votes in the Electoral College for the 2020 election. In a 2020 study, Louisiana was ranked as the 24th hardest state for citizens to vote...