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...
Congressional Districts Louisiana has 6 congressional districts. An interactive map shows the contact information for each Representative as well as the boundaries for each Louisiana district.View Map of Louisiana Congressional Districts. State Legislative Districts ...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a long-running redistricting dispute in Louisiana that could determine whether the state maintains a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts after the 2024 election. The court's decision to hear the appeal fr...
Discusses how Louisiana is the only state without a congressional district map in place for the 1994 elections. December 1993 ruling by a panel of three federal judges invalidating the districts used in 1992 because they were the product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering; Congressional politics...
Redistricting will occur in 2021 after the 2020 Census. While Louisiana is expected to maintain its 6 congressional districts, expect some changes to the district boundaries that will be effective with the 2022 election. To create and share your own forecast, visit the2020 House Interactive Map....
The new districts are similar to the state's current map, which features one district that stretches from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, both of which have significant Black populations. The state's congressional delegation has consisted of five white Republicans and one Black Democrat...
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...
Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black districts By MADISON FERNANDEZ 05/15/2024 06:26 PM EDT Elections Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana By ZACH MONTELLARO 04/30/2024 08:22 PM EDT Legal Harry Connick Sr., lightning-rod...
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 deli...
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, ...