Congressional Voting District

A congressional map with one Democratic district clears Louisiana House committee

Groups across the Gulf South are organizing, holding rallies and pushing back against efforts to eliminate Black congressional districts.

The congressional map with one less Democratic district will go before the House Governmental Affairs Committee Thursday morning.

The map favors the re-election of a Democrat in District 2, which is currently occupied by Congressman Troy Carter.

Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a Republican-backed map that would drop Louisiana to just one congressional district that favors Democrats.

A full day of public testimony took place Friday, marred by several disruptions over new congressional maps during the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee meeting.

A New York University study says that fairer maps increase voter turnout.

Attorneys representing Louisiana in a lawsuit against the state legislative redistricting plans passed in 2022 are arguing that a key piece of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional and should not be applied to the state.

There’s a new congressional district in Louisiana that could help shape the balance of power in Washington this year. The state created the new 6th Congressional District after it was ordered to add a second majority Black district to the election map.

Voting rights advocates are locked in a court fight with Louisiana's top Republicans over whether the state must follow Alabama's court-ordered path in drawing a new, Black-majority congressional district.