A Louisiana legislative committee has killed two bills that would have added eight new majority Black districts to the state ...

The Louisiana state legislature on Friday approved a new congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts after being ordered to do so by a federal court that found that the existing ...

Two candidates in the Louisiana State Representative District 11 race were disqualified ahead of the October primary elections. DeAndre Alexander and Ray Ivory Sr. announced their ...

Incumbent Mark Abraham has won reelection. Abraham was first elected as State Senator for the 25th Senatorial District in the Oct. 12, 2019 election. Incumbent Rodney Schamerhorn has won reelection.

“Their call for fair and representative maps echoed through every ... and welcome this new direction for our State.” "The addition of a second majority-Black congressional district is a huge step ...

Just weeks after state Senators and Representatives ... Senate districts violate the federal Voting Rights Act. She orders that any elections scheduled under the current district maps are halted ...

The justices heard arguments in an appeal by state officials and ... ruling that found that the map delineating Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts - with two Black-majority ...

With the Louisiana State Representative and Speaker Pro-Tem Tanner Magee relinquishing his seat, three people have tossed their hats in the ring. Magee, R, District 53, has chosen not to seek re ...

The case began in 2022, when the Louisiana legislature redrew the state’s congressional districts map with one majority ... the party gap in the House of Representatives, where Republicans ...

The challengers had argued the state impermissibly relied on race to draw its map ... Black districts in Louisiana but also help determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...