U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling blocked the use of the House and Senate district maps in future elections and gave the state “a reasonable period of time, to be determined by the Court ...

A federal court judge has ruled that Louisiana’s state legislative maps must be redrawn because they violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes. U.S. District Chief Judge Shelly Dick ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana has a Special Primary Election to select the State Senators to occupy two recently vacated state district seats. The election will be held on Saturday ...

Louisiana's Senate passed a new congressional map Tuesday that would keep the current design largely intact, rejecting an attempt to increase the number of majority-Black districts.

Republican Mike McConathy is running for Louisiana State Senate District 31. McConathy is an American former basketball coach and the winningest college basketball coach in Louisiana history.

LOUISIANA, USA — Wednesday afternoon during a special session, the senate passed a map drawn up by Governor Jeff Landry. It would create a second majority-Black district out of the seat ...

The Louisiana Senate voted 27-11 Wednesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that would provide two majority-minority districts and has the support of Gov. Jeff Landry.

NATCHITOCHES — The two candidates for state Senate District 31 in north-central Louisiana represent different strands within today’s Republican Party.

A federal court ruled that Louisiana’s House and Senate voting district maps violated Section Two of the Voting Rights Act and diluted the voting power of Black residents in the state.

The map proposed by State Rep. Glen Womack has a second majority-Black district, which could give another U.S. House seat to the Democratic Party. Womack said politics, rather than race, was the ...

A federal judge in Louisiana struck down Louisiana state House and Senate districting maps Thursday for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and diluting Black voter power in the gulf ...