Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.

The official Republican candidates for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District as of Feb. 24 are (from left top) state Sen. Dan Claitor, Charles "Trey" Thomas, Norm Clark, Cassie Felder, Craig ...

A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election ...

The total Black populations in each district in Echols' proposed map (all residents, not just voters) would be 50.6% and 50.3% for the 6th and 2nd, respectively.

And for the first time, many people — including some in Northwest Louisiana — are voting as part of Louisiana new 6th Congressional District. Previously a court ruled to have a second ...

The updated congressional map would keep the 2nd Congressional District as a majority-Black district and the 6th District, as the second.

The plaintiffs also found issues with the sixth district stretching from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. The Louisiana Legislature approved a new U.S. congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, during a ...

The state contended additional factors drove the map, including the politics of protecting powerful incumbent Louisiana Republicans U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (4th District), Majority Leader ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—As northwest Louisiana residents head to the polls during early voting, some may be surprised to see that they are in the new congressional district. The state’s ...

That district, which is roughly 70 percent Black, snakes along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Much of it is surrounded by the Sixth District, which is one-third Black.

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered further arguments over Louisiana's congressional map that was approved by the state's GOP-led legislature and created a second majority-Black district.An order from ...