Louisiana’s new governor wants to scrap the state’s unique open primaries. Gov. Jeff Landry called for a special session to tackle the state’s current election system and redistricting ...

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Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) gave final approval to a congressional map that creates a court-ordered second majority-black district and likely costs Republicans one of its five seats in the Louisiana ...

Louisiana’s current GOP-drawn map, which was used in the November congressional election, has white majorities in five of six districts — despite Black people accounting for one-third of the ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a bill Monday approving new Congressional maps that will create a second majority-Black district. The Louisiana state legislature approved the updated Con… ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that ...

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. Eastern, Jan. 19: Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday that included a second majority-Black district. The legislation — Senate Bill 8 — now heads to ...

Louisiana’s redistricting fight began after the 2020 census, when the Republican-led Legislature overrode the Democratic governor’s veto to approve a new congressional map.

Louisiana could elect a new governor this weekend. But voters aren’t tuned in. Over 344,000 Louisianans voted early ahead of this Saturday’s election. It’s an all-party contest that could ...

Election Day is Saturday, Nov. 18. While some statewide races — including governor — were decided in the primaries, the outcome of several major statewide races, local races and constitutional ...

Polls close at 8 p.m. Saturday in the 2023 Louisiana election. Soon, the state will have a new governor and lieutenant governor, and other candidates are vying for a slew of key statewide seats.

But the session looks to go beyond just tackling Louisiana’s congressional map, with the governor issuing a list of other issues to address, including redrawing state Supreme Court districts and ...