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 ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

We will have a map with 2 majority black districts this fall ... seat and send a second Black representative to Congress from Louisiana. Democratic state Sen. Cleo Fields, a former congressman ...

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 ...

Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that gives the state a second ... in the US House of Representatives. The outcome of fights over district lines could shape which ...