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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — New state House and Senate boundary lines drawn up by the Louisiana Legislature in 2022 dilute Black voting strength in violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act, a federal ...

Louisiana Senate District 31 map In an unusual move, McConathy sought out Seabaugh a day after he entered the race. They met at The York Chop, a barbecue restaurant in Coushatta.

On Feb. 10, 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.

Dick also found the Black voting age population of five other senate districts is “unjustifiably fragmented.” Dick noted there are similar examples of packed and cracked districts in the state’s House ...

There are two candidates running for Louisiana State Senate District 31 in the open primary on Oct. 14, 2023. The general election is Nov. 18, 2023. Report a typo on this article ...

It now moves to the House. 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 ...

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 ...

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. If Senate Bill ...

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 ...