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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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'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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The GOP-controlled Louisiana state legislature passed a new congressional map Friday that creates a second Black-majority district.