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

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 ...

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 ...

Just weeks after state Senators and Representatives ... Senate districts violate the federal Voting Rights Act. She orders that any elections scheduled under the current district maps are halted ...

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.

“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 ...

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 justices heard arguments in an appeal by state officials and ... ruling that found that the map delineating Louisiana's six U.S. House of Representatives districts - with two Black-majority ...