Louisiana redraws congressional map to add GOP seat after Supreme Court ruling
TL;DR
Louisiana lawmakers approved a new U.S. House map designed to gain a Republican seat, reconfiguring Rep. Cleo Fields’ district toward white Baton Rouge‑area communities and shifting part of Baton Rouge into Rep. Troy Carter’s majority‑Black New Orleans district, after the Supreme Court ruled the previous map illegal for racial gerrymandering; Democrats warn the plan could still be challenged in court.
- Louisiana lawmakers pass new congressional map to give GOP additional House seat CNN
- Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District The New York Times
- The latest redistricting move: From the Politics Desk NBC News
- Louisiana Republicans pass gerrymandered map that eliminates majority-Black district Politico
- Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district The Guardian
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