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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

The Supreme Court issued an order requiring Louisiana to use a congressional map for its 2024 elections that includes two majority-Black districts, despite a previous lower-court ruling deeming the

Louisiana is the only state without a congressional map with the Nov. 5 election less than seven months away.

Voting rights advocates vowed to ask that the Supreme Court preserve a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for elections.

A panel of three judges agreed to throw out the new Louisiana Congressional district map passed by the legislature earlier this year. Here's what could happen next.

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Voting rights advocates say they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections. Wednesdays declaration was

State Sen. Cleo Fields has started strong in his campaign to win a newly drawn congressional district, but whether he gets to run for that seat this fall remains uncertain.

State Sen. Cleo Fields has started strong in his campaign to win a newly drawn congressional district, but whether he gets to run for that seat this fall remains uncertain.

The newly drawn map passed in the 2024 Special Legislative Session, created a second Black majority out of Louisiana's six districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act. Because 1/3 of voters in Louisiana are Black, the Act requires that the district be drawn to reflect that representation.