La. Congressman Won't Run for Re-election in Minority District
A new minority district in Louisiana seems to have forced out a sitting Republican before he even ran for re-election.
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A new minority district in Louisiana seems to have forced out a sitting Republican before he even ran for re-election.
Yesterday, a three-judge panel in federal court in Shreveport threw out Louisiana's latest congressional map, and we're all very entertained.
The federal three-judge panel tasked with deciding Louisiana's congressional future has ruled in a 2-1 decision that the map the Legislature drew in January that added a second majority-Black district
(The Center Square) – A federal court has thrown out the state's newly-drawn congressional maps that created a second majority Black district, leaving an uncertain outlook for the upcoming elections.
A group of Black voters have asked a federal judge to move a lawsuit filed against the new congressional map from a conservative-stacked court in Monroe.