{"id":425,"date":"2026-05-29T18:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:43:41","slug":"louisiana-approves-new-us-house-map-eliminating-democratic-majority-black-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana approves new US House map eliminating Democratic majority-Black seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><svg><\/svg>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><button><span><span>Follow<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Louisiana Republicans on Friday approved a new congressional map that dismantles a Democratic-held, majority-Black seat, boosting their party&#8217;s odds of retaining the U.S. House of \u200bRepresentatives in November&#8217;s midterm elections.<\/div>\n<div>The state joined several other Republican-led Southern states \u200cthat have rushed to break up Democratic seats with significant Black populations after the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in April severely weakened legal protections for such districts.<\/div>\n<div>The map, which passed the state House of \u200bRepresentatives on Thursday, was approved 28-10 by the state Senate on Friday along \u200bparty lines. The bill now goes to Republican Governor Jeff Landry, who \u2060is expected to sign it.<\/div>\n<div>Republicans hold four of the state&#8217;s six districts under a \u200bmap drawn in 2024 to comply with a court order mandating the creation of a \u200bsecond district with a Black majority or near-majority, under the federal Voting Rights Act. Black Democrats represent the two districts with large Black populations.<\/div>\n<div>But the Supreme Court struck down the 2024 map as an \u200billegal racial gerrymander, a ruling that opened the door for Louisiana and other states \u200bto take aim at majority-minority districts that had previously enjoyed more robust guardrails.<\/div>\n<div>Landry postponed the May 16 \u200cU.S. \u2060House primary elections to give lawmakers time to draw the new map, which breaks up Democratic U.S. Representative Cleo Fields&#8217; Baton Rouge-centered district. At the time of Landry&#8217;s order, thousands of mail ballots had already been cast, and voting rights advocates warned the decision \u200bwould cause confusion and chaos \u200bfor voters.<\/div>\n<div>Democratic lawmakers \u2060criticized the map as an effort to disenfranchise Black voters, while Republicans argued that they drew the lines solely based on partisanship, \u200bnot race.<\/div>\n<div>The wave of Southern redistricting efforts is the latest front \u200bin a \u2060national redistricting war that started last summer, when President Donald Trump pushed Texas Republicans to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional map to target incumbent Democrats.<\/div>\n<div>Republicans have emerged as the redistricting victors, gaining an \u2060advantage in \u200bas many as 10 seats pending the outcome \u200bof legal challenges.<\/div>\n<div>But Democrats remain well positioned to capture a U.S. House majority in November in light of Trump&#8217;s \u200bsagging approval ratings and voter frustration over rising costs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=423\">Explainer: Iran\u2019s strongest card in nuclear talks: its highly enriched uranium<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=421\">US Postal Service seeks to require states to submit lists of voters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=419\">Israeli forces cross key Lebanon river in expanded ground offensive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana Republicans on Friday approved a new congressional map that dismantles a Democratic-held, majority-Black seat, boosting their party&#8217;s odds of retaining the U.S. House of \u200bRepresentatives in November&#8217;s midterm elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16,43,14,12,80],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-civil-rights","tag-constitutional-law","tag-government","tag-human-rights","tag-judiciary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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