Louisiana state Sen. Cleo Fields (D), who served in Congress in the 1990s, has declared his candidacy for a new majority-Black congressional district created in January by the Legislature.
A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a newly drawn congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana – in a potential blow to Democrats seeking to seize control of ...
Despite courts finding voting maps to be discriminatory, conservative judges and state officials are working to keep racist ...
A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election ...
Additionally, the Robinson plaintiffs claim that the state legislature wanted to ensure that the new Black-majority district ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. – Louisiana’s proposed congressional map that created a second Black-majority district has been thrown out by two federal court judges. U.S. District judges David Joseph and ...
A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a newly drawn congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana – in a potential blow to Democrats seeking to seize control of the US ...