Louisiana's full Legislature will ultimately redraw the maps during a Special Session expected to begin in early February. Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards can sign or veto the final map.

Louisiana's new congressional map is a win for Black voters and likely brings an end to the state's long-running legal battle over redistricting. It could also see Democrats gain a seat in Congress.

The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.

Louisiana officials react after the U.S. Supreme Court delayed its ruling on Louisiana's congressional map and will rehear ...

Louisiana's redistricting Special Session enters the home stretch Friday as lawmakers are set to clear new maps for Congress, the state House and Senate, state school board and the Public Service ...

Why Louisiana is redrawing its map. The political tug-of-war started in March 2022 after the state Legislature passed a new map that essentially kept the status quo in racial representation.

The Landry-backed map to redistrict the Louisiana Supreme Court is sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Pineville, and follows the design favored by five of the court’s seven members.

G.O.P. legislatures in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana are contesting federal orders to redraw congressional maps that disfavor Black voters. The stakes are enormous.

Seizing on a national spotlight about the drawing of political maps, Louisiana residents trying to rework the state’s system for divvying up electoral districts on Wednesday announced a January summit ...

A U.S. District judge will soon decide whether Louisiana must add more majority-Black districts to its state legislative map, after civil rights groups argued for that move on Monday. Inside a ...

Instead, the contradictory signals in Louisiana arise from the unique political culture in the state, ... County-level result maps from Louisiana’s 2008 Republican primary follow.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, voting rights advocates argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v.Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle should remain because ...