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South Carolina Senate rejects Donald Trump’s call to redraw congressional maps
Trump has lobbied for the plan, making at least two phone calls to Republican state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey.
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Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress
The court’s conservative majority has been skeptical of considerations of race.
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Supreme Court doesn’t rule on Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district
Last year, the justices ordered the new map to be used in the 2024 elections, while the legal case proceeded.
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Democrat Cleo Fields wins re-drawn Louisiana congressional district, flipping red seat blue
Fields was able to avoid a runoff by getting more than 50% of the vote.
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Democrats hope to flip a reliably Republican Louisiana congressional seat with new boundaries
For nearly 50 years, only one Democrat has won the seat in Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District.
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Democrats look to longtime state Sen. Cleo Fields to flip Louisiana congressional seat blue
An old, grainy video could cause some headaches, though.
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Louisiana congressional races attract newcomers and incumbents vying for seats
Among the well-known candidates are Democratic state Sen. Cleo Fields, a 61-year-old who served in Congress in the ‘90s, and Elbert Guillory, an 80-year-old Republican who is a former state Senator.
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Race for Louisiana’s new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up
Democrats are looking to seize the opportunity to flip a reliably red seat blue.
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Louisiana U.S. Rep. Garret Graves won’t seek reelection, citing a new congressional map
The lawmaker went on to say that a run in any ‘temporary district’ would cause ‘permanent damage to Louisiana’s great representation in Congress.’
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Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
Louisiana has had two congressional maps blocked by federal courts in the past two years in a swirl of lawsuits that included a previous intervention by the Supreme Court.