{"id":4151,"date":"2026-05-29T19:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/29\/louisiana-republicans-pass-new-electoral-map-that-guts-majority-black-district\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:39:54","slug":"louisiana-republicans-pass-new-electoral-map-that-guts-majority-black-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4151","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"9af61045-631a-41dd-a479-cec694274b74\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a man looking at another person behind a computer \" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4a572c57f610d4b887357094dc426c1676730940\/0_0_6000_4000\/master\/6000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Edmond Jordan, a Democratic Louisiana state representative, talks with fellow lawmakers prior to a Louisiana house vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 21 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Gerald Herbert\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"9af61045-631a-41dd-a479-cec694274b74\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Edmond Jordan, a Democratic Louisiana state representative, talks with fellow lawmakers prior to a Louisiana house vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 21 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Gerald Herbert\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Louisiana Republicans pass new electoral map that guts majority-Black district<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>The GOP-friendly map approved by state lawmakers now goes to Republican governor who is expected to sign it<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Louisiana Republicans approved a new congressional map on Friday which would eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that was at the center of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/29\/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">landmark supreme court ruling<\/a> gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The new map reconfigures the state\u2019s sixth congressional district, now represented by Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat. Lawmakers drew the district in 2024 after a court found the map lawmakers enacted after the 2020 census diluted the influence of Black voters and violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The new map will probably give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Republicans<\/a> control of five of Louisiana\u2019s six congressional seats (the previous map had a 4-2 Republican-Democrat split). 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Cleo Fields has represented \u2013 did not stay quiet. They showed up at the Capitol in the middle of the night. They testified for hours into the early morning. They made their voices heard at every step of a process designed to minimize their input. That resistance is not over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The creation of Fields\u2019s district prompted a lawsuit from a group of white voters in Louisiana, who said that voters were unlawfully sorted by their race. The case, Louisiana v Callais, eventually went to the supreme court, which ruled 6-3 in favor of the plaintiffs. The case set a new, near impossible standard for plaintiffs in Voting Rights Act cases, requiring them to prove intentional discrimination in order to win a redistricting lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After the supreme court\u2019s ruling in late April, Landry took the extraordinary step of declaring an emergency to cancel the state\u2019s congressional primary, in which ballots had already gone out. He rescheduled the election to later this year.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-ri3hap\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Louisiana is one of three Republican-led states in the south that have moved aggressively after the supreme court\u2019s ruling to eliminate majority-Black districts and add Republican-leaning ones. 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