The Louisiana state legislature on Friday passed a new congressional district map that eliminates one of the state's two majority black districts. File Photo by A.J. Sisco/UPI | License Photo
May 29 (UPI) -- Louisiana's Republican-led legislature on Friday voted to approve a new congressional map that eliminates one of two majority-Black districts in favor of Republican-leaning districts, pushing forward the national redistricting race.
The new map contains one majority-Black district -- in a state with a population that is one-third black -- that covers an arc running from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, covering a smaller section of the state, NBC News and The New York Times reported.
Louisiana is the latest state to enact rare mid-decade congressional redistricting efforts, which were kicked off when President Donald Trump last year started pushing Republican led states to do so, leading to Democratic-led states to join in a year-long tit-for-tat contest.
The new map follows a Supreme Court ruling in the Louisiana vs. Callais case earlier this month that invalidated a 2024 map because the state's legislature was not justified in using race to construct the districts.
