Louisiana Democrat Cleo Fields said Tuesday that he would not seek reelection this fall after his majority-Black district was redrawn to favor Republicans earlier this year. Instead, Fields said he would seek a return to the state Senate, running for his old seat that’s newly open following the recent death of his successor. “After a […]

Louisiana Democrat Cleo Fields said Tuesday that he would not seek reelection this fall after his majority-Black district was redrawn to favor Republicans earlier this year. …

Fields’s decision follows the Supreme Court’s ruling finding Louisiana’s majority-black district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.