Louisiana’s Legislature has passed a new congressional map to give the GOP another seat

Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map to secure an additional Republican seat, reducing the state's majority-Black districts from two to one. The map was drawn after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous plan as an illegal racial gerrymander, intensifying a national redistricting battle. Republican Governor Jeff Landry is expected to sign the new map, which redraws districts to cluster Democratic representatives Cleo Fields and Troy Carter.