The Louisiana Senate on Thursday approved a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
In a 27-10 vote, the legislative chamber passed a map that would eliminate one of the state’s two Democrat-held U.S. House seats.
The map heads to the Louisiana House of Representatives, where the GOP holds a two-thirds majority.
Republican state senators in Louisiana approved a congressional map designed to give the party another seat, continuing the GOP’s sprint to remake districts to protect its fragile House majority. https://t.co/7o6n1JiRCG
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 14, 2026
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The map approved by the full Senate removed Pointe Coupee Parish from District 5 and added it to District 6. It also split up St. Landry Parish between the 3rd, 5th and 6th Districts.
The amended map also changes Tangipahoa Parish: Instead of being split between three districts, the northern part of the parish would be in District 5 and the lower part would be in District 1.
ADVERTISEMENTDistrict 2, the lone majority-Black district with a population center anchored in Orleans Parish, remains largely unchanged in the approved map. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, a New Orleans Democrat.
“I did draw it in a way that would help Representative Carter maintain his incumbency,” Morris said Thursday. “It would help Republicans, in a way, by concentrating more Democratic-leaning voters in that district.”
Morris has said that, after the Supreme Court last month decided that redistricting plans can’t be made based on race, Louisiana is required to draw a new map.
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A proposed congressional district map has passed the Louisiana Senate by a 27–10 vote and will now move to the Louisiana House of Representatives for consideration.
If passed:
🔴 +1 GOP
🔵 -1 DEM pic.twitter.com/AsEJ1XcJMV— VoteHub (@VoteHub) May 14, 2026
Louisiana had suspended its congressional primaries after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
“Yesterday’s historic Supreme Court victory for Louisiana has an immediate consequence for the State. The Supreme Court previously stayed an injunction against the State’s enforcement of the current Congressional map. By the Court’s order, however, that stay automatically terminated with yesterday’s decision. Accordingly, the State is currently enjoined from carrying out congressional elections under the current map. We are working together with the Legislature and the Secretary of State’s office to develop a path forward,” Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a joint statement last month.
Governor Jeff Landry and @AGLizMurrill issued the following statement after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
“Yesterday’s historic Supreme Court victory for Louisiana has an immediate consequence for the State. The Supreme Court previously stayed an…
— Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) April 30, 2026
Reuters noted:
Democratic lawmakers, civil rights activists and voting rights advocates have criticized the proposed map for diluting the electoral power of Black residents, who make up about one-third of the state’s population. The new map would likely result in Republicans winning five of the state’s six districts in November.
“This Senate should seek to support a map that gives everyone a voice,” Democratic state Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews said from the Senate floor on Thursday.
Republicans, including the bill’s sponsor, state Senator Jay Morris, said the map was drawn solely for partisan advantage, rather than along racial lines.
ADVERTISEMENTThe current map, which includes majority-Black districts centered in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which found lawmakers relied too heavily on race in crafting the lines.
The new map includes only a single Democratic district that connects the two cities, which could pit the two Democratic incumbent U.S. representatives, Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, against one another.
