‘I’m livid’: High-profile Democrats clash over Louisiana congressional map
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 28, 2024
A prominent Louisiana politician and a sitting U.S. congressman — both Black Democrats — are at odds over new district lines that would add another majority-minority seat to the state’s U.S. House delegation.
Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis, D-Baton Rouge, is one of the Black voters in the lawsuit that challenged the congressional redistricting plan legislators approved in 2022 on the grounds it violates the Voting Rights Act. Lawmakers approved a Republican-authored bill that kept just one majority-Black district among the state’s six U.S. House seats. The judge in the . . .
