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Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black US House district

The Current | Lafayette

May 13, 2026

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republican senators in Louisiana advanced a plan Wednesday to eliminate one of two majority-Black, Democratic-held congressional seats following a U.S. Supr…

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