Overview
- The Louisiana Senate, which voted 27–10 on Thursday, sent SB121 to the House as lawmakers race a June 1 deadline for new maps.
- The plan would dismantle Rep. Cleo Fields’s 6th District and leave a single majority-Black seat centered in New Orleans.
- Sponsor Sen. Jay Morris said the lines were drawn to maximize Republican advantage, a shift expected to yield a 5–1 GOP delegation.
- The New Orleans-based district could stretch into Baton Rouge and may place Democratic Reps. Troy Carter and Cleo Fields in the same seat.
- The push follows the April 29 Louisiana v. Callais ruling and has already delayed the May 16 primary, raising the odds of fast voter reassignments and fresh court fights.