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Louisiana has suspended its upcoming primaries for the U.S. House, following [Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) that the state's congressional map
Supreme Court ruling is seen as a major win for Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration and is expected to make it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under
House of Representatives in November. ## Louisiana to redraw map The Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday
maps ahead of the midterm elections. Louisiana has paused its House primaries in light of the Supreme Court ruling
ruling Louisiana is preparing to delay its House primaries after the Supreme Court struck down its current map
Louisiana's House map an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander'  The U.S. Supreme Court **Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images** Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along
Supreme Court ruling on April 29 came about two weeks before Louisiana’s US House primary elections were scheduled. That left Republicans in the state scrambling to draw new maps
maps in time for the midterms,** after a recent Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry [suspended the primaries for the U.S. House
maps after an April 29 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which weakened voting rights protections for minority communities. Loading... The [*Louisiana v. Callais*](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) ruling has remade the redistricting race that President Trump began
rules of the game in the middle of the game. It’s rigging the system.” Currently, [Louisiana](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/louisiana) is represented in the US House by four Republicans and two Democrats. But, a redrawn
House seats before the 2026 midterm elections. Red states, including Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee, are rushing to revise their congressional maps after a [supreme court ruling
House map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans, AP reports. Debates already have played out in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana as [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) push to leverage a recent Supreme Court ruling
Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that its map was unconstitutional, blowing a hole in the Voting Rights Act. That’s giving Republicans the narrowest of windows to gerrymander one or two new seats before
Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana congressional map, and the state's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, postponed voting for U.S. House primaries so state lawmakers could enact new district lines. "Allowing elections to proceed
map, as part of an attempt to offset Republican redistricting elsewhere at the urging of President Donald Trump. That ruling, combined with a recent US Supreme Court decision severely weakening the [Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how
Supreme Court recently ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander." The high court's ruling reinterprets longstanding protections under Section
Supreme Court ruling [weakening part of the Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how) related to electoral district maps. While the Senate primary went ahead as planned, Louisiana officials postponed primary elections for the US House
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves
supreme court [rejected](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/virginia-supreme-court-rules-against-congressional-maps?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct) a voter-approved congressional map that would have given Democrats four seats in the House. Democrats can win but maps will continue to change in the coming months
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves