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Louisiana Reps. Adrian Fisher, D-Dist 16, left, Chad Michael Boyer, R-Dist 46, and C. Travis Johnson, D-Dist 21, right, recite the pledge of allegiance prior to a house vote on a redistricting plan to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana enacts new congressional districts in a bid to give the GOP another seat

By Jack Brook and Marc Levy - Associated Press

State election staff get voting machines ready on Thursday, May 14, 2026 for Saturday's election in New Orleans. /The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Millions of people have been placed in new voting districts. Here’s where the redistricting stands

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to supporters during an election night watch party Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump claims revenge over impeachment vote after Cassidy loses primary

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

This photo combination shows Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025 and Julia Letlow in Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, Brett Duke, File)

Cassidy heads into Saturday primary without support from Trump, or from polls

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

South Carolina Democratic Rep. Keishan Scott looks at a proposed U.S. House district map during a redistricting hearing in a state House Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday, May, 12 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Louisiana senators taking up new U.S. House map; South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

By David A. Lieb, Jack Brook and Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Protestors fill the halls in the Louisiana Legislature in Baton Rouge during a Senate committee hearing Friday, May 8, 2026 on redistricting. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House district after court ruling

By Jack Brook and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Marie-Therese Ross-Mahe, an 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran, poses in Orvault, western France, during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier)

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown describes her detention

By Jade Le Deley - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, May, 7 2026. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Supreme Court backs Alabama in push to erase Democrat-friendly congressional map

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mandy Cook, left, and Cheryl Woodard, hold signs during a rally against a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Voter confusion, headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw U.S. House seats

By John Hanna and Jack Brook - Associated Press

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux speaks during funeral services for the eight children who were killed during a mass shooting last month, Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting remembered at funeral

By John Raby - Associated Press

Protestors fill the halls in the Louisiana Legislature in Baton Rouge during a Senate committee hearing Friday, May 8, 2026 on redistricting. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new U.S. House primary if courts allow different districts

By Kim Chandler, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

From Alabama to New York, states are racing to redraw their congressional maps after a bombshell Supreme Court ruling gutted a key Voting Rights Act protection. Washington Times national politics reporter Susan Ferrechio breaks down what's happening state by state.

WATCH: How a Supreme Court bombshell is redrawing the congressional map before November

Protestors fill the halls in the Louisiana Legislature in Baton Rouge during a Senate committee hearing Friday, May 8, 2026 on redistricting. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Republicans seize momentum in redistricting battle for U.S. House seats ahead of midterm elections

By Kim Chandler, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, early Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as the justices prepare to take up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Supreme Court rebuffs request for do-over in Voting Rights Act redistricting case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Justin J. Pearson, D-Memphis, center, marches with protesters before a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps, in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

South Carolina joins Southern redistricting push after Supreme Court ruling on minority districts

By Jeffrey Collins, Travis Loller, Kim Chandler and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

People protest against a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Republicans will consider redrawing U.S. House district covering majority-Black Memphis

By Travis Loller, Kim Chandler and David A. Lieb - Associated Press

FILE - Director Spike Lee wears an orange and blue suit at the premiere of the film "Highest 2 Lowest" at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP, File)

Spike Lee calls Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting ruling an ‘attack on voters’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Supreme Court boosts Louisiana redistricting by speeding final mandate in Voting Rights Act case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on political redistricting by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Supreme Court’s blow to racial gerrymandering

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Voters cast their ballots in Oak Creek, Wis., on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Redistricting fight moves to New York and three southern states

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times