Louisiana state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who flirted for months with the idea of running for New Orleans mayor but bowed out of the race in January, abruptly reversed that decision on Sunday evening, announcing he would enter the contest just days before the official qualifying deadline.

A new item of business concerning early voting sites caused tension among Caddo Parish commissioners during this week's work session.

Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring racial discrimination in voting, and whether the state relied too heavily on race in devising a remedial map adding a second Black-majority district.

Louisiana’s elections will be a little different in 2026. The state is going back to closed political party primaries for three public bodies on April 18, 2026, and a second or runoff primary on May 30,

The Supreme Court will not decide right now whether Louisiana violated the Constitution when it enacted a congressional map last year that created a second majority-Black district. In a surprise […]

The Supreme Court will hear a new round of arguments over Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district, a case that raises consequential questions about the future

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