St. Landry Parish split into three districts in redistricting bill: ‘We’ll have no leverage’

By Joel Thompson - The Advocate The new congressional maps passed by the Louisiana State Senate on Thursday, May 14, 2026 would split St. Landry Parish into three separate congressional districts. The original bill featured a map that showed most of the parish being drawn into the new 6th district, which was at the center of the Supreme Court decision that triggered the statewide redistrictin...

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