Judge orders map with 2 black majority congressional districts
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin cannot hold congressional elections this fall under a ruling by a federal judge rejecting a redistricting map passed by the Legislature. (Photo by Abbie Shull/LSU Manship School News Service)
A federal district judge ruled Monday that the new congressional maps drawn during a special legislative redistricting session earlier this year need to be redone to be fair to the state’s minority residents.
Gov. John Bel Edwards quickly said that he would call the Republican-led Legislature back into a new special session to reconsider the maps. Republican leaders said they would appeal the rul…
