This map shows the current configuration of Louisiana’s congressional districts. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Interior)
This map shows one version of Democratic proposals to shrink the width of the 5th District in northeast Louisiana, now represented by Republican Rep. Julia Letlow, and extend it down to Baton Rouge to create what would likely be a second majority-minority district. (Courtesy of State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge)
Battle lines were being drawn between Democrats and Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature Tuesday as the two sides proposed new congressional maps as a special redistricting session got underway.
Democrats are pushing for a second of the six congressional districts that would be likely to elect a Black representative.
Map proposals filed by State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, would redra…
