Louisiana Governor Landry set to suspend primary after voting rights ruling

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MSN

Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to suspend Louisiana elections for the U.S. House to allow lawmakers to pass a new congressional map before the November elections.

Two officials with knowledge of the decision told the Shreveport Times, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the decision is set to be announced on the afternoon of April 30. The change follows the Supreme Court ruling April 29, throwing out Louisiana’s congressional map because the majority said it relied too heavily on race to sort voters.

Closed party primary elections for the state's six House members had been set for May 16, with early voting beginning May 2. But Landry, a Republican, will cancel those party primaries and instead opt for what's known as a "jungle primary" on Nov. 3 that includes candidates of any party or no party after a new map is drawn by the legislature or a federal court. The U.S. Senate party primary would remain in place for the May 16 election.

New district lines could allow Republicans to gain one or two seats in Louisiana, a boost to the GOP’s efforts to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Another link:

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/louisiana-house-primary-delay-congressional-map-00900005

LOL....Well, that did not take long!

Godspeed Governor Landry! Strike whilst the iron is hot!

 

[ColonelAngus]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5851653-jeffries-maximum-warfare-language-redistricting-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

Well, Jeffries got what he wanted.

“The notion that any of us are concerned with so-called criticism from these phony Republicans as it relates to anything that has been said — certainly as it relates to the comment related to ‘maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,’ in connection to the redistricting battle that Republicans launched — I stand by it,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.

“You can continue to criticize me for it. I don’t give a damn about your criticism.”

“We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,” he said. “And we are going to keep the pressure on Republicans at every single state in the union, to ensure at the end of the day, that there is a fair, national map.”

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“Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight. We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

DUMMYMANDER?

I do not think that term is going tom stick, HAKEEM.

 

[kyzr]

A win is a win is a win...