Louisiana officials consider election delay after Supreme Court strikes down congressional maps

Published: April 30, 2026

By: Alexandra Paul, LSU Manship School News Service

BATON ROUGE – Even though early voting is scheduled to start Saturday, Louisiana’s Republican leaders are likely to delay party primaries in congressional races after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the maps of the state’s six districts are unconstitutional, state lawmakers said.

State Atty. Gen. Liz Murrill said after the court ruling Wednesday that there is still time to suspend the party primaries and redraw the maps, a process that almost certainly would eliminate at least one of the two majority-Black districts.

Gov. Jeff Landry and legislative leaders know that any change in the election schedule is likely to be challenged in court.

Interviews with lawmakers in both parties show how many factors are at play.

“At least in my opinion, you can’t go forward with early voting, because you would be voting in districts that are unconstitutional,” Sen. Eddie Lambert (R-Gonzales) said in an interview.

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