Published: May 14, 2026
By: Izzy Wollfarth and Veronica Camenzuli, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE – A 5-1 congressional redistricting map will go before the Senate floor on Thursday, but not without continued pushback from Black legislators and the public.
The new map maintains District 1, represented by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and District 4, held by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, but splits East Baton Rouge Parish into two congressional districts, causing uncertainty regarding the House seats of two Louisiana Democrats, Rep. Troy Carter and Rep. Cleo Fields.
The House and Senate agreed on Wednesday to set new election dates for the U.S. House seats for Nov. 3 under an open primary system. The new qualifying period for candidates would be from Aug. 5-7.
Gov. Jeff Landry must sign the bill for the dates and process to go into effect. The adjustment would be solely for this election cycle.
Under the new map, Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, and Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, two of the four Republican candidates in the race for District 5, would live outside the areas they seek to represent.
Read more at Livingston Parish News.
LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 
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