Published: May 21, 2026
By: Gracie Thomas and Sherian White, LSU Manship School News Service
An amended congressional district map eliminating one of Louisiana’s two majority-Democratic districts was approved by the House and Governmental Affairs Committee in a 10-7 vote down party lines Thursday after a 10-hour hearing highlighted by vocal opposition.
The new district map, amended successfully by Rep. Dixon McMakin, R-Baton Rouge, maintains the five Republican districts and one Democratic district, offering “tweaks and slight movements” to the original Senate Bill 121.
The amended bill will be heard on the House floor next week.
Morehouse, Lincoln, and Jackson parishes would be moved from District 5 to District 4. Grant and St. Landry parishes would be made whole, joining the 5th District, and Calcasieu Parish would be made whole as well, joining the 3rd District. District 6 would be shifted to include parts of Point Coupee, St. Martin, and Lafayette parishes.
Under questioning from Rep. C. Denice Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, McMakin said the amendments had nothing to do with any future congressional aspirations that he might have.
Read more at WWLTV.
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