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Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing lawmakers to support a new partisan primary system for federal, state and judicial elections.
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A federal judge gave Louisiana lawmakers until the end of January to redraw the state's congressional map.
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Louisiana is the only state with a “jungle” primary, but just eight other states in the country — and only Florida and Kentucky in the South — have closed primaries.
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A federal court gave Louisiana’s Legislature a January deadline to redraw the state’s congressional map in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act. That likely means lawmakers will have to include a second majority-Black district.
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General election day in Louisiana is tomorrow — Saturday, Nov. 18 — when voters will pick the state’s next treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state, consider four proposed constitutional amendments and vote in a number of local races.
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“We can’t undo everything John Bel did, but we are going to try,” said Rep. Alan Seabaugh, R-Shreveport, one of the most conservative members of the House who recently won a state Senate seat.
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Louisiana was in the national spotlight again this week when Mike Johnson, who represents Louisiana’s 4th District, was elected as the next speaker of the house.
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Turnout in Louisiana’s primary was so low that Republican Jeff Landry won the governorship outright with less than 20% of all registered voters voting for him.
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Landry’s election could lead to some significant changes in Louisiana, which has been led by Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards for the past eight years.
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After a two-month delay, the Louisiana Bond Commission cleared the way for the city of New Orleans to receive $39 million in funding for drainage infrastructure. Many of the state’s top Republican officials had threatened to withhold the funds over the city’s abortion policies but the board eventually advanced the funding request.