Republicans in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that elected a Democrat in response to a recent US Supreme Court ruling that its map constituted an illegal racial gerrymander.
A redistricting plan passed on Thursday by the state House would give Republicans a chance at picking up an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections, AP reports.
It also would protect House speaker Mike Johnson from facing a more difficult reelection. The plan needs only a final Senate vote, which could come on Friday, to go to Republican governor Jeff Landry.
“We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee.
Since the Supreme Court’s decision in late April, several other Southern states already have seized upon a weakened federal Voting Rights Act to try to redraw their own congressional districts.
If “We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
So the bottom line is since the Supreme Court’s decision in late April, several other Southern states already have seized upon a weakened federal Voting Rights Act to try to redraw their own congressional districts. Wonder how this will land.
Think about it: a redistricting plan passed on Thursday by the state House would give Republicans a chance at picking up an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections, AP reports. That speaks volumes.
What stands out is since the Supreme Court’s decision in late April, several other Southern states already have seized upon a weakened federal Voting Rights Act to try to redraw their own congressional districts. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Beau Beaullieu has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Basically a redistricting plan passed on Thursday by the state House would give Republicans a chance at picking up an additional seat in this year’s midterm elections, AP reports. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Still waiting to hear what Mike Johnson actually plans to do about it.
The fact that it also would protect House speaker Mike Johnson from facing a more difficult reelection really puts things into perspective.
When you look at “We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee, the implications are hard to ignore.
Beau Beaullieu has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
The bigger issue here is since the Supreme Court’s decision in late April, several other Southern states already have seized upon a weakened federal Voting Rights Act to try to redraw their own congressional districts. That changes the calculation.
What stands out is “We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Basically it also would protect House speaker Mike Johnson from facing a more difficult reelection. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
The detail about “We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee is something people should sit with.
In other words “We drew this map in an effort to safely maximize Republican strength,” said state representative Beau Beaullieu, a Republican who chairs the chamber’s redistricting committee. Curious to see how this develops.