The Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s Congressional map is an illegal racial gerrymander, throwing elections into doubt just days before early voting was set to start.

Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) suspended Louisiana’s primary elections, scheduled for May 16, on Thursday following a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state’s 2024 congressional map. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling stated that the second majority-black district drawn in the 2024 maps,

A legal battle is unfolding over Louisiana’s halted congressional primary after a lawsuit challenged Gov. Jeff Landry’s decision to suspend the ongoing election, while a state court rejected an emergency request to block the move.

As Louisiana moves to postpone Congressional races after a SCOTUS ruling, Caddo and Bossier clerks of court are preparing to adapt their plans for the election coming next month and a likely additional election sometime later this year.

While national Republicans celebrate the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that Louisiana’s second majority-black district was drawn unconstitutionally, local leaders have been left scrambling to figure out what this means for the primary election 17 days away.

Louisiana is suspending its May 16 House primaries following the Supreme Court's decision to strike down its congressional map. The high court found the state relied too heavily on race when it created a second majority-Black district.

The Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday morning. Within hours, it had rewritten the legal landscape of the redistricting war, handed Ron DeSantis a legal shield he didn’t expect to get this fast,