Black voters in Louisiana sued when the 2022 congressional map packed one-third of the state population into one of six districts. Courts ordered Louisiana to draw a second majority-Black district. Who won the new seat in 2024?
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After courts ordered Louisiana to create a second majority-Black district to remedy vote dilution, the state drew a new 6th Congressional District stretching 250 miles from Shreveport to Baton Rouge,...
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