Louisiana's state senate voted 27–10 on Thursday to approve a new congressional map that would eliminate one of the state's two majority-Black House districts, a move that could give Republicans a 5–1 majority in the state's congressional delegation. The vote comes two weeks after a 6–3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais struck down a map drawn in 2024 that had created a second majority-Black district, declaring it relied too heavily on race. The decision has triggered a wave of redistricting efforts across Southern states as Republicans seek to capitalise on a significantly weakened Voting Rights Act of 1965 — landmark federal legislation that had long protected minority voters from having their electoral influence diluted.

The proposed map dismantles the current 6th Congressional District, a constituency that snakes roughly 250 miles from Baton Rouge and Lafayette in southern Louisiana northward through Alexandria to Shreveport, and which currently provides a voting bloc with a Black majority. Under the new boundaries, that district would instead be clustered around predominantly white communities in the Baton Rouge suburbs and southern Louisiana. A second majority-Black district centred on New Orleans, represented by Democratic Congressman Troy Carter, would be retained and expanded slightly. Republican state Senator Jay Morris, who sponsored the bill, openly acknowledged the political intent: