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1 May 2026 at 01:51

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Louisiana governor Jeff Landry yesterday told GOP candidates that he plans to suspend next monthโ€™s primary elections so that state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, the Washington Post (paywall) reported last night.

It came hours after the US supreme court decided that Louisianaโ€™s creation of a second majority black congressional district to satisfy previously rulings relied too heavily on race and was โ€œan unconstitutional racial gerrymanderโ€, as opposed to a required effort to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

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ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Tom Brenner/AP

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