Louisiana senate passes bill to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional districts

Republicans are slowing down a feared redistricting blitz across the Deep South, giving several longtime Black lawmakers a temporary reprieve.

Henry McMaster called a special session on Thursday for state lawmakers to tackle redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.

Jeffries denounced the wave of Republican-led gerrymandering efforts taking shape ahead of November’s elections, calling the redistricting schemes an “unprecedented assault on Black political representation, the likes of which we have not seen since the Jim Crow era.”

After suffering a series of legal and political setbacks nationwide in battles over congressional districts, Maryland Democrats are seeking to redraw the state's map before the 2026 midterms, even as critics warn the effort could amount to a partisan power grab.