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The number of Louisiana voters classified as inactive more than doubled during a matter of weeks last summer, according to a new analysis from the ACLU of Louisiana that also found the impact fell disproportionately on Black and Democratic voters across nearly every parish in the state. The report, released August 4 and authored by…
Jamie Davis, the Tensas Parish farmer who built his campaign around an outsider message and a call for Democrats to reconnect with working people across Louisiana, has won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. With all 64 parishes and all 3,722 precincts reporting Saturday night, unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State showed Davis…
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed Louisiana’s newest congressional map into law, locking in another dramatic rewrite of the state’s U.S. House districts after years of litigation, court orders, legislative reversals and voter confusion. Under the newly signed law, Louisiana Republicans have likely drawn themselves a 5-1 congressional map unless courts intervene quickly. That intervention is…
The “To The People, For The People” 2026 Democratic Roadshow made its Hammond stop Wednesday night, bringing candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress to Reimer’s Auditorium for a forum shaped by voting-rights uncertainty, affordability, immigration, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ protections and environmental accountability. The forum featured U.S. Senate candidates Nick Albares and Gary Crockett, 1st Congressional…
