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Louisiana will use a new congressional map for the fall elections, drawn by lawmakers after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the previous district configuration unconstitutional in a contentious, years-long redistricting battle.
The election for Louisiana’s six U.S. House seats, postponed amid the chaotic fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared the congressional map unconstitutional, has been rescheduled for the fall. Voters will cast ballots for the races in the Nov. 3 election.
Louisiana has rewritten the election rules for congressional and certain state elections, moving to a closed party primary system that will change the sign-up process for how candidates get their names on the ballot and provide new rules for how voters participate.
Louisiana has rewritten the election rules for congressional and certain state elections, moving to a closed party primary system that will change the sign-up process for how candidates get their names on the ballot and provide new rules for how voters participate.
In a quick special session that lasted only a week, Louisiana lawmakers pushed the spring 2026 election dates back a month amid hopes the delay could buy them enough time to redraw state congressional districts if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the current map.
Louisiana’s first legislative session of the new administration and new term will include proposals to change the state’s primary election system from an open primary to a closed one, an issue never highlighted by candidates in the 2023 elections.
With the end of Gov. John Bel Edwards’s second term, Louisiana voters head back to the polls Saturday for a gubernatorial primary that is expected to see lower turnout than some of the state’s prior governor’s elections over the last 20 years.