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Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers a backslash-shaped region stretching from Shreveport to the state capital of Baton Rouge, encompassing most of the majority-Black areas in between. The district is currently represented by Democrat Cleo Fields.
The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
Louisiana voters will elect six members to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2025 fall ... Black majority voter-based 6th Congressional District race with boundaries stretching from Baton ...
The Congressional District 6 map, stretches from East Baton Rouge Parish through St. Landry, parts of Rapides, all of Natchitoches, half of DeSoto Parish, and a section of Caddo Parish.
Baton Rouge state Sen. Cleo Fields is first out of the gate in the campaign for Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District, but others are also considering the race from the ...
Redistricted to the 5th district. January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 5th: Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1992. Redistricted to the 4th district. January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 4th: Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1996. Retired. Charles E. McKenzie: January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 Democratic ...
Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Acadiana to Shreveport.