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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.
Subsequently, the 1st congressional district acquired Tangipahoa and Washington parishes, both north of the lake, from the 6th congressional district. Correspondingly, the 1st congressional district shed conservative St. Bernard Parish and other areas south of the lake to the 3rd congressional district from 1983 through 2013.
The 4th congressional district was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. census. For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures.
Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.
Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in south-central Louisiana, the district contains most of the state capital of Baton Rouge, the bulk of Baton Rouge's suburbs, and continues south to Thibodaux. It also includes the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain.
Louisiana voters will elect six members to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2025 fall congressional elections.
CADDO PARISH, La. ()—As northwest Louisiana residents head to the polls during early voting, some may be surprised to see that they are in the new congressional district.The state’s newest and ...
Louisiana's 3rd congressional district is a United States congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers the southwestern and south central portion of the state, ranging from the Texas border to the Atchafalaya River. The district is currently represented by Republican Clay Higgins, a former sheriff's deputy from ...