A three-judge panel said the Voting Rights Act required a second majority-Black seat. The Republican-controlled legislature then drew a new 6th District, which ran a jagged 250-mile course, scooping in heavily Black areas from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. The map preserved the districts of key Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, while opening the way for a Democrat to capture the 6th District in the 2024 election.







