Edwards vetoed the maps but his veto was overridden. That led to a lawsuit by voting rights advocates. Ardoin filed a notice of appeal with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

A U.S. judge on Monday blocked a Louisiana Republican redistricting map that created only one majority-Black congressional district in the state, ordering the state legislature to redraw the map ...

At the same time, Louisiana’s white population is vastly overrepresented. While only 58% of Louisiana’s population is non-Hispanic white, white voters control the outcome in five out of six (83.3%) ...