Louisiana is the only state without a finalized congressional map and Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields announced that he would run for the 6th district from the map state lawmakers approved in January with two majority-black congressional districts After three years of back and forth, Fields said it’s time for the Supreme Court to settle the matter…
“The Attorney General and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, they need to take this matter to the Supreme Court, and they need to take it to the Supreme Court because we don’t have a map at all now,” said Fields.
A meeting is set for Monday, May 6th for all interested parties in Shreveport. But in the meantime, Fields said it’s in the cards that he’s running…
“And it’s going to stay in the cards, but more important than me, is the people of this state need to have some finality of what do their district lines look like,” said Fields.
The Secretary of State’s Office has stood firm on a May 15th deadline for a map to be finalized for the fall election. As far as Fields is concerned after multiple court cases and legislative sessions to draw the map, it’s time to go to the highest court.
“Request the Supreme Court to give us a final determination on this matter once and for all. And let’s stop volleying this ball and let’s just go to the Supreme and let them decide,” said Fields.
Congressman Garret Graves said he’s running for re-election to the 6th congressional district.
