La. Gov. Edwards Issues Call for Special Session
June 08, 2022
June 08, 2022
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 8 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 7, 2022:
Gov. John Bel Edwards called a special session of Louisiana's Legislature to redraw Louisiana's Congressional district maps with two majority Black districts, as required by yesterday's ruling of the U.S. Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
"The Middle District's ruling yesterday that the Congressional maps drawn by Louisiana& . . .
Gov. John Bel Edwards called a special session of Louisiana's Legislature to redraw Louisiana's Congressional district maps with two majority Black districts, as required by yesterday's ruling of the U.S. Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
"The Middle District's ruling yesterday that the Congressional maps drawn by Louisiana& . . .