Senate sends new congressional map to House
Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, left, and Sen. Gary Carter, D-New Orleans, right, were on different sides of Senate Bill 121. (Photo by Gracie Thomas / LSU Manship School News Service) BATON ROUGE — The Senate voted 27-10 along party lines Thursday to advance to the House a new voting map that favors Republican candidates in five of Louisiana’s six congressional districts. After a contentious, 9 1/2-hour meeting in the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee that lasted throughout...