A federal judge blocks Louisiana’s congressional map, calling it a racial gerrymander.

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A federal judge blocks Louisiana’s congressional map, calling it a racial gerrymander.

The judge ordered the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw the map to include a second district that gives Black voters the chance to elect a candidate of their choice.

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