Morning Digest: GOP gerrymander pushes Black Democrat into retirement
Morning Digest: GOP gerrymander pushes Black Democrat into retirement Louisiana Republicans dismantled a majority-Black district to make it heavily white—and deep red David Nir Jul 22 Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields (D) (credit: Cleo Fields Facebook) We’re trying something brand new this week: We’re broadcasting The Downballot’s weekly podcast as a video livestream, and we’ll take your questions in realtime! Join us at 5 PM ET on Substack Live by clicking this link or downloading the free Substack app . For regular listeners, you’ll still be able to find the show in your favorite podcast app afterwards. We hope to see you there live! Leading Off LA-06 Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields announced on Tuesday that he will run for the state Senate rather than seek reelection to Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District after Republicans passed a new gerrymander that eliminated its Black majority and made it deep red . The previous iteration of the 6th District came into being thanks to litiga...