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Louisiana Legislature Approves Redistricting Plan
Nola.com ^ | April 13, 2011 | Times-Picayune Staff

Posted on 04/14/2011 9:19:48 AM PDT by Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

After three weeks of wrangling, lawmakers in the final hours of a special redistricting special session finally agreed on a plan to shrink Louisiana's seven congressional districts to six and sent the measure to Gov. Bobby Jindal, who said he will sign it into law.

The plan also needs the approval of the U.S. Justice Department to ensure that it does not dilute minority voting strength.

Senators revised House Bill 6 by Rep. Erich Ponti, R-Baton Rouge, after three hours of debate and gave it 25-13 approval. The House went along with the Senate changes, 64-35.

The vote on the bill came shortly before 4 p.m. but lawmakers did not go home until the mandatory 6 p.m. deadline, but failed to approve a compromise committee report on the boundaries of the eight districts for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Several lawmakers left the session after the congressional plan was approved and were not around to vote on the final version of the BESE measure.

BESE members are up for election this fall, so a bill will have to be filed for the regular session starting April 25 to try to make another stab at drawing those lines.

Lawmakers earlier Wednesday approved a plan to redraw the five Public Service Commission districts; on Monday they gave final approval to a plan to redraw legislative districts for the fall elections.

After promising to stay out of the redistricting fray, Jindal threatened to veto any congressional bill that did not include two north Louisiana districts: one based in Monroe, the other in Shreveport, as provided in the current congressional alignment.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: boustany; landry; louisiana; redistricting
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To: Clintonfatigued

John Fleming is LA 4?


21 posted on 04/15/2011 12:55:53 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Age, skill, wisdom, and a little treachery always overcome youth and arrogance!)
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To: dixiechick2000

Yes.


22 posted on 04/15/2011 1:43:50 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Impy

I’m wondering now if Landry might not be better off sitting out this one rather than going through what will be a brutal primary and then taking the plunge for the Senate seat himself in ‘14. And, no, I am not happy with Boustany’s behavior in trying to preserve his seat (at the expense of sacrificing a few of the other GOP members, which might’ve ended up with a Dem winning), but he won his little hardball play for the moment, but the Senate seat ought to be put out of reach after his stunt.

Just as an aside, I have to admit the lines for the 5th are a mess. Rep. Rodney Alexander lives way up in the NW corner of that district, and were I living in one of the Florida Parishes, especially Washington, I would be none too happy to have my member be almost from clear across the state. If I have my geography correct, they’ll be closer to the Santa Rosa County, FL member from FL-1 than to their own member.


23 posted on 04/15/2011 2:03:10 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

Pretty strange looking at the new 5th and 1st. Stemming for Boustany and others in the area demanding that Lake Charles and Lafayette be in the same district I suppose. I guess the Florida parishes don’t have the same clout.

The whole process was a lot more contentious than I thought it would be.


24 posted on 04/15/2011 2:58:56 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy

I agree, but with the new LA-03 having so much of the old Boustany LA-03, I don’t think that Landry has a very good chance in the jungle primary or a run-off.


25 posted on 04/15/2011 3:26:33 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
Right now, I could care less about Boustany or Landry (I live in the 3'rd).
Both these two clowns voted for *Boner's* budget cave. We had only one Rep. in La. vote against it, Fleming in the 4'th.
26 posted on 04/15/2011 3:33:27 AM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: dixiechick2000

“John Fleming is LA 4?”

Yes he is.


27 posted on 04/15/2011 9:45:23 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Muslims are a people of love, peace, and goodwill, and if you say that they aren't, they'll kill you)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Thank you! ;o)


28 posted on 04/15/2011 11:42:19 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Age, skill, wisdom, and a little treachery always overcome youth and arrogance!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

My goodness! I’ve known him since I was eight years old, and went to school with him through high school. He’s an old friend.


29 posted on 04/15/2011 11:55:31 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Age, skill, wisdom, and a little treachery always overcome youth and arrogance!)
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To: Gaffer

You should’ve seen IL-4. Two pockets of Hispanics (one Mexican, one Puerto Rican), connected by the median of an interstate highway.

‘course now, there are enough Hispanics to create a nice, fairly contiguous district in Chicago. They might even create a second one running well into the suburbs.


30 posted on 04/21/2011 8:14:09 PM PDT by TheRealDBear
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To: deport

Damn, that is a nasty-looking map. Is the 5th even contiguous?


31 posted on 04/21/2011 8:19:13 PM PDT by TheRealDBear
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To: TheRealDBear

Former Rep Cynthia “Crazy” McKinney’s district in Georgia was like that once.


32 posted on 04/22/2011 12:56:55 PM PDT by Gaffer
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