Democrat Cleo Fields wins re-drawn Louisiana congressional district, flipping red seat blue
Democrat Cleo Fields has won a Louisiana congressional race in a recently redrawn second majority-Black district
Dems Flip Red Louisiana District That Hasn't Elected a Full-Term Democrat In 50 Years
The Democratic Party was able to win the seat for the representative of Louisiana's 6th congressional district for the second time in 50 years.
Democrats Pick Up Seat in Newly Drawn Louisiana District
Cleo Fields, a longtime Baton Rouge politician, won more than 50 percent of the vote in an open primary, negating the need for a runoff.
Cleo Fields wins Louisiana 6th Congressional District election
State Sen. Cleo Fields is expected to win Louisiana's 6th Congressional District race. At midnight Wednesday, Fields had 51% of the vote against fellow Democrat Quinten Anderson and former Opelousas Sen. Elbert Guillory with all precincts reporting, according to the Secretary of State's website. AP has yet to call the race.
AP Race Call: Democrat Cleo Fields Wins Election to U.S. House in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District
Democrat Cleo Fields won election to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Monday, flipping a Republican-held seat
Louisiana Sixth Congressional District Election Results
If Fields doesn’t receive 50 percent of the total votes plus one, then he and Guillory will head to a runoff, by Louisiana law. The state says it has counted and reported all ballots, except provisional ones.
Democrat Cleo Fields flips Louisiana congressional district
His win marks a major victory for Democrats in a state where they will hold two congressional seats for the first time in a decade.
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Supreme Court agrees to review Louisiana congressional map that favors Democrats
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Democrats gain House seat in Louisiana with new majority Black 6th Congressional District
Fields, who has been serving in the state Legislature ... 6th District to a second majority Black district favoring ...
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Supreme Court to hear dispute involving Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts
Graves' District 6 was reconfigured to create the second majority-minority district. It now stretches from Shreveport, in ...
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Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Congressional Map Case After Election
The Supreme Court ultimately upheld the Alabama ruling, prompting the creation of a new map with an additional district ...
Supreme Court Will Weigh in on New Mostly Black Louisiana Congressional District After Election
Noting the size of the state’s Black population, civil rights advocates challenged the map in a Baton Rouge-based federal ...
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Will Sutton: Cleo Fields wins same Louisiana district 30 years apart. It may go away again.
state Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, won the race to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District in Washington ...