Senator Regina Barrow (D) Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Legislature begins a special session at 4 PM today and the main priority is for lawmakers to redraw the Congressional boundaries with two majority minority districts, instead of one. Senate President Pro Tem and Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow believes they can get it done before the session ends on January 23rd.
“I believe the will is there for us to get it done, I believe there are a couple maps that get us there, but at the end of the day it’s going to be which map,” said Barrow.
A federal judge has given the Louisiana Legislature a January 30th deadline to draw a six-district Congressional map, with two majority minority districts.
Barrow says House Democrats are proposing a second majority minority district that covers a significant portion of the Baton Rouge area, the Felicianas, Avoyelles Parish, the Mississippi River Delta parishes and northeast Louisiana.
Barrow says she expects the Republicans proposal for a Congressional District map will have significant implications for Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves.
“That map might be drawing Garret Graves out of his district, so the will to get it done is definitely there, it’s just which map we are going to agree on is the question,” said Barrow.
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