Louisiana Democrats Protest House Primary Election Suspensions After Supreme Court Ruling

State Democrats say the process was not handled lawfully by the governor after ballots had already been cast.

Black Louisiana voters and civil rights advocates call on the Supreme Court to uphold a state congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais at Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on March 24, 2025. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund

Louisiana Democrats on Thursday criticized the suspension of U.S. House primaries in the state one day after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated the state’s congressional map.

“We are absolutely concerned about the whole process and the way it was done,” Dadrius Lanus, the party’s executive director, told The Epoch Times. “We’re going to fight them tooth and nail.”