Louisiana governor plans to suspend primaries after Supreme Court redistricting ruling

Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday following the Supreme Court ruling on his state's congressional map, that he plans to suspend the state's primary election in May.

The move will give state lawmakers time to craft and pass a new map that complies with the high court's ruling, which found evidence of racial disparity in the drawing of earlier maps was too weak to justify the use of race to draw the existing map, crafted in 2022.

“That map is an unconstitutional gerrymander, and its use would violate the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights," Justice Sam Alito wrote in the court majority opinion. 

Landry may officially announce the suspension of the primary as soon as Friday, according to The Washington Post.