Louisiana suspends House primaries for May 16 elections

Politics Louisiana suspends House primaries for May 16 following Supreme Court ruling, other races will go on scheduled By Aaron Navarro Aaron Navarro Digital Reporter Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cycles. Read Full Bio Aaron Navarro Updated on: April 30, 2026 / 3:05 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry said Thursday that the state will suspend the House primaries for the upcoming elections on May 16 in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down the state's Congressional map.Landry said that while the U.S. House races will remain on voters' ballots, "any votes cast in those races will not be counted.""Pursuant to 18:401.1(B), I have certified the emergency in light of the Supreme Court ruling. This is a mandatory step prior to the Governor issuing an executive order suspending the upcoming Louisiana U.S. House races," Landry said in a statement on social media. The other races, including the Senate primaries, are set to go on as planned, Landry said. She said her office will post noises at early voting sites. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that found Louisiana mapmakers relied too heavily on race when they redrew the state's voting boundaries to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's conservative majority found that compliance with Section 2 could not justify the state's use of race in redrawing its House district lines.This is a breaking story. It will be updated.  Melissa Quinn contributed to this report. More from CBS News Early voting opens for Georgia's crowded May primary