Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves undecided on which district he’ll seek reelection

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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — U.S. Rep. Garret Graves released a statement Friday, May 17 about this week’s Supreme Court decision on Louisiana’s congressional map and his plans to run for reelection.

The Supreme Court ordered the state to use a congressional map with a second majority-Black district in the upcoming fall election on Wednesday, May 15.

The new map changes Graves’ district. In a statement posted on X, Graves, who represents District 6, said the Supreme Court’s decision “forces voters to a fall election using an unconstitutional, confusing map.”

Graves said he would run for reelection, adding, “Because of the absurdity of the map, we are looking through these districts to determine where we can best represent the interests and priorities of the people of Louisiana for the next two years until a reasonable map is restored.”

“The good news is that Louisiana has a congressional map for this election cycle – something we haven’t solidly had since January of this year.

“The bad news is that Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling is only a temporary calm before the gathering storm of uncertainty for at least 2 more years, possibly more.

“The Supreme Court ruling lazily applied the Purcell Principle, ignoring Louisiana’s last-in-the-nation qualifying and last-in-the-nation November primary, which is plenty of time to conduct an election, according to sworn testimony by Secretary of State’s representatives.

“By favoring process over merit, the Court’s actions forces voters to a fall election using an unconstitutional, confusing map.

“As previously stated, we are running for re-election in a district anchored in the Capital Region. Because of the absurdity of the map, we are looking through these districts to determine where we can best represent the interests and priorities of the people of Louisiana for the next two years until a reasonable map is restored.”

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