National redistricting scramble follows Callais as Southern states prepare new maps

In the days following the April 29, 2026 Callais ruling, multiple Southern states beyond Florida began preparing or executing congressional redistricting to eliminate majority-minority districts. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill suspended the state's May 16 primary to allow the legislature to draw a new compliant map. Legal analysts at the Brennan Center and NAACP Legal Defense Fund warned that the ruling would allow states to systematically reduce Black and Hispanic representation in Congress, with estimated losses of four to six minority-preferred House seats across the region.