The House-approved constitutional amendment that prohibits a governor from serving more than two consecutive terms is headed to the Senate floor. The Senate Governmental Affairs committee approved the measure on a party-line five to three vote, with Democrats voting against it. New Orleans Democratic Senator Royce Duplessis is not 100-percent behind term limits.
There are Democrats concerned this legislation is aimed at John Bel Edwards, even though it would also apply to Republican Bobby Jindal. If it passes, neither would be allowed to run for governor again.
Chalmette Representative Michael Bayham says he authored the legislation in response to what happened with Louisiana’s two governors that served more than two terms, Earl K. Long and Edwin Edwards.
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Debate on a congressional map that reduces the number of majority Black districts from two to one shifts over to the House today as the Governmental Affairs committee discusses the Senate-approved map. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Democrats do not have enough votes to stop the so-called 5-1 map from passing.
Racial tensions have been high at the Capitol ever since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the current map with two majority Black districts and Republicans began pushing a new map with one Black Majority District. Pinsonat expects a lengthy hearing, with dozens of people expected to testify in opposition of the map that would likely result in five Republicans and one Democrat in Louisiana’s House delegation starting in 2027.
Current Democratic Congressman Cleo Fields is expected to lose his seat if this new map becomes law.