{"id":2251763,"date":"2024-05-23T23:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-is-stuffed-with-house-leaders-who-are-struggling-to-keep-delegation-in-line\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T23:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T03:26:03","slug":"louisiana-is-stuffed-with-house-leaders-who-are-struggling-to-keep-delegation-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-is-stuffed-with-house-leaders-who-are-struggling-to-keep-delegation-in-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana&#8217;s House leaders face challenges in managing their delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouisiana-is-stuffed-with-house-leaders-who-are-struggling-to-keep-delegation-in-line%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s directive for Louisiana to adopt a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">congressional map<\/a>\u200c with an added black-majority \u200cdistrict has\u200b prompted Rep.\u200b Garret Graves to contemplate entering a different House race, causing \u200dconcern among \u200cLouisiana \u200bRepublicans. With the congressman weighing his options, a\u2064 challenging decision lies ahead \u2064as he faces potential\u200d defeat in\u2062 his \u2063current \u200cdistrict or risks unsettling his party by challenging Rep. Julia Letlow.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court <\/a>ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana<\/a> to use a congressional map with an additional black majority district, Rep. Garret Graves is considering running in another House race \u2014 much to the dismay of his fellow Louisiana Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>While the five-term congressman has left his options open, he faces a difficult situation. If he stays in his 6th Congressional District, he faces a high chance of losing to his Democratic challenger due to the changed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-election-takeover-is-unconstitutional-and-impractical-leave-it-to-the-states\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Election Takeover Is Unconstitutional And Impractical \u2013 Leave It To The States\">district lines<\/a>. If he decides to run in a different race, such as against Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), he risks the alienation of the rest of his party, who are urging him to stay put. Graves and Letlow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/05\/23\/congress\/senate-border-vote-schumer-biden-executive-action-00159651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> have a close relationship and the possibility of Graves coming after her job would not be appreciated. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., walks into House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s office on, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The state\u2019s district lines were redrawn after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-samsung-pay-a-1-billion-fine-to-apple-in-pennies\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Samsung Pay A  Billion Fine To Apple In Pennies?\">federal court found<\/a> the old ones violated the Voting Rights Act. As a result, Graves\u2019s district now favors President Joe Biden by 20 points. Graves\u2019s colleagues argue that he still has a chance of winning, and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) warned Graves that he won\u2019t have party support if he decides to crash another GOP incumbent\u2019s race. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am prayerful that Garret, my friend, will decide to continue serving Congress as he is now \u2013 as a congressman of the sixth district. And if he runs in that district \u2014 in his own district \u2014 he\u2019ll find a tremendous amount of help from me and from other Republicans in the state,\u201d Higgins told <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cThe party apparatus will rally around him and support him. Whereas if he determines to run against a colleague, and I could be one of those, he\u2019ll find that to be a very rocky path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Higgins, GOP leadership \u2014 such as House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who are both from Louisiana \u2014 are very nervous about the possibility of Graves racing against another incumbent. And with the fractious House dealing with infighting for much of the 118th Congress, more of the same would not be a good look as November approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the House GOP\u2019s top four leaders endorsed Letlow. Former President Donald Trump has also endorsed the incumbent, and so did Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The likely Democratic nominee in Graves\u2019s district is Cleo Fields, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-last-blue-dogs-local-democrats-call-on-party-to-save-hyde\/\" title=\"The Last Blue Dogs: Local Democrats Call on Party To Save Hyde\">black state senator<\/a> and former House member from the 1990s. While Graves\u2019s district may now skew toward Democrats, he still has the power of incumbency and cash reserves. <\/p>\n<p>Graves has until July 19 to make his decision \u2014 the state\u2019s deadline for candidates to file. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Supreme Court&#8217;s mandate for Louisiana to adopt a new congressional map with an added black-majority district, Rep. Garret Graves contemplates entering a different House race, causing concern among fellow Louisiana Republicans. Despite his deliberation over running for a sixth term, the congressman encounters a challenging decision that could impact his political future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2251764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23150704077722.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23150704077722.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}