{"id":2268072,"date":"2024-06-14T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-rep-garret-graves-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T21:02:59","slug":"louisiana-rep-garret-graves-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-rep-garret-graves-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves will not run for reelection in 2024"},"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\">22<\/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-rep-garret-graves-will-not-seek-reelection-in-2024%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=2268072&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>Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana has decided not to seek reelection in 2024 after\u200d redistricting \u2064made his previously secure Republican seat \u2064lean heavily Democratic. The U.S.\u200d Supreme Court&#8217;s decision requiring Louisiana to use a new map with two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-democrats-gerrymandered-map\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Democrats\u2019 Gerrymandered Map\">majority-black districts<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-non-fungible-tokens-and-blockchain-are-changing-the-art-and-music-worlds\/\" title=\"How Non-Fungible Tokens And Blockchain Are Changing The Art And Music Worlds\">fundamentally altered<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate\/\" title=\"Donald Trump undecided about participating in initial GOP debate.\">political \u2064landscape<\/a>, shifting Graves&#8217;s district from a &#8220;likely Republican&#8221; to a \u200b&#8221;solid Democrat&#8221; \u2063area. Graves \u2063stated that running in this new setting or \u2063any other temporary district would harm the state&#8217;s\u200d representation \u2064in Congress and be unjust\u200c to local residents who face further \u200bchanges in \u200bdistrict alignment. Consequently, \u2063despite previously\u200c suggesting he might run but was exploring options, he opted out of\u2064 the 2024\u2062 race, prioritizing fair\u2063 representation over political opportunity.  <\/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>Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) will not seek reelection in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-mark-walker-launches-bid-for-north-carolina-governor\/\" title=\"Mark Walker runs for NC governor.\">redistricting shifted<\/a> his once-solid-red seat into the favor of Democrats, arguing a run in another district is \u201cnot fair\u201d to his fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graves had been undecided for months on which district he would run for reelection in after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3005709\/supreme-court-reinstates-louisiana-majority-black-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>must hold<\/a> its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/purple-state-supreme-court-makes-major-ruling-on-election-integrity-law-reversing-previous-decision\/\" title=\"Purple State Supreme Court Makes Major Ruling On Election Integrity Law, Reversing Previous Decision\">2024 congressional elections<\/a> using a map that has two majority-black districts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is evident that a run in any temporary district will cause actual permanent damage to Louisiana\u2019s great representation in Congress,\u201d Graves said in a statement Friday. \u201cCampaigning in any of these districts now is not fair to any of the Louisianians who will inevitably be tossed into yet another district next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision to use the map with two majority-black districts in January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/308631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shifted Graves\u2019s district<\/a> from \u201clikely Republican\u201d into a \u201csolid Democrat\u201d seat with a +8 Democratic advantage, according to the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> as of May 24.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Louisiana Illuminator<\/em> in May, Graves had <a href=\"https:\/\/lailluminator.com\/2024\/05\/17\/graves-undecided-on-what-district-hell-run-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> he was still running for reelection but had been \u201clooking 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redistricting shifted most of Graves\u2019s base to Rep. Julia Letlow\u2019s (R-LA) 5th Congressional District. If he had opted to run for reelection and challenge her, Letlow would have likely held a significant advantage in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Graves, a five-term incumbent, thanked both his home state and Congress for his years of service but lamented over what he described as a lost chance to chair an important House committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequences of redistricting will affect Louisiana\u2019s first opportunity in history to chair the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,\u201d Graves said, highlighting the importance of the committee\u2019s work to the Bayou State\u2019s ports and commerce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdmittedly, it is a serious disappointment to miss the historic opportunity to champion Louisiana\u2019s priorities in this committee,\u201d the congressman continued.<\/p>\n<p>Some viewed the decision to alter Graves\u2019s district as revenge by Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA), who approved the maps that ultimately cut out Graves\u2019s area. Graves positioned himself against Landry during the GOP gubernatorial primary in 2023, endorsing former Louisiana Association of Business and Industry leader Stephen Waguespack instead.<\/p>\n<p>Landry\u2019s subsequent move to greenlight the new maps led <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/articles\/the-fields-above-the-graves-louisiana-2024-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some to view<\/a> it as throwing Graves under the bus to settle a political score.\u00a0The Louisiana governor said he approved the maps to avoid an even more Democratic-friendly map.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graves joins over 40 representatives who are not seeking reelection to the House, some of them after decades of serving on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The mass exodus from the House coincides with a tumultuous year for the Republican conference marked by bouts of infighting over spending deals, the speaker\u2019s gavel, foreign aid, and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) announced he won&#8217;t run for reelection in 2024 following redistricting that turned his reliably Republican seat Democratic. Graves stated that contesting in another district would be unfair to his GOP colleagues. His decision comes after months of deliberation post-U.S. Supreme Court redistricting changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2268073,"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\/06\/AP24122044544841.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24122044544841.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268072","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}