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18 de abr. de 2024 · Louisiana Sen. Cleo Fields, who served in Congress in the 1990s and is currently a state senator, has declared his candidacy for a new majority-Black congressional district created in January by the Legislature. The new map greatly alters the district currently represented by Graves.
14 de oct. de 2023 · Cleo Fields (Democratic Party) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 14. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.
4 de feb. de 2022 · SB2, sponsored by Sen. Cleo Fields (D-Baton Rouge), is the first of three congressional maps he proposed that would give Louisiana two majority-Black congressional districts. The map would shift the predominantly Black population of north Baton Rouge and metropolitan Lafayette into the 5th Congressional District and the population of ...
23 de ene. de 2024 · State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will run for the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District seat, he announced Tuesday.
1 de may. de 2024 · The decision gives new hope to Rep. Garret Graves, a white Republican incumbent whose district was seriously altered by the new map. And it raises questions for state Sen. Cleo Fields, a Democrat and former Congress member who had declared he would run in the new district.
17 de jun. de 2022 · Debate on one of the proposed maps took place Thursday, but a Senate committee declined to advance Sen. Cleo Fields’ bill that features two majority-Black districts. Alternatives will be considered Friday when House and Senate redistricting committees meet.
1 de may. de 2024 · A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected a new congressional map that would give Louisiana a second majority Black district, renewing the political fortunes of Graves, whose district was altered by the map. Fields had declared his intention to run for Congress in the new district.
