BATON ROUGE - For months, Louisiana lawmakers have been open about the possibility of a special legislative session near the end of October, but the reason for it has likely changed.

Next April, Louisiana is scheduled to hold a Party Primary for U.S Senate, U.S. Representative, and other positions, but lawmakers say the congressional race could be pushed to another date.

“This is one of those things that it’s almost like a daily chess match or ping-pong game,” John Couvillion with JMC Analytics said.

In this case, the ball is a map that, since 2021, has bounced from the Louisiana State Capitol to the courtroom. Last year, lawmakers created a second majority-minority district, stretching from Baton Rouge to Shreveport. The map garnered bipartisan support, but then a lawsuit was filed say

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