The Louisiana Senate on Saturday morning swiftly passed Republican bills to push back the April primary elections by a month, keeping the plan on track for the House to pass it by the middle of the following week.

Republicans say the change will help give the state more time to respond to a potential ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a challenge to the state’s congressional voting map.

But on the third day of a special session , Democrats continued to criticize the legislation, arguing it would cause voter confusion and potentially get the state in legal trouble.

“The midterm election process is already underway,” said Sen. Sam Jenkins, D-Shreveport, referring to the fact that the window has already opened to collect signatures to qualify by nominating petition for 2026 congress

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