As Democrats continue to oppose Republican legislation that could set the stage for the elimination of one or both of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts, they led several hundred people in a protest on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol on Monday.

“What is at stake? Everything is at stake,” state Rep. Edmond Jordan, D-Baton Rouge, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus, told the crowd.

Jordan stood with a group of Black politicians, including U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, and U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans. Officials took turns addressing the protesters during the hour-long event.

Inside the Capitol, Republican lawmakers have spent recent days pushing through legislation that would delay next year’s primaries, giving them time to potentially

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