North Louisiana Gives Thankful Response to Bobby Jindal's Veto Threat on Congressional Redistricting Scheme (VID)

Gov. Bobby Jindal will veto any new congressional map that doesn’t include two northern Louisiana districts anchored by Shreveport and Monroe, a Jindal spokesman said this morning.

The Senate rejected a bill Tuesday by Sen. Neil Riser that would keep two vertical northern Louisiana districts and instead passed a by Sen. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport, that would create a single horizontal Interstate 20 district that includes Shreveport and Monroe.


A House passed plan does include two vertical northern Louisiana districts.


Jindal has consistently said he supports two vertical northern Louisiana districts and has lobbied lawmakers to pass such a map.


Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin told The News-Star this morning that the governor would veto any plan that doesn’t meet that criteria.