US House Redistricting: Louisiana

[smoltchanov]

Thompson is a relic from the past: in Legislature since 1975, and the only Democratic state legislator in nation, who (IMHO) can be unconditionally named "a conservative" (he is extremely conservative on social issues and (somewhat less) conservative leaning on economy too). When he retires (possibly - in 2023) "conservative Democrats"will become a memory, just as "liberal Republicans" are.. 

[smoltchanov]

Thompson is a relic from the past: in Legislature since 1975, and the only Democratic state legislator in nation, who (IMHO) can be unconditionally named "a conservative" (he is extremely conservative on social issues and (somewhat less) conservative leaning on economy too). When he retires (possibly - in 2023) "conservative Democrats"will become a memory, just as "liberal Republicans" are..  

Eh you still have a few in South Carolina and Alabama. Rep. Ott and Rep. Atkinson both voted for the heartbeat bill and generally err on the more conservative side. Both are dynasty heirs, taking their dad’s seat when he retired

Yeah, but in my opinion they are more "right of center" type - generally conservative, but rather "moderate conservative"... Besides Thompson there is no one comparable with pre- (or - about) 2010 Democratic legislators, some of which were really conservative (examples: Fannin in Louisiana, Butler (who is a Republican state senator in Alabama now) in Alabama, and whole group (Browning, Stevens, White, Smith a. o.) in Mississippi)...

[smoltchanov]

One of the Dems who voted for the bill is a conservative Dem in deep Trump territory.

The other Dem seems relatively... normal black Louisiana Democrat, though his district is more rural and marginal and could easily be eliminated so my guess is it was some sort of deal with the GOP to save his district.

The 2 GOP reps who voted no is because they were upset about how their local communities were handeled, but could easily become Yea votes if needed.

The GOP should be able to (barely) override.

The LA GOP will find a way to fail… a lot of them aren’t really conservative, they’re just R because that’s what the voters want

JBE will play horse trading politics and get what he wants just barely

Well I’ll be pleasantly surprised… now the R supermajority needs to show their balls on other things that matter

Favorable redistricting is an issue that unites almost anyone in party. Other issues - not so much...