Democrats in the Louisiana Legislature quickly put up a fight on the first day of a special session Thursday, opposing a Republican plan to delay the state’s closed party primary from April to May.

The GOP effort is aimed at creating more time before the 2026 midterm election cycle to respond to a possible U.S. Supreme Court decision in a consequential voting rights case — and to allow state lawmakers to potentially draw a new congressional map with one or two fewer seats favoring Democrats.

Democrats in the Legislature don’t have the votes to stop the plan, but they spent hours asking pointed questions during a public vetting of the legislation in the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Sen. Gary Carter Jr., D-New Orleans, fiercely criticized the plan. His questioning of First A

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