Faced with running in a redrawn district that heavily favors Democrats or taking on one of his GOP colleagues, Rep. Garret Graves said Friday he will not seek reelection this year.
“After much input from constituents, consultation with supporters, consensus from family and guidance from the Almighty, it is clear that running for Congress this year does not make sense,” Graves said in a statement, Nextar Louisiana reported.
The Supreme Court last month decided this year’s election would be run with a map the state adopted in January that had been drawn in response to a court order and included a second district where Black voters will be in the majority. That map was challenged, however, and a lower court had said it violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.
