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Congressman Who Spent Millions on Magnificent Seven Stocks Just Bought Another Tech Giant
Rep. Cleo Fields spent millions on Magnificent Seven stocks over the last year. The latest purchase in a large tech firm not in that popular basket. Read More
Jim Beam column:Races for Congress beginning
Congressional elections that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry canceled earlier this year are now beginning to pick up some news interest. U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, has announced he won’t […] Read More
Cleo Fields says there was no path to win congressional seat
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat, is leaving Congress after the Louisiana Legislature redrew his district to favor a Republican. Read More
Opinion: Welcome Cleo Fields back to where he doesn’t belong
Cleo Fields’ congressional district was remade by Louisiana legislators in their redistricting push after the Louisiana v. Callais ruling, rendering him unlikely to win the seat in the midterms. Now he’s returning to the LA Legislature in Larry Selders’ former district. Read More
Cleo Fields Louisiana congressional exit, will seak state senate seat
The new map renews his district around predominantly white communities. Read More
Dem announces exit from Congress, accused of 'jumping ship' amid redistricting shakeup
Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., will not seek reelection to Louisiana's 6th District after the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais ruling reshaped the majority-Black district in Republicans' favor. Read More
Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields won’t seek reelection after Democrat’s seat was redrawn
Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district that was at the center of a major U.S. Read More
Louisiana Democrat Cleo Fields abandons reelection bid
Fields’s decision follows the Supreme Court’s ruling finding Louisiana’s majority-black district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Read More
Cleo Fields running for State Senate seat, will not seek re-election to Congress
Cleo Fields will not seek re-election to Congress, he announced Tuesday, and will instead run for a seat in the Louisiana Senate. Read More
Republicans have redistricted enough seats to keep majority
WASHINGTON – The Louisiana Legislature approved a bill on Friday that turns Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields’ 6th Congressional District into one that favors White Republican candidates. Read More
Cleo Fields said he wouldn’t run against Troy Carter
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields said he wouldn’t run for reelection in a district that included U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, the congressional delegation’s other Black Democrat. Read More
Republicans advance map to erase one Democrat district
Republicans are advancing a map that would create an additional GOP district in Louisiana by eliminating the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat from Baton Rouge Read More
Cleo Fields calls on Louisiana Democrats to fight back
The Democratic congressman, whose seat in Washington is on the verge of being eliminated, urged Baton Rouge residents to “vote like crazy” and pack the Capitol for Friday’s redistricting hearing that Read More
Congressman Cleo Fields criticizes Louisiana redistricting
“I still don't understand it”, Fields said. “We went down this road 150 years ago with Reconstruction. Louisiana was the first state to elect a black member of Congress, and now we’re trying to silence those voices”. Read More
Congressmen Troy Carter, Cleo Fields urging voters to polls following Supreme Court decision
BATON ROUGE — Two U.S. congressmen are urging voters to head to the polls after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional maps. Read More
Fields: Vote entire ballot even though Landry has suspended House elections
By Kylah Babin and Sheridan White | LSU Manship School News Service U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields told the Baton Rouge Press Club Monday that Louisiana voters should vote as normal […] Read More
US Rep. Cleo Fields urges voters to fill out full ballot, joins lawsuit over primary suspension
On Monday, US Representative Cleo Fields announced the start of a district-wide campaign urging voters to completely fill out their ballots at the polls. Read More
Cleo Fields seeks to join lawsuit over election suspension
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields has asked a judge to join a lawsuit challenging Gov. Jeff Landry’s suspension of congressional primaries in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling declaring Louisiana’s Read More
U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, 10 U.S. House candidates join federal lawsuit over primary suspension
BATON ROUGE - U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields and 10 candidates running for office joined a federal lawsuit against Louisiana's top leaders following the suspension of the U.S. House primary elections. Read More
Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana
In a 6-3 ruling, the court’s conservative majority found that the district, represented by Democrat Cleo Fields, relied too heavily on race. Read More