Miguez jumps into 6th District race, but Trump endorsement uncertain • Louisiana Illuminator
Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, accompanied by wife Ashley and daughters Julianna, 11, and Eleanor, 1. (Piper Hutchinson/Louisiana Illuminator)
Republican state Sen. Blake Miguez of New Iberia ended weeks of speculation regarding if and where he would run for Congress when he qualified Friday to run in the Baton Rouge-area 6th District.
Miguez, who represents an Acadiana-based district in the Louisiana Senate, previously qualified to run in the Northeast Louisiana-based 5th District before Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the U.S. House party primaries in May and the legislature redrew their boundaries following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
In February, President Donald Trump had endorsed Miguez’s bid for Congress when the legislator was running in the 5th District but it’s not clear whether the president still stands by that decision, especially now that Miguez has become a candidate in a different district.
Other Republican state lawmakers running for the 5th a…