WASHINGTON — Living in North Baton Rouge is like being on the wrong side of the tracks, Martha Davis said.
There are potholes everywhere that make you feel as if you’re driving on a washboard, southeastern Louisiana residents are still reeling from the loss of medical facilities, and the area has some of the lowest-performing schools in the city, explained Davis, 70.
It’s because of these issues that Davis, who was an educator for more than 40 years, was thrilled to see Cleo Fields, a Democrat, win his bid last year to represent Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. It was redrawn in 2024 so that the state would have a second majority-Black district and, as a result, a voting map that better reflects the state’s Black population…