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Congressman Fields Heads Home to Senate | Lafayette Louisiana News
Congressman Cleo Fields is pivoting from Washington to Baton Rouge, announcing he won’t seek re-election to his Louisiana congressional seat — instead eyeing the newly opened State Senate seat in the 14th District. This full-circle moment follows the death of Larry Selders, who once filled the legislative role Fields left behind. Fields says his calling is stronger serving his community directly at home, not in D.C. The congressional district he’s leaving recently underwent a major redraw after the Supreme Court ruled its old boundaries unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering. Listen in…
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