On November 16, a Louisiana state court ordered that the Republican Party’s election of state party committeemembers use legislative districts, instead of the party’s old districts drawn specifically for the purpose of electing party officers. The party drew those districts in 2003, and has not redrawn them to take account of 2010 census data. See this story. The party may appeal. Using legislative districts has the advantage that the legislative districts have been updated to use 2010 census data. But because there are substantially fewer legislative districts than Republican Party committee districts, the order means that the Republican state committee will only have two-thirds as many members, compared to the recent past.

The election of party committee members is set for March 24, and is simultaneous with the presidential primaries.