Louisiana has postponed its presidential preference primary to July 11, 2020. This marks the second postponement of the primary, which was first postponed to June 20, 2020. The original date of the primary was April 4, 2020.
Louisiana joined Georgia and Puerto Rico in postponing its primaries a second time in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To date, 20 states and one territory have postponed state-level primary or special elections.
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