Cleo Fields

Louisiana sixth, uh, this has been the state's second majority-minority district.

It was and is currently held by Democrat Cleo Fields, who decided not to run for re-election after it was gerrymandered away.

Lindsey Rubio Garcia is a teacher and a lawyer running for the seat, and she's amazing.

Check out her social media clips f- of her testifying against the gerrymandered map.

You should also check out our upcoming reveal episode where we go to Louisiana to see how a Supreme Court ruling this spring led to the elimination of a majority black congressional district.

It's the second time U.S. Representative Cleo Fields has had his district dismantled because of a Supreme Court decision.

You can find it in the reveal feed.

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Uh, US Congresswoman Nikema Williams, who, uh, is in the seat once held by the late, great, uh, John Lewis, a dear friend of mine, we spent a lot of good time, uh, with John Lewis over the years, interviewed him many times.

But just our private conversations and dinners I treasure, all the time I spent with John Lewis.

So what is it like [laughs] sitting in the seat that John Lewis held for, for decades?

Yeah.

But I, I understand.

And Mr. Lewis, um, was a dear friend.

My husband worked for him.

So they have cut it by 50% based upon this decision from the fucking Supreme Court of the United States of America.

So in, uh, when you look at this then, after the redraw, 25% is where they're at, and the Congressman Leo, uh, Cleo Fields says that he won't even run again because the district is gone.

They, they, they redistrict him out of a job.

They didn't repeal the law.

Who are they and what do their holdings look like?

the runner-up number two this is cleo fields representative cleo fields he's a democrat from louisiana um he's actually retiring this year he got gerrymandered out of his seat um he disclosed a stake in nvidia again this is the five trillion dollar market cap company their computer chips kind of power all of the data centers that we operate or the vast majority of them uh his uh overall share data center adjacent investments are between eight and a half and 41 million dollars 7 to 35 of that is just his stake in Nvidia.

He also owns some stakes in the Taiwanese chip maker, TSMC, the American chip designer, AMD.

So he's got this breadth of portfolio, but a big chunk of it is Nvidia.

Uh, the other was drawn to favor Republicans this past spring when the Supreme Court really diluted the Voting Rights Act, so that's the sixth district, which is around Baton Rouge.

It's now held by Democrat Cleo Fields, who is not seeking re-election.

Um, you know, so even though the Supreme Court ruling also kind of disrupted plans to have party primaries, a lot of the focus in these races is on which Republican should win.

Um, so, you know, it's a little interesting because the GOP candidates don't really differ on issues, so there's a lot of emphasis on other factors, such as who certain powerful people favor.

The ruling led to cascading changes around the American South, but the case originated in Louisiana, specifically the 16th Congressional District that included Scotlandville.

Um, this is where Democrat Republican Cleo Fields, 63, grew up poor and attended local schools before graduating from nearby Southern University A&M, eventually climbing the ranks to the US House.

And so now he plans to leave Washington and return to the legislature instead of running for re-election, uh, in a race that he sees little chance of winning because the district boundaries have been altered dramatically, and Scotlandville will no longer be represented by a native son, someone who people believed instinctively understood their challenges and offered a direct line to power and influence in the nation's capital.

What say you all to this?

So we're back in business, listeners.

Most of these by a handful of reps. We've got David Taylor, Cleo Fields, Michael Rooley, and Kevin Hearn lighting up the tape this week.

Tell you what, we'll do one of each.

Let's give you four trades this week.

David Taylor was loading up on Amgen this week, ticker symbol AMGN.

We've got Cleo Fields.

He's loading up on Alphabet today.

Good day for that.