(Editor Note: The following story by Zach Parker, writer for the Concordia Sentinel, along with the accompanying map of the 5th district, are being re-printed with permission.) Area lawmakers say they hope the process of redrawing the state’s six congressional districts to match data from the 2020 Census does not result in the loss of the 5th District, anchored in northeastern Louisiana. Each 10 years, the state Legislature must use the most recent data from the U.S.