Republican Louisiana State Senator Blake Miguez is weighing which of two congressional districts to campaign in amid ongoing state redistricting, while hoping to again secure Donald Trump's endorsement for a race transformed by a Supreme Court ruling and complicated by a previously undisclosed rape allegation The Guardian.

Miguez, 44, initially qualified to run in a May 16 primary for a U.S. House seat and had secured Trump's endorsement, styled as a 'Complete and Total Endorsement,' around February 3–4, 2026, one day after entering Louisiana's 5th Congressional District race The Guardian. That endorsement, however, preceded public knowledge of a 2007 police report accusing Miguez of rape, which The Guardian and The Atlantic reported on March 11–12, 2026 The Guardian.

The alleged assault took place in Erath, Miguez's hometown, in late August 2007, when Miguez was a law student. The accuser told police she did not want to press charges because she did not want to get him into trouble. The report never resulted in criminal charges. Miguez denies the allegation The Guardian.

According to The Atlantic, Trump announced his endorsement three days before news of the police report surprised his team. The outlet reported that Miguez had not disclosed the existence of the 2007 accusation to Trump's team, raising concerns within the White House about the candidate's vetting The Guardian.

Miguez's campaign responded to the allegation by linking to a Louisiana news outlet article in which family members of the accuser questioned her credibility, citing mental health and substance abuse problems The Guardian.

The primary was postponed until the November midterms following the Supreme Court's decision in Callais v. Louisiana, which prompted a redraw of the state's congressional map. Miguez is now weighing running in one of two congressional districts, neither of which he currently lives in The Guardian.

A Miguez campaign spokesperson stated that Miguez was honored to have Trump's endorsement for an old district that no longer exists after Callais and hopes to earn it again under new district lines The Guardian.

A White House spokesperson clarified that Trump did not formally rescind his endorsement of Miguez but said Trump 'will look at the candidate field after candidate qualifying if necessary' The Guardian.

Lionel Rainey, spokesperson for a PAC supporting Republican rival Rick Edmonds, dismissed the notion that redistricting is responsible for the uncertainty surrounding Trump's endorsement. Rainey called it 'silly' to blame redistricting for the situation The Guardian.

As of July 23, 2026, Miguez's campaign website is password protected and otherwise blank The Guardian.

The broader context here is a collision of three forces: the disruption wrought by the Callais decision on Louisiana's Republican field, the ongoing leverage of Trump's endorsement in down-ballot races, and the fragility of the vetting infrastructure surrounding that endorsement apparatus. In Louisiana's 2026 cycle, Trump's endorsement remains a coveted asset; Republican candidate Julia Letlow is also heavily featuring Trump's endorsement in her own congressional campaign The Guardian.

The delay in a fresh endorsement signals an effort to manage political exposure while the candidate field and district lines settle. The White House's decision to defer judgment until after candidate qualifying keeps options open without alienating a base that was mobilized by the initial endorsement, even as rival Republicans seek to exploit the vacuum.