INCUMBENT: Austin Badon (Democrat)

DESCRIPTION: House District 100 is located in New Orleans East and generally includes all territory between Crowder Road and Paris Road, with the northernmost boiundary being Lake Pontchartrain, and US Highway 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) being the district’s southern boundary.

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District Map

RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 95% Democratic

JMCEL’s SUMMARY: House District 100 is based in New Orleans East and, unlike most of the city, was developed relatively recently. It is a district that has seen substantial demographic change, and today is a 90% black district by voter registration. It also has the distinction of being the most heavily Democratic House district in the entire state; “Bobby” Jindal is the only Republican who has received more than 15% of the district’s votes in recent memory (Barack Obama received 94% and Mary Landrieu 96%). This district once had turbulent politics, as it turned out two incumbents’ seeking re-election in a 12 year period. Since 2003, however, it has settled on an incumbent it likes (Austin Badon), and has re-elected him with little incident (easy re-election in 2007, unopposed in 2011). He is term limited out this year, and his successor will almost certainly be another black Democrat.