INCUMBENT: Alan Seabaugh (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 5 is in northwest Louisiana and includes the southernmost fringes of Caddo Parish along the Bert Kouns Industrial Loop on either side of I-49, which serves as a socioeconomic dividing line. In general, Shreveport’s newer and more affluent neighborhoods are east of I-49, while the neighborhoods west of […]

INCUMBENT: Barbara Norton (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 3 is in northwest Louisiana and is located in southwest Shreveport. The district was originally created in 1981 to be a black majority district, and it includes black portions of Shreveport west of I-49, south of I-20, and north of the Inner Loop. DISTRICT MAP:       […]

INCUMBENT: Nancy Landry (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 31 is a district that has been transformed by rapid suburban growth in the southern reaches of the Lafayette metropolitan area. It includes the southwest portions of Lafayette Parish on either side of US Highway 167 (Johnston Street). It also crosses into Vermilion Parish to include the rapidly suburbanizing […]

INCUMBENT: Randal Gaines (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 57 is located in the River Parishes and was drawn to be a black majority district. It contains most of St John Parish except for parts of LaPlace, Garyville, and Reserve. The district also travels into St Charles Parish, and takes in black neighborhoods in Luling and Boutte. DISTRICT MAP: […]

INCUMBENT: Frank Howard (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 24 is a rural district located in Central Louisiana, and contains the western portion of Natchitoches Parish, all but the northern fringes of Sabine Parish, and all of Vernon Parish except territory along US Highway 171 between Leesville and DeRidder. DISTRICT MAP:             […]

INCUMBENT: Ted James (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 101 is located in Baton Rouge and generally includes territory between Airline Highway and Flannery Road, and it takes in the subdivisions of Monticello, Park Forest, and most of Sherwood Forest. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 73% Democratic […]

DESCRIPTION: House District 18 is a rural district in the Westside that consists of all of Pointe Coupee Parish, northern Iberville Parish, the rural portions of West Baton Rouge Parish, and a single precinct in West Feliciana Parish that contains the Angola Prison. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE […]

INCUMBENT: Bob Hensgens (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 47 is a Vermilion based district that includes Abbeville and additional territory in Vermilion Parish to the north and west, all of Cameron Parish, and three precincts in southeast and southwest Calcasieu Parish along the Cameron Parish line. DISTRICT MAP:                 […]

INCUMBENT: Pat Smith (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 67 is located in Baton Rouge and contains three of its recognizable landmarks: the Old/New State Capitol, the “new bridge”, and LSU (the ExxonMobil refinery is just outside the periphery of the district). It also travels south of LSU to include a fast growing area along Brightside and […]

INCUMBENT: Rob Shadoin (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 12 is located in north Louisiana and is a partially rural, partially small town district that contains all of Union Parish and the northern/eastern portions of Lincoln Parish in and around Ruston (home of Louisiana Tech) – the black majority precincts in Lincoln Parish in and around Grambling have […]