INCUMBENT: Henry Burns (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 9 is in northwest Louisiana and includes portions of Bossier Parish on either side of I-20 just to the east of Bossier City, as well as neighborhoods along US Highway 71 south of Bossier City. This is a formerly rural/small town district that is rapidly suburbanizing. DISTRICT MAP:   […]

INCUMBENT: Ray Garofalo (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 103 is located in the easternmost fringes of the New Orleans metropolitan area and contains most of Orleans Parish east of I-510/Paris Road, all of Saint Bernard Parish, and the east bank of Plaquemines Parish. While the district covers a relatively vast geographical area, most of the district’s […]

INCUMBENT: Barry Ivey (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 65 is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is considered “the Central district”, although it’s worth noting that about 40% of the district vote is cast in precincts south of the Comite River (the area between the Comite and Amite Rivers in East Baton Rouge Parish is generally […]

INCUMBENT: Taylor Barras (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 48 is centered in New Iberia (in Iberia Parish), and also contains parts of Lafayette and Saint Martin Parishes that have seen substantial suburban growth as the Lafayette metropolitan area steadily moves southward and eastward. There is a simple reason for the unusual shape of the district that was once “the New […]

INCUMBENT: Patrick Connick (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 84 is located in the Westbank of Jefferson Parish and is centered on the suburb of Marrero. It also includes territory immediately to the south, which includes swampy terrain all the way down to (but not including) Grand Isle. Geographically, most of the district is swamp, but its population […]

INCUMBENT: Harold Ritchie (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 75 is located in the corner of the state in the Florida Parishes and contains all of Washington Parish east of the Bogue Chitto River, as well as two precincts in Saint Tammany Parish north of the Bogue Chitto. DISTRICT MAP:               […]

INCUMBENT: Mike Danahay (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 33 is located in Calcasieu Parish and contains most of the territory “across the lake” from Lake Charles, and is a mixture of petrochemical plants, blue collar suburbs, and rural precincts. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 […]

INCUMBENT: Chris Hazel (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 27 is located in Rapides Parish and includes most of its precincts north of the Red River except for the downtown area of Pineville. The district also crosses the Red River to take in some precincts along the Avoyelles Parish line in and around Cheneyville. This is basically middle […]

INCUMBENT: Thomas Carmody (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 6 is in northwest Louisiana and is located both in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. In Caddo Parish, it includes the more established, affluent neighborhoods of Shreveport east of I-49 roughly between Kings Highway and 70th Street. The district then crosses the river into Bossier Parish to include some […]

INCUMBENT: Valarie Hodges (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 64 is the epitome of the changing socioeconomic complexion of the northern portion of East Baton Rouge Parish. What was once a blue collar, union friendly district north of the Metro Airport has seen substantial demographic changes, and as a result, the district has steadily moved westwards towards […]