INCUMBENT: Chris Leopold (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 105 is figuratively located at “the end of the state” (the district is only accessible by a few state highways), and contains the west bank of Plaquemines Parish and some adjacent Westbank precincts in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes along the Plaquemines Parish line. Much of the district’s land mass is […]

INCUMBENT: Mickey Guillory (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 41 is located in the heart of Acadiana, and includes the northern portions of Acadia Parish (roughly everything north of I-10), the westernmost precincts in Saint Landry Parish in and around Eunice, and the southern portion of Evangeline Parish along US Highway 190. DISTRICT MAP:       […]

INCUMBENT: Frank Hoffmann (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 15 contains most of Ouachita Parish west of the Ouachita River and can be thought of as “the West Monroe district.” It is a mixture of suburban and small town precincts, and contains some rural territory as well. While West Monroe is famous for being the epicenter of […]

INCUMBENT: Kenny Havard (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 62 is located in the Felicianas and contains most of East and West Feliciana Parishes. It also contains the northern fringes of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish. This has been an area that has largely has escaped suburban migration from those living in Baton Rouge, although the […]

INCUMBENT: Blake Miguez (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 49 is a district that contains the more rural parts of Iberia and Vermilion Parishes – New Iberia and Abbeville are just outside the district’s boundaries. There is, however, a small (but growing) suburban component of the district, as the Lafayette metropolitan area expands southwards into Vermilion Parish along US Highway 167 […]

INCUMBENT: Jim Fannin (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 13 is a rural district in north Louisiana that contains most of Bienville and Winn Parishes, all of Jackson Parish, and a single precinct in Ouachita Parish. This is a district that exemplifies the (formerly) heavily Democratic “solid South.” DISTRICT MAP:               […]

INCUMBENT: Clay Schexnayder (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 81 contains parts of Ascension, Livingston, Saint James, and Saint John parishes. This is a district that has a working class tone to it, although suburbanization from Baton Rouge and (to a lesser extent) New Orleans has helped change the underlying political tone of the district. DISTRICT MAP:     […]

INCUMBENT: Steve Carter (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 68 is located in Baton Rouge and contains a mixture of established and newer neighborhoods between Jefferson Highway and Perkins Road from the LSU Lakes all the way down to (but not including) the Country Club of Louisiana. The overall tone of the district is affluent, although it […]

INCUMBENT: Julie Stokes (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 79 is located in Jefferson Parish along Lake Pontchartrain and contains the more affluent precincts in Metairie and Kenner north of Esplanade Avenue. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 71% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: Ever since its […]

INCUMBENT: Stephen Ortego (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 39 is located in Acadiana and includes almost all of Lafayette Parish north of I-10 and portions of southern St Landry Parish between the Lafayette Parish line and Opelousas along I-49. Even though the bulk of population growth from Lafayette has moved southwards towards Vermilion Parish, there has […]