INCUMBENT: Chris Broadwater (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 86 is located in the middle portion of Tangipahoa Parish and contains the suburbanizing neighborhoods in and around Hammond, although there is some residual Democratic sentiment in towns along US Highway 51 like Independence, Tickfaw, and Natalbany. There is a simple region for the district’s convoluted shape: a neighboring […]

INCUMBENT: Brett Geymann (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 35 is located in the northern fringes of Lake Charles, and contains a mixture of urban, suburban, and rural precincts in Calcasieu and Beauregard Parishes, with just over 80% of the district vote coming from the Calcasieu precincts. DISTRICT MAP:                 […]

INCUMBENT: Stuart Bishop (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 43 is a suburban district in southern Lafayette Parish south of the Vermilion River that contains some of Lafayette’s most affluent (and fast growing) neighborhoods, such as the prestigious River Ranch development. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and […]

INCUMBENT: Mike Johnson (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 8 is a suburban district in Bossier Parish that includes most of Bossier City north of I-20 and all of the suburban development that has occurred along Benton Road between Bossier City and Benton. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using […]

INCUMBENT: Richie Burford (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 7 is a district in northwest Louisiana that contains portions of three parishes (Caddo, Desoto, and Sabine) and is a mixture of suburban and rural precincts, although a majority (54%) of the vote is cast in Caddo Parish. DISTRICT MAP:                 […]

INCUMBENT: Steve Pugh (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 73 contains the southern portion of Tangipahoa Parish (roughly everything south of I-12) and is centered on Ponchatoula. This is a district that epitomizes the rapid suburbanization of the I-12 corridor between Baton Rouge and Slidell, and its politics have accordingly changed as well, as a district that […]

INCUMBENT: Greg Miller (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 56 includes most of Saint Charles and a portion of St John Parish. There is a political reason for its convoluted shape: because the massive population displacement that was an after effect of Hurricane Katrina, new black majority districts had to be drawn throughout the state. One of […]

INCUMBENT: Gordon Dove (Republican) DESCRIPTION: This is a district that includes the more affluent and Republican neighborhoods west of Houma. It also includes a small portion of Lafourche Parish. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 73% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: While the Republican trend […]

INCUMBENT: John Bel Edwards (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: This is a predominately rural district that contains parts of East Feliciana and Tangipahoa Parishes, as well as all of St Helena Parish. There is a simple reason for the elongated shape of the district in Tangipahoa Parish: it was drawn in 1991 to elect a black legislator, although […]

INCUMBENT: Nick Lorusso (Republican) DESCRIPTION: This is a district containing equal parts of Orleans and Jefferson Parish (with Orleans containing about 60% of the voters) that was actually the combination of two separate House districts (one in Orleans and one in Jefferson) after the 2011 reapportionment. The overall tone is middle to upper middle class, with some […]