INCUMBENT: Erich Ponti (Republican) DESCRIPTION: This is a district in Baton Rouge that contains a mixture of older and newer neighborhoods that are generally upper middle class, with some affluent neighborhoods. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 69% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: While historically […]

INCUMBENT: Chuck Kleckley (Republican) (Speaker of the House) DESCRIPTION: This is a suburban district in the southern fringes of Lake Charles that contains many of its newer and/or higher income neighborhoods. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 73% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: This […]

INCUMBENT: Lance Harris (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Rural and suburban House district in southern Rapides Parish that exemplifies the steady change in Louisiana’s political coloration from Southern Democratic to Republican, although Republicans never seriously contested this district until 2007, and they finally were victorious in 2011. DISTRICT MAP:                   […]

INCUMBENT: Jim Morris (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Rural and suburban House district north of Shreveport in northern Caddo and Bossier Parishes that contains a newly opened stretch of I-49 as it heads north towards the Arkansas border. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 69% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: […]

With statewide and legislative elections in Louisiana just over four months away, JMC Enterprises of Louisiana/JMC Analytics and Polling would like to offer a “political snapshot” of all 144 legislative districts for its readers using election data from the 2008 Senate race, 2008 Presidential race, 2012 Presidential race, and the 2014 Senate runoff.