INCUMBENT: Jody Amedee (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 18 is located at the edge of the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, and includes parts of three parishes: most of Livingston Parish south of I-12, most of the east bank of Ascension Parish except for some black majority neighborhoods along the Mississippi River/in Gonzales, and parts of the […]

INCUMBENT: Elbert Lee Guillory (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 24 is located in Acadiana, and includes parts of three parishes. In Saint Landry Parish, it is centered on the city of Opelousas and areas to the north and south along I-49. In Lafayette Parish, it includes most of the parish north of downtown. It also includes […]

INCUMBENT: “Blade” Morrish (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 25 is located in southwest Louisiana, and it contains all of Cameron and Jefferson Davis Parishes. It also contains all but the northern and eastern fringes of Acadia Parish, and it includes the southern (and suburban) portions of Calcasieu Parish. DISTRICT MAP:               […]

INCUMBENT: Page Cortez (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 23 is located in Lafayette Parish, and includes its higher income neighborhoods directly to the south and southwest of downtown Lafayette. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 77% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: Senate District 23 is […]

INCUMBENT: Jonathan Perry (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 22 is located in Acadiana and includes all of Vermillion Parish, as well as the western fringe of Lafayette Parish, the eastern fringe of Acadia Parish, and part of southern Saint Landry Parish. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, […]

INCUMBENT: Fred Mills (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 22 is located in Acadiana, and includes the southeastern portion of Saint Landry Parish, most of Saint Martin Parish, a portion of Lafayette Parish in and around the suburb of Broussard, and most of Iberia Parish. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE […]

INCUMBENT: Ronnie Johns (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 27 is located in Calcasieu Parish and includes the urban core of Lake Charles, as well as the adjacent suburbs of Moss Bluff to the north and Sulphur to the west. This is a district where the vote is cast in the Lake Charles precincts and the suburban precincts […]

INCUMBENT: “Bret” Allain II (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 21 is located in south Louisiana, and includes all of Saint Mary Parish, as well as parts of Iberia, western Terrebonne, and northern Lafourche Parishes. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 61% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: […]

INCUMBENT: Norby Chabert (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 20 is located in the southernmost portions of the state and contains southern Lafourche Parish (generally, the portion of the parish south of Highway 90) and the eastern/southern portions of Terrebonne Parish, including most of Houma. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE RATING […]

INCUMBENT: Eric Lafleur (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 28 is located in a “transitional area” of Louisiana, where the flat lands and swamps of south Louisiana gradually give way to the hillier terrain of central and north Louisiana. Specifically, the district includes all of Allen and Evangeline Parishes, as well as most of Avoyelles Parish, the […]