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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 29)

INCUMBENT: Rick Gallot (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 29 is a district in central and north Louisiana that generally travels along US Highway 167 between Ruston and Alexandria and takes in parts of seven parishes: Bienville, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Rapides, and Winn, although 54% of the district vote is cast in Rapides Parish (Alexandria). DISTRICT […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 30)

INCUMBENT: John Smith (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 30 is located along the western side of the state and includes all of Beauregard and Vernon Parishes. It also includes the northern and westernmost portions of Calcasieu Parish. The overall tone of this district is rural, although there has been some suburban development along US Highway 171 […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 11)

INCUMBENT: Jack Donahue (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 11 is located in the Florida Parishes along I-12, and in Tangipahoa Parish includes the fast growing areas to the east of Hammond, while in Saint Tammany, it includes the suburbs of Madisonville, Mandeville, Covington, Abita Springs, and Lacombe. This is an area that has seen rapid growth […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 31)

INCUMBENT: Gerald Long (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 31 is located in central/north Louisiana and contains all of Red River and Sabine Parishes, as well as parts of Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, and most of Rapides Parish south of the Red River. This is a district that appears to be a rural district, but with the addition […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 10)

INCUMBENT: Danny Martiny (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 10 is one of two state senate districts that is anchored in the Eastbank of Jefferson Parish and includes the Westernmost portions of Metairie, most of Kenner except for some minority neighborhoods near the Louis Armstrong Airport, and the suburbs of Harahan and River Ridge. DISTRICT MAP:   […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 32)

INCUMBENT: “Neil” Riser (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 32 is a district that is anchored in northeast Louisiana but actually includes all or parts of nine parishes (all of Catahoula, Columbia, Franklin, and LaSalle; and parts of Avoyelles, Concordia, Ouachita, Rapides, and West Feliciana) from north Louisiana all the way to the Florida Parishes. This is […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 9)

INCUMBENT: Conrad Appel (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 9 is located mostly in the Eastbank of Jefferson Parish and is centered in the suburb of Metairie, although some black majority precincts along Airline Highway were placed in an adjacent black majority district during the 2011 reapportionment. The District also includes a portion of New Orleans in […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 33)

INCUMBENT: Mike Walsworth (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 33 is located in north Louisiana and includes all of Union and West Carroll Parishes. It also includes portions of Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, and Ouachita Parishes. While this appears to be a rural district, 39% of the voters live in the northern suburbanized fringes of Ouachita Parish. DISTRICT […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 8)

INCUMBENT: John Alario (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 8 is located in the Westbank and includes most of the geographic landmass of the Jefferson Parish portion, which means that Westwego, most of Marrero, and Terrytown are in the district. The district also includes the lightly populated areas to the south all the way to Grand Isle, […]

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Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 34)

INCUMBENT: Francis Thompson (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 34 is located in the Delta region of Northeast Louisiana and contains all or parts of seven parishes: all of Tensas, Madison, and East Carroll Parishes, and portions of Concordia, Richland, Morehouse, and Ouachita Parishes. This was a district that was drawn in 1991 to be a black […]

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