INCUMBENT: David Heitmeier (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 7 is located in the Westbank and includes parts of three parishes: (1) all of the Algiers section of New Orleans except for a few precincts along the Mississippi River directly facing the Riverfront, (2) most of Gretna and Woodmere in Jefferson Parish, and (3) precincts in and around Belle […]

INCUMBENT: Bob Kostelka (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 35 is located both in central and north Louisiana, and contains portions of metropolitan Alexandria, Monroe, and Ruston, as well as the rural territory connecting those three cities. Curiously, the campuses of both Louisiana Tech and the University of Louisiana at Monroe are contained within the district boundaries. […]

INCUMBENT: Karen Carter Peterson (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 5 is located in New Orleans and includes some of its most affluent neighborhoods along Saint Charles Avenue, as well as the Garden District and most of Uptown. It also includes its black neighborhoods between the Central Business District and Midcity, as well as a salient of […]

INCUMBENT: Robert Adley (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 36 is located in northwest Louisiana and includes all of Webster Parish. It also includes the western portions of Claiborne and Bienville Parishes, as well as the rural and rapidly suburbanizing fringe of Bossier Parish between I-220 and the parish seat of Benton. While this appears to be […]

INCUMBENT: Barrow Peacock (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 37 is located in northwest Louisiana and contains portions of two parishes: the more affluent precincts of Shreveport in Caddo Parish east of I-49, and in Bossier Parish, the close in neighborhoods of Bossier City, as well as subdivisions at the periphery of Barksdale Air Force Base along […]

INCUMBENT: J.P. Morrell (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 3 is located in metropolitan New Orleans and includes most of New Orleans East/the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, most of Arabi and Chalmette in Saint Bernard Parish, and parts of the Westbank of Jefferson Parish. DISTRICT MAP:                 RED/BLUE […]

INCUMBENT: Sherri Buffington (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 38 is located in northwest Louisiana and contains all of DeSoto and the southern portions of Caddo Parish. This district is a mixture of rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods. DISTRICT MAP:                   RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): […]

INCUMBENT: Troy Brown (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 2 is located in the River Parishes and includes parts of eight parishes: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John, and West Baton Rouge. This was a newly created district in 2011 that was drawn to have a black majority. DISTRICT MAP:           […]

INCUMBENT: Greg Tarver (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 39 is located in Caddo Parish, and includes both its northern portions and most of the city of Shreveport. From a landmass perspective, it appears to be a rural district, although a closer inspection reveals that most of its votes are cast in inner city precincts in Shreveport roughly […]

INCUMBENT: A.G. Crowe (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 1 is located in the southeastern corner of the state and includes parts of four parishes: the east bank of Plaquemines Parish, the outer portions of Saint Bernard Parish, the easternmost portion of Orleans Parish, and portions of Saint Tammany centered on Slidell and Pearl River. DISTRICT MAP: […]