INCUMBENT: Wesley Bishop (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 99 is located in New Orleans East and includes most of the 9th Ward, including all of the Lower 9th Ward and the Bywater neighborhood. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 95% Democratic JMCEL’s SUMMARY: When […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 30)
INCUMBENT: James Armes (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 30 is located in Central Louisiana and travels along US Highway 171 to includes areas between Leesville (in Vernon Parish) and DeRidder (in Beauregard Parish). DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 62% Republican JMCEL’s SUMMARY: […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 98)
INCUMBENT: Neil Abramson (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 98 is centered in Uptown New Orleans and contains roughly all territory between Claiborne Avenue and the Mississippi River northwest of Napoleon Avenue. Some of New Orleans’ most affluent neighborhoods are in this district, as well as two universities (Tulane and Loyola). DISTRICT MAP: […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 22)
INCUMBENT: Terry Brown (Independent) DESCRIPTION: House District 22 is located in central and north Louisiana, and contains all of Grant Parish, as well as parts of LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn Parishes. This is a primarily rural district, although there has been some suburban overflow from Alexandria in Grant Parish. DISTRICT MAP: […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 58)
INCUMBENT: Ed Price (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: District 58 is located in the heart of petrochemical Louisiana and is also the home of many of the historic plantations that people associate with Louisiana. The district itself includes portions of three parishes: (1) portions of Iberville Parish including the towns of Carville and White Castle, (2) the west […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 45)
INCUMBENT: Joel Robideaux (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 45 is located in the southwestern section of Lafayette in Lafayette Parish, and contains a mixture of middle and some upper income neighborhoods. The district itself is adjacent to, but does not include, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. DISTRICT MAP: […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 100)
INCUMBENT: Austin Badon (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 100 is located in New Orleans East and generally includes all territory between Crowder Road and Paris Road, with the northernmost boiundary being Lake Pontchartrain, and US Highway 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) being the district’s southern boundary. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 55)
INCUMBENT: “Dee” Richard (Independent) DESCRIPTION: House District 55 is located in northern Lafourche Parish, and is centered on Thibodaux (home of Nicholls State University). The district also takes in territory along LA 1 all the way down to US Highway 90. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 104)
INCUMBENT: Paul Hollis (Republican) DESCRIPTION: House District 104 is located in Saint Tammany Parish and includes territory on both sides of I-12 between Covington and Slidell, and is centered on the town of Lacombe. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 69% Republican JMCEL’s […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (House District 50)
INCUMBENT: Sam Jones (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: House District 50 is a coastal district in south Louisiana that includes parts of two parishes: most of Saint Mary Parish (except for portions of Morgan City), and the lower section of Saint Martin Parish. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, […]