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In 1972, the district elected David C. Treen as the first Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana since 1891. The state legislature redistricted in the 1980s, pushing the district out of the fast-growing suburbs of Metairie and the city of Kenner, to help keep the seat in the hands of Treen's Democratic successor, Billy Tauzin.
The U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
Louisiana voters will elect all six members of their U.S. House of Representatives delegation this year beginning with the Nov. 5 primary election that will include a new Black majority voter ...
Not shown: southern portion of the 15th Ward, northeastern portion of the 9th Ward. On the map Lake Pontchartrain is to the north and the Mississippi River is to the south; the 15th Ward is the only one south of the Mississippi River where Algiers is located. The city of New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, is divided into 17 wards.
2024 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Troy Carter (incumbent) 184,009 : 60.3 : Republican: Christy Lynch 41,641 13.6 Republican: Devin Graham 39,174 12.8 Democratic: Devin Davis 32,482 10.6 Republican: Shorell Perrilloux 7,878 2.6 Total votes 305,184 : 100.0 : Democratic hold
City council seats are highly contested with four candidates running in Wards 8 and 9, two candidates in Wards 3 and 5 and three candidates in Ward 12. Ward 4 is the only uncontested seat with Tim ...
The Supreme Court paved the way for Louisiana to use a congressional map in this year ... the court has acted to block changes to district maps or election laws in an election year, often in ways ...
The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. Like most Louisiana elections, these were conducted using a jungle primary that occurred on November 3, where all candidates ran on the same ballot in the primary, regardless of party. Any ...