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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.
Map of Louisiana's congressional districts since 2025 Interactive map version. 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 ...
March 3, 1861 Know Nothing: 1st: Elected in 1858. Seat expired at the end of the 36th Congress due to Louisiana's succession. [a] Charles Boustany: January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 Republican: 7th: Elected in 2004. Redistricted to the 3rd district. January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 3rd: Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in ...
Louisiana voters will elect six members to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2025 fall congressional elections.
Louisiana's congressional districts since 2025 [1] These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . The current dean of the Louisiana delegation is Representative and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1) , having served in the House since 2008.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an ...
Louisiana's incumbent representatives and their voters are on pins and needles as they await a federal three-judge panel's ruling on whether the state's new congressional map that created a second ...
A Republican, Higgins is the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. The district, which contains much of the territory once represented by former governor Edwin Edwards and former U.S. senator John Breaux, is in the southwestern corner of the state and includes Lafayette, Lake Charles, and New Iberia.