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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.
1806–1811: 1 non-voting delegate. The first non-voting delegate took his seat on December 1, 1806, representing Orleans Territory's at-large congressional district. Congress. Delegate at-large. 9th (1805–1807) Daniel Clark. 10th (1807–1809) 11th (1809–1811) Julien de Lallande Poydras.
Districts may sometimes retain the same boundaries, while changing their district numbers. The following is a complete list of the 435 current congressional districts for the House of Representatives, and over 200 obsolete districts, and the six current and one obsolete non-voting delegations.
Bill Cassidy (R) John Kennedy (R) Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3. Its current senators are Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy. Russell Long was the state's longest serving senator, served 1948–1987. Louisiana is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...
R+21 [ 3 ] Louisiana's 3rd congressional district is a United States congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers the southwestern and south central portion of the state, ranging from the Texas border to the Atchafalaya River. The district is currently represented by Republican Clay Higgins, a former sheriff's ...
Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.
In a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Monroe, Louisiana, found that Senate Bill 8, which provided for the redistricting of congressional districts in the state ...
R+23 [ 3 ] Louisiana's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district comprises land from the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain south to the Mississippi River delta. It covers most of New Orleans ' suburbs, as well as a sliver of New Orleans itself. The district is currently represented by ...