2019 Louisiana State Senate election

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2019 Louisiana State Senate election
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 2015October 12, 2019 and
November 16, 2019
2023 

All 39 seats of the Louisiana State Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  3x4.svg Troy Carter.jpg
Leader John Alario
(term-limited)
Troy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 9, 2012January 11, 2016
Leader's seat 8th district 7th district
Seats before2514
Seats won2712
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote552,850269,181
Percentage65.41%31.85%

President of the Senate before election

John Alario
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Page Cortez
Republican

The 2019 Louisiana State Senate election was held on October 12, 2019, with runoff elections held on November 16, 2019. All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election to four-year terms. Under the Louisiana primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. Five districts held runoff elections due to no candidate receiving a majority of the vote in the general election. [1]

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The Republican Party expanded their majority by two seats over the Democratic Party, establishing a veto-proof majority in the Senate against Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. The party failed to gain a veto-proof majority in the concurrent House elections, however.

Overview

Louisiana State Senate April 2020.svg
PartyCandidatesVotes [2] Seats
No. %BeforeAfter+/–
Republican 50552,85065.412527Increase2.svg 2
Democratic 31269,18131.851412Decrease2.svg 2
Independent 214,5151.7200Steady2.svg
Libertarian 28,6821.0300Steady2.svg
Total845,228100.003939
Popular vote
Republican
65.41%
Democratic
31.85%
Other
2.74%
Senate seats
Republican
69.23%
Democratic
30.77%

Summary by district

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1st Sharon Hewitt Rep Sharon Hewitt Rep
2nd Ed Price Dem Ed Price Dem
3rd Jean-Paul Morrell DemJoseph Bouie Jr.Dem
4th Wesley T. Bishop Dem Jimmy Harris Dem
5th Karen Carter Peterson Dem Karen Carter Peterson Dem
6th Bodi White Rep Bodi White Rep
7th Troy Carter Dem Troy Carter Dem
8th John Alario Rep Patrick Connick Rep
9th Conrad Appel Rep Cameron Henry Rep
10th Danny Martiny Rep Kirk Talbot Rep
11th Jack Donahue Rep Patrick McMath Rep
12th Beth Mizell Rep Beth Mizell Rep
13th Dale M. Erdey Rep J. Rogers Pope Rep
14th Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb Dem Cleo Fields Dem
15th Regina Barrow Dem Regina Barrow Dem
16th Dan Claitor Rep Franklin Foil Rep
17th Rick Ward III Rep Rick Ward III Rep
18th Eddie J. Lambert Rep Eddie J. Lambert Rep
19th Gary Smith Jr. Dem Gary Smith Jr. Dem
20th Norby Chabert Rep Mike Fesi Rep
21st Bret Allain Rep Bret Allain Rep
22nd Fred Mills Rep Fred Mills Rep
23rd Page Cortez Rep Page Cortez Rep
24th Gerald Boudreaux Dem Gerald Boudreaux Dem
25th Dan Morrish Rep Mark Abraham Rep
26th Bob Hensgens Rep Bob Hensgens Rep
27th Ronnie Johns Rep Ronnie Johns Rep
28th Eric LaFleur Dem Heather Cloud Rep
29th Jay LuneauDemJay LuneauDem
30th John R. Smith Rep Mike Reese Rep
31st Gerald Long Rep Louie Bernard Rep
32nd Neil Riser Rep Glen Womack Rep
33rd Mike Walsworth Rep Stewart Cathey Jr. Rep
34th Francis C. Thompson Dem Katrina Jackson Dem
35th James R. Fannin Rep Jay Morris Rep
36th Ryan Gatti Rep Robert Mills Rep
37th Barrow Peacock Rep Barrow Peacock Rep
38th John Milkovich Dem Barry Milligan Rep
39th Gregory Tarver Dem Gregory Tarver Dem

Outgoing incumbents

Republicans

  1. District 8: John Alario was term-limited.
  2. District 9: Conrad Appel was term-limited.
  3. District 10: Danny Martiny was term-limited.
  4. District 11: Jack Donahue was term-limited.
  5. District 13: Dale M. Erdey was term-limited.
  6. District 16: Dan Claitor was term-limited.
  7. District 20: Norby Chabert was term-limited.
  8. District 25: Dan Morrish was term-limited.
  9. District 30: John R. Smith was term-limited.
  10. District 31: Gerald Long was term-limited.
  11. District 32: Neil Riser was term-limited.
  12. District 33: Mike Walsworth was term-limited.

Democrats

  1. District 3: Jean-Paul Morrell was term-limited.
  2. District 4: Wesley T. Bishop retired.
  3. District 14: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb was term-limited.
  4. District 28: Eric LaFleur was term-limited.
  5. District 34: Francis C. Thompson was term-limited.

Results

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39

District 1

Incumbent Republican Sharon Hewitt ran unopposed.

District 2

2019 Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ed Price (incumbent) 21,605 58.84
Democratic Troy E. Brown 15,11441.16
Total votes36,719 100.00
Democratic hold

District 3

2019 Louisiana's 3rd State Senate district election [3]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Bouie Jr.12,63944.33
Democratic John Bagneris 8,29529.10
Republican Kathleen Doody5,28718.55
Democratic Brandon Gregoire2,2878.02
Total votes28,508 100.00
General election
Democratic Joseph Bouie Jr. 20,734 59.65
Democratic John Bagneris 14,02740.35
Total votes34,761 100.00
Democratic hold

District 4

Democrat Jimmy Harris ran unopposed.

District 5

2019 Louisiana's 5th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Karen Carter Peterson (incumbent) 20,869 79.41
Democratic Allen Borne Jr.5,41220.59
Total votes26,281 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

2019 Louisiana's 6th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bodi White (incumbent) 29,531 79.54
Libertarian Rufus Craig7,59620.46
Total votes37,127 100.00
Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Troy Carter ran unopposed.

District 8

Republican Patrick Connick ran unopposed.

District 9

2019 Louisiana's 9th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cameron Henry 23,647 78.38
Republican Jon Hyers6,52421.62
Total votes30,171 100.00
Republican hold

District 10

2019 Louisiana's 10th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kirk Talbot 16,699 54.89
Republican Arita Lipps Bohannan13,72345.11
Total votes30,422 100.00
Republican hold

District 11

2019 Louisiana's 11th State Senate district election [3]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Reid Falconer 20,40447.45
Republican Patrick McMath 17,24840.11
Republican Daniel Ducote5,34512.43
Total votes42,997 100.00
General election
Republican Patrick McMath 27,801 55.60
Republican Reid Falconer 22,19844.40
Total votes49,999 100.00
Republican hold

District 12

2019 Louisiana's 12th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Beth Mizell (incumbent) 24,590 68.58
Democratic Darrell Fairburn11,26631.42
Total votes35,856 100.00
Republican hold

District 13

2019 Louisiana's 13th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. Rogers Pope 17,030 50.45
Republican Edith Carlin12,86038.09
Republican Deven W. Cavalier3,86911.46
Total votes33,759 100.00
Republican hold

District 14

2019 Louisiana's 14th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cleo Fields 13,529 52.52
Democratic Patricia Haynes Smith 12,22947.48
Total votes25,758 100.00
Democratic hold

District 15

2019 Louisiana's 15th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Regina Barrow (incumbent) 22,840 74.50
Democratic Gary Chambers7,81925.50
Total votes30,659 100.00
Democratic hold

District 16

2019 Louisiana's 16th State Senate district election [3]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beverly Brooks Thompson14,21333.71
Republican Franklin Foil 12,52329.70
Republican Stephen Carter 12,51929.69
Republican Bob Bell1,8264.33
Libertarian Everett Baudean1,0862.58
Total votes42,167 100.00
General election
Republican Franklin Foil 27,090 57.64
Democratic Beverly Brooks Thompson19,91242.36
Total votes47,002 100.00
Republican hold

District 17

Incumbent Republican Rick Ward III ran unopposed.

District 18

Incumbent Republican Eddie J. Lambert ran unopposed.

District 19

Incumbent Democrat Gary Smith Jr. ran unopposed.

District 20

2019 Louisiana's 20th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Fesi 15,546 54.48
Republican Damon J. Baldone5,16218.09
Democratic Jerry Gisclair4,07014.26
Democratic Brenda Leroux Babin2,7859.76
Republican Shane Swan9743.41
Total votes28,537 100.00
Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican Bret Allain ran unopposed.

District 22

Incumbent Republican Fred Mills ran unopposed.

District 23

Incumbent Republican Page Cortez ran unopposed.

District 24

2019 Louisiana's 24th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald Boudreaux (incumbent) 24,418 75.50
Independent Cory Levier I7,92224.50
Total votes32,340 100.00
Democratic hold

District 25

2019 Louisiana's 25th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Abraham 19,670 54.09
Republican Kevin M. Berken8,55323.52
Republican Johnny Guinn8,14422.39
Total votes36,367 100.00
Republican hold

District 26

2019 Louisiana's 26th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Hensgens (incumbent) 27,228 79.18
Democratic Jerry Gaspard7,16120.82
Total votes34,389 100.00
Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Ronnie Johns ran unopposed.

District 28

2019 Louisiana's 28th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Heather Cloud 22,293 63.14
Democratic Robert Johnson 8,37023.71
Democratic H. Bernard LeBas4,64613.16
Total votes35,309 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Jay Luneau ran unopposed.

District 30

2019 Louisiana's 30th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Reese 14,625 50.73
Republican Brett Geymann8,29621.84
Democratic James K. Armes III5,97320.72
Republican Reneé Hoffpauir-Klann1,9356.71
Total votes30,829 100.00
Republican hold

District 31

2019 Louisiana's 31st State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Louie Bernard 18,529 55.30
Republican Trey Flynn8,59625.66
Republican Douglas Brown6,38119.04
Total votes33,506 100.00
Republican hold

District 32

2019 Louisiana's 32nd State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glen Womack 18,588 50.11
Republican Steve May11,40030.73
Democratic Judy Duhon4,76312.84
Democratic Danny Cole2,3416.31
Total votes37,092 100.00
Republican hold

District 33

2019 Louisiana's 33rd State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stewart Cathey Jr. 16,658 51.95
Republican Wade Bishop15,40748.05
Total votes32,065 100.00
Republican hold

District 34

Democrat Katrina Jackson ran unopposed.

District 35

2019 Louisiana's 35th State Senate district election [3]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James R. Fannin (incumbent)12,55938.65
Republican Jay Morris 11,78236.26
Republican Matt Parker8,15425.09
Total votes32,495 100.00
General election
Republican Jay Morris 18,167 50.38
Republican James R. Fannin (incumbent)17,89449.62
Total votes36,061 100.00
Republican hold

District 36

2019 Louisiana's 36th State Senate district election [3]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Mills 16,30547.73
Republican Ryan Gatti (incumbent)12,88237.71
Democratic Mattie Preston4,97614.57
Total votes34,163 100.00
General election
Republican Robert Mills 22,050 56.17
Republican Ryan Gatti (incumbent)17,20943.83
Total votes39,259 100.00
Republican hold

District 37

2019 Louisiana's 37th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barrow Peacock (incumbent) 16,221 71.10
Independent Debbie Hollis6,59328.90
Total votes22,814 100.00
Republican hold

District 38

2019 Louisiana's 38th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barry Milligan 16,266 50.72
Democratic John Milkovich (incumbent)8,44726.34
Democratic Katrina D. Early7,35922.95
Total votes32,072 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

2019 Louisiana's 39th State Senate district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gregory Tarver (incumbent) 15,755 69.02
Republican Jim Slagle7,07130.98
Total votes22,826 100.00
Democratic hold

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