The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 2,2004,to elect all 435 seats of the chamber. It coincided with the re-election of President George W. Bush as well as many Senate elections and gubernatorial elections. Prior to the election in the 108th Congress,Republicans held 227 seats,Democrats held 205,with two Republican vacancies and one independent. As a result of this election,the 109th Congress began composed of 232 Republicans,201 Democrats,one independent,and one vacancy.
Wilbert Joseph Tauzin II is an American lobbyist and politician. He served as the President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),a pharmaceutical company lobby group.
The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party,which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election,known as class 2 Senate seats,were last up for regular election in 1996. The election cycle was held on November 5,2002,almost 14 months after the September 11,2001,attacks.
The 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,2008,with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. 33 seats were up for regular elections;the winners were eligible to serve 6-year terms from January 3,2009,to January 3,2015,as members of Class 2. There were also 2 special elections,the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended on January 3,2013. The presidential election,which was won by Democrat Barack Obama,elections for all House of Representatives seats;elections for several gubernatorial elections;and many state and local elections occurred on the same date.
Charles Joseph Melançon is an American politician and former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Charles William Boustany Jr. is an American politician,physician,and former congressman from Lafayette,Louisiana,who served as the U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. He was previously a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs,a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30,2006.
The first round of the Louisiana House election of 2006 were held on Tuesday,November 7,2006. The terms of all seven Representatives to the United States House of Representatives will expire on January 3,2007,and will be put up for contest. The winning candidates will serve a two-year term from January 3,2007,to January 3,2009. If necessary,a runoff round will be held on December 9,2006.
Jacques Maurice Roy was the twenty-third mayor of Alexandria,the parish seat of Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. He is a Democrat.
Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003,he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002.
The 2008 congressional elections in Louisiana to determine representation for the state of Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives occurred November 4,2008. Louisiana has seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Samuel Bernard Nunez Jr.,,was a Louisiana politician and businessman from Chalmette,the seat of St. Bernard Parish in the New Orleans suburbs.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 2,2004. Incumbent Democratic Senator John Breaux decided to retire after three terms in office. Republican Representative David Vitter won the open seat with more than 50% of the primary vote. He thus avoided a runoff that would have otherwise been held on December 4,became the first Louisiana Republican elected to the U.S. Senate since 1876,and the first ever to be popularly elected. This election was the first time ever that a Republican won a full term to this Senate seat in Louisiana. The third-placed candidate,John Kennedy,later won this same seat as a Republican in 2016 and 2022.
Willie Landry Mount is an American politician from Louisiana who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2000 to 2012. She represented District 27,which includes parts of her native Lake Charles and the surrounding cities of Sulphur and Westlake. From 1993 to 1999,Mount was the first woman to serve as the mayor of Lake Charles.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4,2008,was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with those of other federal and state offices,including the United States Senate.
Anthony Joseph Guarisco Jr.,sometimes known as Tony Guarisco,is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Senate from Morgan City in St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana. He represented Senate District 21 from 1976 to 1988,which included the parishes of St. Mary,Assumption,Terrebonne,and St. Martin,two precincts only.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 24,2015. All of Louisiana's executive officers,in addition to both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature were up for election. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system,all candidates appeared on the same ballot,regardless of party and voters voted for any candidate,regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election,a runoff election was held on November 21,2015,between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system.
Robert Max Ross was a Republican activist and a candidate for numerous statewide and local offices who resided in Mangham in northeastern Louisiana. He was among the earliest advocates for the Republican political movement at a time when no GOP candidate had been elected statewide in more than a century. He ran as one of two candidates in the Republican primaries for governor in 1972 and Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat in 1974. After Louisiana adopted the jungle primary system,Ross qualified again for governor in 1983 and also the United States Senate in 1984. He additionally ran for the Louisiana State Senate as well as mayor of Mangham during other election years.
