David Conner Treen Sr. was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party,Jindal previously served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 2005 to 2008,and served as chair of the Republican Governors Association from 2012 to 2013.
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.
Louisiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 5th district encompasses rural northeastern Louisiana and much of central Louisiana,as well as the northern part of Louisiana's Florida parishes in southeastern Louisiana,taking in Monroe,Alexandria,Amite and Bogalusa.
John Georges is an American businessman from New Orleans,who owns Louisiana's two largest newspapers and online news sites. He formerly served on the Louisiana Board of Regents,the body which supervises higher education in his native state. In 2007,he ran for governor as an independent. He received 186,000 votes and procured a plurality in Orleans Parish. In 2010,he sought the office of mayor of New Orleans as a Democrat;he finished a distant third behind two other Democrats.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2,2004,and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
William Harold Nungesser is an American politician serving as the 54th lieutenant governor of Louisiana since 2016. A member of the Republican Party,Nungesser is also the former president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission,having been re-elected to a second four-year term in the 2010 general election in which he topped two opponents with more than 71 percent of the vote. His second term as parish president began on January 1,2011,and ended four years later.
Valarie Dawn Hope Hodges is a politician and businessperson from Denham Springs,Louisiana. She is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 64th state House district of the Louisiana House of Representatives which includes the rural portions of northwest Livingston Parish and northeast East Baton Rouge parish including the areas of Pride and Watson from January 2012 to January 2024. On January 8,2024,she assumed her role in the Louisiana State Senate where she represents the constituents of the 13th district which largely encompasses Livingston Parish north of Interstate 12.
Elbert Lee Guillory is an American politician who is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. A Republican,he represented District 24,including his native Opelousas,and several rural precincts,from May 2,2009,when he won a special election,until January 11,2016,when his full term to which he was elected in 2011 ended. Guillory previously served from 2006 to 2009 as state representative for District 40. Guillory is running to represent Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the 2024 election.
Richard Joseph Ward III,known as Rick Ward III,is an attorney and politician from Port Allen,Louisiana,who was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate,representing district 17 until his resignation in June 2022.
Barry Dee Ivey is a businessman from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65.
Troy Earl Brown is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Senate. From 2012 to 2017,when he resigned his seat in scandal,Brown represented District 2,which includes parts of Ascension,Assumption,Iberville,Lafourche,St. Charles,St. John the Baptist,St. James,and West Baton Rouge parishes.
Vance Michael McAllister Sr. is an American businessman and Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He won a special runoff election held on November 16,2013,for the seat vacated by fellow Republican Rodney Alexander.
The 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24,2015,to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana,with a runoff election held on November 21,2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for governor. Billy Nungesser won the election defeating Kip Holden,despite a Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election,in which John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter by a similar margin.
Lawrence A. Bagley Jr.,known as Larry Bagley,is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 7,which encompasses Caddo,DeSoto,and Sabine parishes in northwestern Louisiana. In January 2016,he succeeded outgoing Republican Representative Richard Burford,an unsuccessful candidate against the Conservative Democrat John Milkovich for the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in the general election held on November 21,2015.
The Louisiana State Treasurer special election took place on October 14,2017,to elect the state treasurer of Louisiana,with a runoff election to be held on November 18,2017,if necessary. Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. First Assistant Treasurer Ron Henson replaced Kennedy as treasurer,and served until the special election. Henson did not run in the special election.
Richard Phillip Edmonds Jr.,is an American pastor and politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Republican,he is a member of the Louisiana Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish. He previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and was among nine candidates for secretary of state in the 2018 special election to fill the seat vacated by Tom Schedler.
Dan Claitor is an American politician. He served as a Republican member for the 16th district of the Louisiana State Senate.
