Louisiana's 24th State Senate district

Louisiana's 24th State Senate district
Senator	Gerald Boudreaux D – Lafayette
Registration	56.3%  Democratic 19.2%  Republican 24.4%  No party preference
Demographics	39%  White 56%  Black 3%  Hispanic 0%  Asian 1% Other
Population (2019)	124,869 [1]
Registered voters	82,471 [2]

Louisiana's 24th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Gerald Boudreaux since 2016, succeeding Democrat-turned-Republican Elbert Guillory. ^[3]

Geography

District 24 stretches across several majority-black sections of Lafayette, St. Landry, and St. Martin Parishes in Acadiana, including northern Lafayette and some or all of Carencro, Scott, Sunset, Opelousas, Eunice, and Port Barre. ^[2]

The district overlaps with Louisiana's 3rd, 4th, and 5th congressional districts, and with the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 44th, 46th, and 96th districts of the Louisiana House of Representatives. ^[4]

Recent election results

Louisiana uses a jungle primary system. If no candidate receives 50% in the first round of voting, when all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party, the top-two finishers advance to a runoff election.

2019

2019 Louisiana State Senate election, District 24 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Boudreaux (incumbent)	24,418	75.5
	Independent	Cory Levier I	7,922	24.5
Total votes			32,340	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 24 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Boudreaux	17,846	60.8
	Democratic	Ledricka Thierry	11,528	39.2
Total votes			29,374	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 24 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elbert Guillory (incumbent)	12,768	46.4
	Democratic	Don Cravins Sr.	11,210	40.7
	Democratic	Kelly Scott	3,550	12.9
Total votes			27,528	100
General election
	Democratic	Elbert Guillory (incumbent)	13,183	55.7
	Democratic	Don Cravins Sr.	10,504	44.3
Total votes			23,687	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6]
2020	President [7]	Biden 57.0–41.2%
2019	Governor (runoff) [8]	Edwards 64.4–35.6%
2016	President	Clinton 57.4–40.0%
2015	Governor (runoff) [9]	Edwards 71.9–28.1%
2014	Senate (runoff)	Landrieu 62.4–37.6%
2012	President	Obama 60.8–38.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 24, LA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
2. "Registration Statistics - Parish". Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin. September 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
3. "State Senator Gerald Boudreaux - Democrat District 24". Louisiana State Senate. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
5. "Louisiana State Senate District 24". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
8. @PrdNewEnglander. "Since I've gotten a request for it, here are the numbers and data for each state senate district. #lagov" . Retrieved November 22, 2019.
9. @JMilesColeman. "My numbers for #LAGov by State Senate seat. Republicans sitting in @JohnBelforLA districts are highlighted. #lalege" . Retrieved October 12, 2019.