Louisiana's 36th State Senate district

Louisiana's 36th State Senate district
Senator	Robert Mills R – Shreveport
Registration	44.0%  Republican 31.3%  Democratic 24.7%  No party preference
Demographics	71%  White 23%  Black 3%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 1% Other
Population (2019)	111,746 [1]
Registered voters	72,879 [2]

Louisiana's 36th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Robert Mills since 2020, following his 2019 defeat of Republican incumbent Ryan Gatti. ^[3]

Geography

District 36 covers all of Webster Parish and parts of Bienville, Bossier, and Claiborne Parishes in eastern Ark-La-Tex, including some or all of Ringgold, Springhill, Minden, Plain Dealing, Benton, Haughton, Eastwood, Red Chute, and Bossier City. ^[2]

The district is located entirely within Louisiana's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th 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 36 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Mills	16,305	47.7
	Republican	Ryan Gatti (incumbent)	12,882	37.7
	Democratic	Mattie Preston	4,976	14.6
Total votes			34,163	100
General election
	Republican	Robert Mills	22,050	56.2
	Republican	Ryan Gatti (incumbent)	17,209	43.8
Total votes			39,259	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 36 ^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Lee Burns	10,202	40.3
	Republican	Ryan Gatti	8,649	34.2
	Democratic	Todd Hollenshead	6,465	25.5
Total votes			25,316	100
General election
	Republican	Ryan Gatti	14,023	50.6
	Republican	Henry Lee Burns	13,698	49.4
Total votes			27,721	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 36 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Adley (incumbent)	Unopposed	100
Total votes			Unopposed	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [6]
2020	President [7]	Trump 72.8–25.9%
2019	Governor (runoff) [8]	Rispone 66.6–33.4%
2016	President	Trump 72.1–25.4%
2015	Governor (runoff) [9]	Vitter 58.8–41.2%
2014	Senate (runoff)	Cassidy 69.5–30.5%
2012	President	Romney 70.9–28.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 36, LA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
2. "Registration Statistics - Parish". Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin. September 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
3. "State Senator Robert Mills - Republican District 36". Louisiana State Senate. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
5. "Louisiana State Senate District 36". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 11, 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 24, 2019.