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.
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.
The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, is an American political organisation composed of African Americans elected to the Louisiana Legislature.
Samuel Bernard Nunez Jr.,,was a Louisiana politician and businessman from Chalmette,the seat of St. Bernard Parish in the New Orleans suburbs.
Sharon Weston Broome is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge,Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10,2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Louisiana may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Louisiana as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Same-sex marriage has been recognized in the state since June 2015 as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. New Orleans,the state's largest city,is regarded as a hotspot for the LGBTQ community.
Alan Thomas Seabaugh is an American attorney from Shreveport,Louisiana,who is a Republican member of the Louisiana Senate from District 31. He previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 5 in Caddo Parish.
Paul Bryan Hollis is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the revised 104th District in St. Tammany Parish in southeastern Louisiana from 2012 to 2024.
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.
Russell Barrow Peacock is a former Republican state senator for District 37 in northwestern Louisiana.
Barry Dee Ivey is a businessman from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65.
Katrina Renee Jackson-Andrews is an American attorney and politician from Monroe,Louisiana,who is a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 34th district,serving since 2020. From 2012 until 2020,Jackson served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 16th district,which includes Morehouse and Ouachita parishes.
Garret Neal Graves is an American politician serving as the United States representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. After redistricting dismantled his district,he declined to run for re-election in 2024.
Paula Davis,is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Barbara West Carpenter is a college official and state legislator in Louisiana. She works at Southern University. She is an alumnus from Capitol High School in Baton Rouge and Southern University. She is a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus. A member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 63rd district,she has served since 2015.
Larry Selders is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 67th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed on January 13,2021.
Jean McGlothlin Doerge is director of the Germantown Colony and Museum in Webster Parish,Louisiana,and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represented District 10 from 1998 to 2012. From 2001 to 2006,she served as the vice chair of the House's Commerce Committee;in 2007,she was appointed to the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee,and from 2008 to 2012,she served as the vice chair of the Retirement Committee.
Johnnie Anderson Jones Sr. was an American politician,soldier,and civil rights attorney associated with the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott,the first anti-segregation bus boycott,in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. This was a precursor to the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery,Alabama.
Scott McKnight is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 68th district. Elected in November 2019,he assumed office on January 13,2020.
