The University of Louisiana System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It enrolls more students than the other three public university systems in the state;as of October 2023,it claims more than 91,500 students throughout its institutions. Its headquarters are in the Claiborne Building in Baton Rouge.
Grambling State University is a public historically black university in Grambling,Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. Grambling State is a member-school of the University of Louisiana System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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.
Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden,is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker,Central City,and Zachary.
Richard Alvin Tonry was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 1st congressional district for a partial term in 1977.
Charles Carmen Foti Jr. is a lawyer in New Orleans and a politician who served a single term from 2004 to 2008 as the Democratic Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana,United States. Prior to becoming attorney general,Foti had been repeatedly reelected and served for thirty years as Orleans Parish criminal sheriff.
Cedric Bradford Glover is a Democratic Party politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives,representing District 4. He was earlier the two-term mayor of Shreveport,Louisiana,the first African-American to hold that position.
Southern University Law Center is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the historically black Southern University System and was opened for instruction in September 1947. It was authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Education as a Law School for blacks to be located at Southern University,a historically black college,and to open for the 1947-1948 academic session.
Jacques Maurice Roy was the twenty-third mayor of Alexandria,the parish seat of Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. He is a Democrat.
The political balance in Louisiana was heavily affected by the post-Hurricane Katrina departure from New Orleans. Heavily Democratic New Orleans lost some 1/3 of its population. The overall effect reduced the Democrats' base of support in the state and turned Louisiana into a Republican-leaning state thereafter. New Orleans remained Democratic,electing Mitch Landrieu as mayor in February 2010. In the 2008 elections,Louisiana sent a mixed result,with the election of U.S. Senator John McCain for President and the reelection of Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu. The other senator,at the time,was Republican David Vitter.
Nancy Ruth Landry,also known as Nancy L. Matthews,is an American politician who has served as the Secretary of State of Louisiana since January 2024. She previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 31st district from 2008 to 2019.
Fred Henry Mills,Jr.,is an American pharmacist,banker,and politician from Parks,Louisiana who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate,having won a special election on January 22,2011. Mills had previously represented District 46 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Charles R. Chaney,known as Bubba Chaney,is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 19,which includes his home city of Rayville in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
John Lance Harris is an American businessman and politician from Alexandria,Louisiana. He was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25 in Rapides Parish. In 2020,Harris ran for Congress in Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He was defeated by fellow Republican Luke Letlow in the runoff election.
Theodore Michael Haik Jr.,known as Ted Haik,is an attorney in New Iberia,Louisiana,who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1996. He represented House District 49,which includes portions of Iberia,St. Mary,and Vermilion parishes. He is the older brother of U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik of Lafayette and Suzanne Haik Terrell of New Orleans,the last Louisiana elections commissioner who served from 2000 to 2004 and the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the 2002 U.S. Senate race against the incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu.
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.
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.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 6,2018. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2018. The Republican Party won every statewide office in 2018.
Louisiana's 29th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Jay Luneau since 2016,succeeding fellow Democrat Rick Gallot.
Jason Wynne Hughes is an American politician. He is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 100th District,serving since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic party.
