James Otis McCrery III is an American lawyer,politician and lobbyist who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1988 to 2009. He represented the 4th District of Louisiana,based in the northwestern quadrant of the state.
Richard Hugh Baker is an American politician and lobbyist. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2008,representing the 6th District of Louisiana as a Republican.
Louis Elwood Jenkins Jr.,known as Woody Jenkins,is an American newspaper editor in Baton Rouge and Central City,Louisiana,who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000 and waged three unsuccessful races for the United States Senate in 1978,1980,and 1996.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based in Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
The politics of Louisiana involve political parties,laws and the state constitution,and the many other groups that influence the governance of the state. The state was a one-party Deep South state dominated by the Democratic Party from the end of Reconstruction to the 1960s,forming the backbone of the "Solid South." This was due to the near-total disenfranchisement of the state's large African-American population during this time,who mostly voted Republican. The Civil Rights era turned the state into a competitive one on the federal level,as it voted for the nationwide winner in every election between 1972 and 2004. It remained Democratic on the state and local level until the turn of the 21st century,allowing Republicans to win control of the state legislature and every statewide office in 2011. Republicans won a United States Senate seat for Louisiana in the election of 2004,for the first time since 1876. Republicans captured both seats in the election of 2014 for the first time since 1872. In the election of 2008,the state voted for a losing presidential candidate for the first time since 1968. Democrats won less than 40% of the presidential popular vote in the state in the elections of 2016 and 2020.
Anthony Claude Leach Jr.,known as Buddy Leach,was an American businessman,lawyer,military veteran,and Democratic politician from Louisiana. From 1979 to 1981,he served one term as a U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. He also served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and as chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
The Republican Party of Louisiana(LAGOP) (French:Parti républicain de Louisiane,Spanish:Partido Republicano de Luisiana) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its chair is Derek Babcock who was elected in 2024. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling all but one of Louisiana's six U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all statewide executive offices,and both houses of the state legislature.
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.
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.
Charles Michael Futrell,known as Mike Futrell,is the city manager for Riverside,California. He is an attorney,a retired United States Navy officer,and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21,2015,to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.
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.
James Robert Wooley,known as J. Robert Wooley,is an attorney in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as a Democrat as his state's insurance commissioner from 2003 to 2006. He was also the acting insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2003.
Barry Dee Ivey is a businessman from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 24,2015. All of Louisiana's executive officers,in addition to both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature were up for election. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system,all candidates appeared on the same ballot,regardless of party and voters voted for any candidate,regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election,a runoff election was held on November 21,2015,between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system.
Clara Denise Marcelle is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 61 in East Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana. She succeeded her fellow Democrat Alfred C. Williams,who died in office on August 4,2015.
Paula Davis,is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
James Joseph Donelon III is an American politician. He served as the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner from 2006 to 2024. He previously served as member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001.
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.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14,2023,with second rounds held on November 18 where needed. Louisiana uses a two round system,where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round,and if no candidate wins an absolute majority,a runoff between the top two is held.
