Lafayette is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana,located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth-most populous city with a 2020 census population of 121,374;the consolidated city-parish's population was 241,753 in 2020. The Lafayette metropolitan area was Louisiana's third largest metropolitan statistical area with a population of 478,384 at the 2020 census. The Acadiana region containing Lafayette is the largest population and economic corridor between Houston,Texas and New Orleans.
David Conner Treen Sr. was an American politician and attorney from Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,Treen served as U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 1973 to 1980 and the 51st governor of Louisiana from 1980 to 1984. Treen was the first Republican elected to either office since Reconstruction.
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention,which met in New York City to nominate the Carter-Mondale ticket. She was the first woman to preside over a major party convention.
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.
Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003,he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002.
Raymond Lalonde was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Carencro in Lafayette Parish. He resided in the town of Sunset in St. Landry Parish. He served in the Louisiana House from 1980 to 1996.
Michael Coyne Turzai is an American politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who served as Speaker of the House. He is from Allegheny County and represented the 28th legislative district between 2001 and 2020. His district included the municipalities of Pine Township,Marshall Township,Bradford Woods,Franklin Park,and McCandless. Turzai served as the House Majority Leader from 2011 until 2015,and was elected Speaker in January 2015. He was a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2018 until he suspended his campaign in February 2018. He resigned from his House seat in 2020;after leaving office,he became general counsel for Peoples Gas,a subsidiary of Essential Utilities.
Jerome P. "Dee" Richard is an American politician who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2020. A native and resident of Thibodaux,Richard represented the 55th district,which encompasses Lafourche Parish,Louisiana.
William Franklin Spooner,known as Frank Spooner,is an oil and natural gas producer in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana,who has been active since the early 1970s in his state's Republican Party. In the fall of 1976,Spooner waged a strong but losing race for the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district in a bid to succeed incumbent Otto Passman,who had been unseated in the Democratic primary by farmer/businessman Jerry Huckaby,then from Ringgold in Bienville Parish. Therefore,instead of facing Passman,as he had expected,Spooner competed with Huckaby for a relatively rare open seat in the state's congressional delegation.
Julie Cathryn Emerson is an American small business owner and politician. She is from Carencro,Louisiana. She is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 39 in Lafayette and St. Landry parishes in South Louisiana.
The 1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5,1912,as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1900 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6,1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president.
The 1904 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8,1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president.
Bill George Ramos is a Democratic member of the Washington Legislature representing the State's 5th House district for position 1. Ramos has held office since 2019 after being elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020.
The 1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3,1936,as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8,1932,as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
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.
The 1924 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4,1924,as part of the 1924 United States presidential election,which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose ten representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1908 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3,1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president.
The 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 14,2023 to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.
