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.
Charles Joseph Melançon is an American politician and the former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Louis Elwood Jenkins Jr.,known as Woody Jenkins,is a 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 who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based about 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 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 Louis Gurvich,who was elected in 2018. 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.
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.
Taylor Francis Barras is an American accountant and banker who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 48th district,based in Iberia Parish. On January 11,2016,as he began his third term in the chamber,Barras was elected House speaker by his colleagues,who in what was considered a political upset on the second ballot rejected Representative Walt Leger,III,of New Orleans,the choice of incoming Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards.
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.
Kenneth Edward Havard, known as Kenny Havard,is an American politician and businessman serving as the president of West Felician Parish. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 62nd district,which encompasses most of East and West Feliciana parishes and the northwest corner of East Baton Rouge Parish,including the city of Zachary.
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.
Edmond Dwayne Jordan is an American attorney and politician. He is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 29. On May 14,2016,he won a special election runoff to succeed fellow Democrat Ronnie Edwards.
Paula Davis,is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Richard Phillip Edmonds Jr.,is an American pastor and politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Republican,he is a member of the Louisiana Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish. He previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and was among nine candidates for secretary of state in the 2018 special election to fill the seat vacated by Tom Schedler.
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.
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.
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.
