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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 U.S. state of Louisiana currently has six congressional districts.The state has had as many as eight districts; the eighth district was eliminated on January 9, 1993 after results of the 1990 census, and the seventh district was eliminated in 2013, following results of the 2010 census, largely because of people moving interstate after Hurricane Katrina hit the state.
Julia Janelle Letlow (/ ˈ l ɛ t l oʊ / LET-loh; née Barnhill; born March 16, 1981) is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district since 2021. [4] Letlow is the first Republican woman to represent Louisiana in the House. [5]
1st Congressional District. Incumbent Republican Congressman Steve Scalise of Metairie has been endorsed by the Louisiana Republican Party and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Shreveport ...
Louisiana voters will elect six members to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2025 fall congressional elections.
The three-judge panel issued a 2-1 decision last week ruling Louisiana's congressional map creating a second Black majority district was unconstitutional because of “an impermissible racial ...
When congressional seats in Louisiana become vacant, the Governor may call a special election at any time. The special election to fill Louisiana's 5th congressional district took place on March 20, 2021, as stated by Governor John Bel Edwards's office. [3] Luke Letlow's widow, Julia Letlow, won the election with more than 64 percent of the vote.
For example, the new 5th Congressional District boundaries represented by Republican Julia Letlow of Start now includes 42% of Graves' current 6th District. Candidates don't have to live in a ...