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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.
Louisiana's old congressional districts since 2023 [1] These are tables of congressional delegations from Louisiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . The current dean of the Louisiana delegation is Representative and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1) , having served in the House since 2008.
The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane; Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Luisiana) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people ...
Louisiana's Legislature approved a new congressional map Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 that will add a second majority Black district by radically changing the 6th Congressional District boundaries.
However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures. The state legislature shifted most of Shreveport's white residents into the 5th congressional district . Republican Jim McCrery ran for election in the new 5th and won, defeating Democrat Jerry Huckaby , who represented the old 5th for eight terms.
Louisiana voters will elect all six members of their U.S. House of Representatives delegation this year beginning with the Nov. 5 primary election that will include a new Black majority voter ...
Louisiana's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district comprises land from the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain south to the Mississippi River delta. It covers most of New Orleans' suburbs, as well as a sliver of New Orleans itself.
Of the 16 House districts currently in Acadiana, 13 are held by Republicans.