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Louisiana

Current officeholders from Open States people data (CC0). Look up your own ballot by ZIP.

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What does a governor do?

Runs the state government. Proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills passed by the legislature, and appoints the heads of state agencies. Usually 4 years (2 in NH and VT).

  • State budget, schools and Medicaid funding
  • Signs or vetoes state laws
  • Leads emergency response and the state National Guard
Source: National Governors Association: Governors' Powers & Authority
RepublicanJeff LandryGovernor since 2024Official source
RepublicanBilly NungesserLieutenant Governor since 2016Official source
RepublicanLiz MurrillAttorney General since 2024Official source

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State Senate (38 members)

What does a state senator do?

A member of the upper chamber of the state legislature. Writes and votes on state laws and the state budget, and in many states confirms the governor's appointees. Usually 4 years.

  • School funding and state taxes
  • State criminal laws
  • Drawing district maps (in many states)
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
District
State senator
Committees
1
R Bob Owen
Education; Legislative Budget; Health and Welfare; Retirement (vice chair); Finance (interim member); Judiciary B
2
D Ed Price
Environmental Quality; Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Retirement (chair); Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight
3
D Sidney Barthelemy
Education; Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Retirement; Legislative Capital Outlay; Judiciary B
4
D Jimmy Harris
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Legislative Budget; Economic Recovery Select; Medicaid Oversight; Executive (chair); Finance; Judiciary B (vice chair); Legislative Audit Advisory Council
5
D Royce Duplessis
Natural Resources; Homeland Security; Judiciary B; Senate and Governmental Affairs
6
R Rick Edmonds
Education (chair); Legislative Budget; Judiciary A; Medicaid Oversight; Finance; Insurance
7
D Gary Carter
Judiciary A; Transportation, Highways and Public Works (vice chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Insurance
8
R Patrick Connick
Environmental Quality; Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Natural Resources (ex-officio); Transportation, Highways and Public Works (chair); Homeland Security; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Coastal Restoration and Flood Control (chair)
9
R Cameron Henry
Legislative Budget; State Bond Commission; Executive (ex-officio); Legislative Capital Outlay; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Capitol Security Council
10
R Kirk Talbot
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs (ex-officio); Labor and Industrial Relations; Local and Municipal Affairs; Retirement; Executive; Judiciary B; Insurance (chair)
11
R Patrick McMath
Women and Children; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Health and Welfare (chair); State Police Oversight Select; Judiciary B; Legislative Audit Advisory Council
12
R Beth Mizell
Women and Children (vice chair); Education; Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs (chair); Economic Recovery Select; Judiciary A; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Insurance (ex-officio)
13
R Valarie Hodges
Women and Children; Education (vice chair); Health and Welfare; Retirement; Judiciary C
15
D Regina Barrow
Women and Children; Legislative Budget; Labor and Industrial Relations; Medicaid Oversight; Executive (ex-officio); Judiciary C; Legislative Capital Outlay; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Senate and Governmental Affairs; Insurance
16
R Franklin Foil
Legislative Budget; State Bond Commission; Military and Veterans Affairs Select; State Police Oversight Select (chair); Local and Municipal Affairs; Homeland Security; Finance (ex-officio); Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (chair); Insurance
17
R Caleb Kleinpeter
Legislative Budget; Natural Resources; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Military and Veterans Affairs Select; Homeland Security (chair); Judiciary C; Finance (interim member); Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Senate and Governmental Affairs (chair)
18
R Eddie Lambert
Environmental Quality (chair); Natural Resources; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (ex-officio); Homeland Security (vice chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs
19
R Greg Miller
Legislative Budget; Judiciary A (chair); Local and Municipal Affairs; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Senate and Governmental Affairs
20
R Mike Fési
Legislative Budget; Natural Resources (vice chair); Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Finance; Senate and Governmental Affairs; Coastal Restoration and Flood Control
21
R Robert Allain
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs (vice chair); Natural Resources; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Insurance
22
R Blake Miguez
Education; Legislative Budget; Judiciary C; Finance; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Senate and Governmental Affairs (vice chair); Capitol Security Council (vice chair)
23
R Brach Myers
Environmental Quality; Labor and Industrial Relations; Retirement; Insurance
24
D Gerald Boudreaux
Legislative Budget; Military and Veterans Affairs Select; Health and Welfare; State Police Oversight Select; Local and Municipal Affairs (vice chair); Executive; Finance; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Capitol Security Council
25
R Mark Abraham
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Legislative Budget; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Judiciary C (vice chair); Finance; Coastal Restoration and Flood Control
26
R Bob Hensgens
Environmental Quality; Natural Resources (chair); Transportation, Highways and Public Works (ex-officio); Medicaid Oversight; Health and Welfare; Retirement; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Coastal Restoration and Flood Control
27
R Jeremy Stine
Legislative Budget; Labor and Industrial Relations; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Executive; Finance (interim member); Legislative Capital Outlay; Judiciary B (chair); Senate and Governmental Affairs; Capitol Security Council
28
R Heather Cloud
Women and Children; Legislative Budget; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Medicaid Oversight; Health and Welfare; Judiciary C; Finance (vice chair); Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Capitol Security Council
29
D Jay Luneau
Judiciary A (vice chair); Health and Welfare; Local and Municipal Affairs (chair); Homeland Security; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Legislative Audit Advisory Council
30
R Mike Reese
Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity (vice chair); Military and Veterans Affairs Select; State Police Oversight Select; Legislative Capital Outlay
31
R Alan Seabaugh
Labor and Industrial Relations (chair); Judiciary A; Insurance
32
R Glen Womack
Legislative Budget (chair); Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; State Bond Commission; State Police Oversight Select; Executive; Finance (chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (ex officio); Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Senate and Governmental Affairs
33
R Stewart Cathey
Environmental Quality (ex-officio); Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (chair); Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Military and Veterans Affairs Select; Local and Municipal Affairs; Homeland Security; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (interim member)
34
D Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Women and Children (chair); Education; Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Health and Welfare (vice chair); State Police Oversight Select; Finance
35
R Jay Morris
Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; State Bond Commission; Judiciary C (chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs
36
R Adam Bass
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Military and Veterans Affairs Select (chair); Local and Municipal Affairs; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Insurance (vice chair)
37
R Bill Wheat
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (vice chair); Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs; Insurance
38
R Thomas Pressly
Environmental Quality; Legislative Budget; Labor and Industrial Relations (vice chair); Medicaid Oversight; Health and Welfare; Executive; Finance
39
D Sam Jenkins
Natural Resources; Judiciary A; Legislative Capital Outlay; Revenue and Fiscal Affairs (vice chair); Senate and Governmental Affairs

State House (103 members)

What does a state representative do?

A member of the lower chamber of the state legislature (called the House, Assembly or House of Delegates). Writes and votes on state laws for a smaller district than a state senator. Usually 2 years.

  • State budget and taxes
  • Roads and schools
  • Local issues raised by constituents
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
District
State representative
Committees
1
R Danny McCormick
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Natural Resources and Environment; Homeland Security Select; Commerce
2
D Steven Jackson
Health and Welfare; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
3
D Tammy Phelps
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Women and Children Select
4
D Joy Walters
House and Governmental Affairs (ex officio); Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Women and Children Select
5
R Dennis Bamburg
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay
6
R Michael Melerine
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Civil Law and Procedure; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity
7
R Larry Bagley
Insurance; Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Appropriations
8
R Raymond Crews
Health and Welfare; Labor and Industrial Relations (chair); Homeland Security Select; Military and Veterans Affairs Special
9
R Dodie Horton
Labor and Industrial Relations (vice chair); Legislative Bureau (chair); Legislative Budget; Administration of Criminal Justice; Appropriations; Executive; Women and Children Select
10
R Wayne McMahen
Health and Welfare (vice chair); Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Disaster Recovery Select
11
D Rashid Young
Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay
12
R Chris Turner
Health and Welfare; Legislative Budget (interim member); Appropriations (interim member); Legislative Capital Outlay; Executive; Retirement (chair)
13
R Jack McFarland
Legislative Budget (vice chair); State Bond Commission; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Appropriations (chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Executive
14
R Michael Echols
Health and Welfare; Labor and Industrial Relations; Administration of Criminal Justice (interim member); Medicaid Oversight; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Executive
15
R Foy Gadberry
House and Governmental Affairs; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs (chair)
16
D Adrian Fisher
Health and Welfare; Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Appropriations; Homeland Security Select
17
D Pat Moore
Administration of Criminal Justice; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Disaster Recovery Select; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Women and Children Select
18
R Jeremy LaCombe
Ways and Means; Natural Resources and Environment; Legislative Capital Outlay; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Judiciary
19
R Francis Thompson
Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Appropriations
20
R Neil Riser
State Bond Commission; Natural Resources and Environment; Homeland Security Select; Commerce
21
D Travis Johnson
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (vice chair); Ways and Means; Natural Resources and Environment; Legislative Capital Outlay; Executive; Disaster Recovery Select
22
R Gabe Firment
Insurance (chair)
23
D Shaun Mena
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Executive; Commerce
24
R Rodney Schamerhorn
House and Governmental Affairs; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Legislative Audit Advisory Council
25
R Jason DeWitt
Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Appropriations; Natural Resources and Environment; Disaster Recovery Select
26
D Ed Larvadain
Labor and Industrial Relations; House and Governmental Affairs; Civil Law and Procedure (vice chair)
27
R Mike Johnson
Health and Welfare (ex officio); Insurance (ex-officio); Labor and Industrial Relations (ex-officio); Legislative Budget; House and Governmental Affairs; Civil Law and Procedure; Administration of Criminal Justice (ex-officio); Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (ex-officio); Transportation, Highways and Public Works (ex-officio); Education (ex-officio); Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Ways and Means (ex officio)
28
R Daryl Deshotel
Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Executive; Commerce (chair)
29
D Edmond Jordan
Insurance; Executive; Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Judiciary; Commerce
30
R Chuck Owen
Legislative Budget; Education; Appropriations; Homeland Security Select (vice chair); Military and Veterans Affairs Special (chair); Judiciary
31
R Troy Hebert
Insurance; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Judiciary
32
R Dewith Carrier
Legislative Budget; Appropriations; Natural Resources and Environment; Retirement
33
R Les Farnum
House and Governmental Affairs; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Executive; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
34
D Wilford Carter
House and Governmental Affairs; Civil Law and Procedure; Military and Veterans Affairs Special
35
R Brett Geymann
Natural Resources and Environment (chair); Homeland Security Select
36
R Phil Tarver
Labor and Industrial Relations; Education; Appropriations; Homeland Security Select
37
R Skip Broussard
Labor and Industrial Relations; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Education
38
R Rhonda Butler
Health and Welfare; Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (chair); Medicaid Oversight; Military and Veterans Affairs Special; Women and Children Select
39
R Doyle Boudreaux
Administration of Criminal Justice; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Retirement
40
D Dustin Miller
Health and Welfare (chair); Medicaid Oversight; Legislative Capital Outlay; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight
41
R Phillip DeVillier
Health and Welfare (ex officio); Insurance (ex-officio); Labor and Industrial Relations (ex-officio); Legislative Budget; House and Governmental Affairs; Civil Law and Procedure (ex officio); Administration of Criminal Justice (ex-officio); State Bond Commission; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development (ex-officio); Transportation, Highways and Public Works (ex-officio); Education (ex-officio); Legislative Budgetary Control Council
42
R Chance Henry
Insurance; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay
43
R Josh Carlson
Civil Law and Procedure; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Education; Homeland Security Select; Retirement
44
D Tehmi Chassion
Health and Welfare; Labor and Industrial Relations; Transportation, Highways and Public Works
45
R Annie Spell
Health and Welfare; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Retirement; Women and Children Select
46
R Chad Boyer
Administration of Criminal Justice; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Capitol Security Council
47
R Ryan Bourriaque
Transportation, Highways and Public Works (chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Disaster Recovery Select
48
R Beau Beaullieu
House and Governmental Affairs (chair); Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Legislative Capital Outlay; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Legislative Budgetary Control Council
49
R Jacob Landry
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Natural Resources and Environment; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Commerce
50
R Vinney St. Blanc
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Education; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Commerce
51
R Beryl Amedée
Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Education (vice chair); Appropriations; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight; Homeland Security Select; Women and Children Select
52
R Jerome Zeringue
Legislative Budget; Medicaid Oversight; Appropriations (vice chair); Natural Resources and Environment; Disaster Recovery Select (chair); Judiciary
53
R Jessica Domangue
Natural Resources and Environment; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Women and Children Select; Commerce
54
R Joe Orgeron
Ways and Means; Natural Resources and Environment (vice chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Judiciary
55
R Bryan Fontenot
Administration of Criminal Justice; Transportation, Highways and Public Works (vice chair)
56
R Beth Billings
House and Governmental Affairs; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Legislative Budgetary Control Council; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Women and Children Select
57
D Sylvia Taylor
Civil Law and Procedure; Education; Retirement; Women and Children Select
58
D Ken Brass
Ways and Means (vice chair); Natural Resources and Environment; Legislative Capital Outlay; Retirement
59
R Tony Bacala
Legislative Budget (interim member); State Bond Commission; Ways and Means (chair); Legislative Capital Outlay; Capitol Security Council (chair)
60
D Chasity Martinez
Labor and Industrial Relations; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Education; Women and Children Select
61
D Denise Marcelle
Legislative Budget; House and Governmental Affairs; Appropriations; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Women and Children Select (vice chair)
62
D Roy Adams
Legislative Budget; Administration of Criminal Justice; Appropriations; Retirement
63
D Barbara Carpenter
Legislative Budget; Education; Appropriations; Executive; Women and Children Select
64
R Kellee Hennessy
Health and Welfare; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Disaster Recovery Select; Judiciary; Women and Children Select
65
R Lauren Ventrella
Natural Resources and Environment; Judiciary; Women and Children Select; Commerce
66
R Emily Chenevert
Civil Law and Procedure; Administration of Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Women and Children Select
67
D Terry Landry
Education; Retirement; Commerce
68
R Dixon McMakin
House and Governmental Affairs; Executive; Retirement; Commerce
69
R Paul Sawyer
Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Natural Resources and Environment; Homeland Security Select; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
70
R Barbara Freiberg
Legislative Budget; Education; Appropriations; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs (vice chair); Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Women and Children Select (chair)
71
R Roger Wilder
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Executive
72
D Robby Carter
Judiciary (chair)
73
R Kim Coates
Legislative Budget; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Appropriations; Natural Resources and Environment; Women and Children Select
74
R Peter Egan
Health and Welfare; Appropriations; Homeland Security Select; Retirement
75
R John Wyble
House and Governmental Affairs; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Disaster Recovery Select
76
R Stephanie Berault
Health and Welfare; Legislative Budget; Medicaid Oversight; Appropriations; Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Retirement; Women and Children Select
78
R John Illg
Insurance (vice chair); Legislative Budget; Appropriations; Capitol Security Council; Retirement
79
R Debbie Villio
Administration of Criminal Justice (chair); Women and Children Select
80
R Polly Thomas
House and Governmental Affairs; Retirement; Women and Children Select; Commerce (vice chair)
81
R Jeff Wiley
Administration of Criminal Justice; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Homeland Security Select; Military and Veterans Affairs Special; Judiciary
82
R Laurie Schlegel
Education (chair); Women and Children Select
83
D Kyle Green
Insurance; Legislative Technology and Cybersecurity; Executive; Capitol Security Council; Judiciary; Commerce
84
R Tim Kerner
Legislative Budget; Appropriations; Natural Resources and Environment; Homeland Security Select; Retirement (vice chair)
85
R Vincent Cox
Administration of Criminal Justice; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Commerce
86
R Nicky Muscarello
Civil Law and Procedure (chair)
87
D Rodney Lyons
Legislative Budget; House and Governmental Affairs (vice chair); Appropriations; Executive; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
88
R Kathy Edmonston
Civil Law and Procedure; Education; Homeland Security Select; Judiciary (vice chair); Women and Children Select
89
R Kim Carver
Education; Executive; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Commerce
90
R Brian Glorioso
Insurance; Labor and Industrial Relations; Civil Law and Procedure
91
D Mandie Landry
Health and Welfare; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Judiciary; Women and Children Select
93
D Alonzo Knox
Administration of Criminal Justice; Appropriations; Homeland Security Select; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs; Military and Veterans Affairs Special
94
R Stephanie Hilferty
Enrollment (chair); Women and Children Select; Commerce
95
R Shane Mack
Legislative Budget; Appropriations; Natural Resources and Environment; Judiciary
96
D Marcus Bryant
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Ways and Means; Natural Resources and Environment; Legislative Capital Outlay; Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight
97
D Ed Murray
Insurance; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
98
D Aimee Freeman
Insurance; Legislative Budget; Appropriations; Executive; Legislative Audit Advisory Council; Retirement; Women and Children Select
99
D Candace Newell
House and Governmental Affairs; Judiciary; Women and Children Select; Commerce
100
D Dana Henry
Insurance; Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs
101
D Vanessa LaFleur
Legislative Budget; Administration of Criminal Justice (vice chair); Appropriations; Executive; Judiciary; Women and Children Select
102
D Delisha Boyd
House and Governmental Affairs; Retirement; Women and Children Select; Commerce
103
R Mike Bayham
Insurance; Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Commerce
104
R Jay Gallé
Insurance; Ways and Means; Legislative Capital Outlay; Homeland Security Select (chair); Military and Veterans Affairs Special; Judiciary
105
R Jacob Braud
Transportation, Highways and Public Works; Natural Resources and Environment; Disaster Recovery Select; Judiciary

Mayors

What does a mayor do?

Leads a city. In 'strong mayor' cities (like Chicago) the mayor runs city departments and proposes the budget; in others the city council and a city manager hold more power. Usually 4 years.

  • Police and fire departments
  • City budget and property tax levy
  • Streets, water and garbage
Source: National League of Cities: Forms of Municipal Government
Sid EdwardsMayor of Baton Rouge, term ends 2028Official source
LaToya CantrellMayor of New Orleans, term ends 2026Official source
Tom ArceneauxMayor of Shreveport, term ends 2027Official source

Larger cities only, where Open States has current data. City council, county and school board: coming soon.