2019 Louisiana State Senate election

The 2019 Louisiana State Senate election was held on October 12, 2019, with runoff elections held on November 16, 2019. All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election to four-year terms. Under the Louisiana primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. Five districts held runoff elections due to no candidate receiving a majority of the vote in the general election.^[1]

2019 Louisiana State Senate election

← 2015 October 12, 2019 and November 16, 2019 2023 →
All 39 seats of the Louisiana State Senate 20 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader John Alario (term-limited) Troy Carter Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 9, 2012 January 11, 2016 Leader's seat 8th district 7th district Seats before 25 14 Seats won 27 12 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 552,850 269,181 Percentage 65.41% 31.85%
Results:      Republican gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
President of the Senate before election John Alario Republican Elected President of the Senate Page Cortez Republican

The Republican Party expanded their majority by two seats over the Democratic Party, establishing a veto-proof majority in the Senate against Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. The party failed to gain a veto-proof majority in the concurrent House elections, however.

Overview

Party		Candidates	Votes[2]		Seats
			No.	%	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	50	552,850	65.41	25	27	2
	Democratic	31	269,181	31.85	14	12	2
	Independent	2	14,515	1.72	0	0
	Libertarian	2	8,682	1.03	0	0
Total			845,228	100.00	39	39

Popular vote Republican   65.41% Democratic   31.85% Other   2.74%

Senate seats Republican   69.23% Democratic   30.77%

Summary by district

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Sharon Hewitt		Rep	Sharon Hewitt		Rep
2nd	Ed Price		Dem	Ed Price		Dem
3rd	Jean-Paul Morrell		Dem	Joseph Bouie Jr.		Dem
4th	Wesley T. Bishop		Dem	Jimmy Harris		Dem
5th	Karen Carter Peterson		Dem	Karen Carter Peterson		Dem
6th	Bodi White		Rep	Bodi White		Rep
7th	Troy Carter		Dem	Troy Carter		Dem
8th	John Alario		Rep	Patrick Connick		Rep
9th	Conrad Appel		Rep	Cameron Henry		Rep
10th	Danny Martiny		Rep	Kirk Talbot		Rep
11th	Jack Donahue		Rep	Patrick McMath		Rep
12th	Beth Mizell		Rep	Beth Mizell		Rep
13th	Dale M. Erdey		Rep	J. Rogers Pope		Rep
14th	Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb		Dem	Cleo Fields		Dem
15th	Regina Barrow		Dem	Regina Barrow		Dem
16th	Dan Claitor		Rep	Franklin Foil		Rep
17th	Rick Ward III		Rep	Rick Ward III		Rep
18th	Eddie J. Lambert		Rep	Eddie J. Lambert		Rep
19th	Gary Smith Jr.		Dem	Gary Smith Jr.		Dem
20th	Norby Chabert		Rep	Mike Fesi		Rep
21st	Bret Allain		Rep	Bret Allain		Rep
22nd	Fred Mills		Rep	Fred Mills		Rep
23rd	Page Cortez		Rep	Page Cortez		Rep
24th	Gerald Boudreaux		Dem	Gerald Boudreaux		Dem
25th	Dan Morrish		Rep	Mark Abraham		Rep
26th	Bob Hensgens		Rep	Bob Hensgens		Rep
27th	Ronnie Johns		Rep	Ronnie Johns		Rep
28th	Eric LaFleur		Dem	Heather Cloud		Rep
29th	Jay Luneau		Dem	Jay Luneau		Dem
30th	John R. Smith		Rep	Mike Reese		Rep
31st	Gerald Long		Rep	Louie Bernard		Rep
32nd	Neil Riser		Rep	Glen Womack		Rep
33rd	Mike Walsworth		Rep	Stewart Cathey Jr.		Rep
34th	Francis C. Thompson		Dem	Katrina Jackson		Dem
35th	James R. Fannin		Rep	Jay Morris		Rep
36th	Ryan Gatti		Rep	Robert Mills		Rep
37th	Barrow Peacock		Rep	Barrow Peacock		Rep
38th	John Milkovich		Dem	Barry Milligan		Rep
39th	Gregory Tarver		Dem	Gregory Tarver		Dem

Outgoing incumbents

Republicans

1. District 8: John Alario was term-limited.
2. District 9: Conrad Appel was term-limited.
3. District 10: Danny Martiny was term-limited.
4. District 11: Jack Donahue was term-limited.
5. District 13: Dale M. Erdey was term-limited.
6. District 16: Dan Claitor was term-limited.
7. District 20: Norby Chabert was term-limited.
8. District 25: Dan Morrish was term-limited.
9. District 30: John R. Smith was term-limited.
10. District 31: Gerald Long was term-limited.
11. District 32: Neil Riser was term-limited.
12. District 33: Mike Walsworth was term-limited.

Democrats

1. District 3: Jean-Paul Morrell was term-limited.
2. District 4: Wesley T. Bishop retired.
3. District 14: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb was term-limited.
4. District 28: Eric LaFleur was term-limited.
5. District 34: Francis C. Thompson was term-limited.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato[3]	Safe R	October 31, 2019

Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39

District 1

See also: Louisiana's 1st State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Sharon Hewitt ran unopposed.

District 2

See also: Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Price (incumbent)	21,605	58.84
	Democratic	Troy E. Brown	15,114	41.16
Total votes			36,719	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

See also: Louisiana's 3rd State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 3rd State Senate district election^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Bouie Jr.	12,639	44.33
	Democratic	John Bagneris	8,295	29.10
	Republican	Kathleen Doody	5,287	18.55
	Democratic	Brandon Gregoire	2,287	8.02
Total votes			28,508	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Joseph Bouie Jr.	20,734	59.65
	Democratic	John Bagneris	14,027	40.35
Total votes			34,761	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

See also: Louisiana's 4th State Senate district

Democrat Jimmy Harris ran unopposed.

District 5

See also: Louisiana's 5th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 5th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Carter Peterson (incumbent)	20,869	79.41
	Democratic	Allen Borne Jr.	5,412	20.59
Total votes			26,281	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

See also: Louisiana's 6th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 6th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bodi White (incumbent)	29,531	79.54
	Libertarian	Rufus Craig	7,596	20.46
Total votes			37,127	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

See also: Louisiana's 7th State Senate district

Incumbent Democrat Troy Carter ran unopposed.

District 8

See also: Louisiana's 8th State Senate district

Republican Patrick Connick ran unopposed.

District 9

See also: Louisiana's 9th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 9th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cameron Henry	23,647	78.38
	Republican	Jon Hyers	6,524	21.62
Total votes			30,171	100.00
	Republican hold

District 10

See also: Louisiana's 10th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 10th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kirk Talbot	16,699	54.89
	Republican	Arita Lipps Bohannan	13,723	45.11
Total votes			30,422	100.00
	Republican hold

District 11

See also: Louisiana's 11th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 11th State Senate district election^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reid Falconer	20,404	47.45
	Republican	Patrick McMath	17,248	40.11
	Republican	Daniel Ducote	5,345	12.43
Total votes			42,997	100.00
General election
	Republican	Patrick McMath	27,801	55.60
	Republican	Reid Falconer	22,198	44.40
Total votes			49,999	100.00
	Republican hold

District 12

See also: Louisiana's 12th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 12th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beth Mizell (incumbent)	24,590	68.58
	Democratic	Darrell Fairburn	11,266	31.42
Total votes			35,856	100.00
	Republican hold

District 13

See also: Louisiana's 13th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 13th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Rogers Pope	17,030	50.45
	Republican	Edith Carlin	12,860	38.09
	Republican	Deven W. Cavalier	3,869	11.46
Total votes			33,759	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

See also: Louisiana's 14th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 14th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cleo Fields	13,529	52.52
	Democratic	Patricia Haynes Smith	12,229	47.48
Total votes			25,758	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 15

See also: Louisiana's 15th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 15th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Regina Barrow (incumbent)	22,840	74.50
	Democratic	Gary Chambers	7,819	25.50
Total votes			30,659	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 16

See also: Louisiana's 16th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 16th State Senate district election^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Brooks Thompson	14,213	33.71
	Republican	Franklin Foil	12,523	29.70
	Republican	Stephen Carter	12,519	29.69
	Republican	Bob Bell	1,826	4.33
	Libertarian	Everett Baudean	1,086	2.58
Total votes			42,167	100.00
General election
	Republican	Franklin Foil	27,090	57.64
	Democratic	Beverly Brooks Thompson	19,912	42.36
Total votes			47,002	100.00
	Republican hold

District 17

See also: Louisiana's 17th State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Rick Ward III ran unopposed.

District 18

See also: Louisiana's 18th State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Eddie J. Lambert ran unopposed.

District 19

See also: Louisiana's 19th State Senate district

Incumbent Democrat Gary Smith Jr. ran unopposed.

District 20

See also: Louisiana's 20th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 20th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Fesi	15,546	54.48
	Republican	Damon J. Baldone	5,162	18.09
	Democratic	Jerry Gisclair	4,070	14.26
	Democratic	Brenda Leroux Babin	2,785	9.76
	Republican	Shane Swan	974	3.41
Total votes			28,537	100.00
	Republican hold

District 21

See also: Louisiana's 21st State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Bret Allain ran unopposed.

District 22

See also: Louisiana's 22nd State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Fred Mills ran unopposed.

District 23

See also: Louisiana's 23rd State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Page Cortez ran unopposed.

District 24

See also: Louisiana's 24th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 24th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Boudreaux (incumbent)	24,418	75.50
	Independent	Cory Levier I	7,922	24.50
Total votes			32,340	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

See also: Louisiana's 25th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 25th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Abraham	19,670	54.09
	Republican	Kevin M. Berken	8,553	23.52
	Republican	Johnny Guinn	8,144	22.39
Total votes			36,367	100.00
	Republican hold

District 26

See also: Louisiana's 26th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 26th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hensgens (incumbent)	27,228	79.18
	Democratic	Jerry Gaspard	7,161	20.82
Total votes			34,389	100.00
	Republican hold

District 27

See also: Louisiana's 27th State Senate district

Incumbent Republican Ronnie Johns ran unopposed.

District 28

See also: Louisiana's 28th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 28th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Cloud	22,293	63.14
	Democratic	Robert Johnson	8,370	23.71
	Democratic	H. Bernard LeBas	4,646	13.16
Total votes			35,309	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 29

See also: Louisiana's 29th State Senate district

Incumbent Democrat Jay Luneau ran unopposed.

District 30

See also: Louisiana's 30th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 30th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Reese	14,625	50.73
	Republican	Brett Geymann	8,296	21.84
	Democratic	James K. Armes III	5,973	20.72
	Republican	Reneé Hoffpauir-Klann	1,935	6.71
Total votes			30,829	100.00
	Republican hold

District 31

See also: Louisiana's 31st State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 31st State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Bernard	18,529	55.30
	Republican	Trey Flynn	8,596	25.66
	Republican	Douglas Brown	6,381	19.04
Total votes			33,506	100.00
	Republican hold

District 32

See also: Louisiana's 32nd State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 32nd State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen Womack	18,588	50.11
	Republican	Steve May	11,400	30.73
	Democratic	Judy Duhon	4,763	12.84
	Democratic	Danny Cole	2,341	6.31
Total votes			37,092	100.00
	Republican hold

District 33

See also: Louisiana's 33rd State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 33rd State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stewart Cathey Jr.	16,658	51.95
	Republican	Wade Bishop	15,407	48.05
Total votes			32,065	100.00
	Republican hold

District 34

See also: Louisiana's 34th State Senate district

Democrat Katrina Jackson ran unopposed.

District 35

See also: Louisiana's 35th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 35th State Senate district election^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Fannin (incumbent)	12,559	38.65
	Republican	Jay Morris	11,782	36.26
	Republican	Matt Parker	8,154	25.09
Total votes			32,495	100.00
General election
	Republican	Jay Morris	18,167	50.38
	Republican	James R. Fannin (incumbent)	17,894	49.62
Total votes			36,061	100.00
	Republican hold

District 36

See also: Louisiana's 36th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 36th State Senate district election^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Mills	16,305	47.73
	Republican	Ryan Gatti (incumbent)	12,882	37.71
	Democratic	Mattie Preston	4,976	14.57
Total votes			34,163	100.00
General election
	Republican	Robert Mills	22,050	56.17
	Republican	Ryan Gatti (incumbent)	17,209	43.83
Total votes			39,259	100.00
	Republican hold

District 37

See also: Louisiana's 37th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 37th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barrow Peacock (incumbent)	16,221	71.10
	Independent	Debbie Hollis	6,593	28.90
Total votes			22,814	100.00
	Republican hold

District 38

See also: Louisiana's 38th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 38th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Milligan	16,266	50.72
	Democratic	John Milkovich (incumbent)	8,447	26.34
	Democratic	Katrina D. Early	7,359	22.95
Total votes			32,072	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

See also: Louisiana's 39th State Senate district

2019 Louisiana's 39th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gregory Tarver (incumbent)	15,755	69.02
	Republican	Jim Slagle	7,071	30.98
Total votes			22,826	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2019 Louisiana elections