2023 Louisiana State Senate election

2023 Louisiana State Senate election
All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain; Republican hold Democratic hold
President of the Senate before election; Page Cortez; Republican	Elected President of the Senate ; Cameron Henry; Republican

The 2023 Louisiana State Senate election was held on October 14, 2023, with runoff elections held on November 18, 2023.^[1] All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.

Background

In the 2019 state legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 68 in the House and 27 in the Senate.^[2]^[3] Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in both the Senate and the House.

The 2023 election was the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.^[4]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
270toWin^[5]	Safe R	November 2, 2023
Elections Daily^[6]	Safe R	November 2, 2023

Overview

↓
28	11
Republican	Democratic

Parties		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Parties		Candidates	No.	%	Before	After	+/-
	Republican	45	416,502	82.37%	27	28	1
	Democratic	20	85,619	16.93%	12	11	1
	Independent	2	3,496	0.69%	0	0
Total		67	505,617	100.00%	39	39

Senate seats

Republican			71.79%
Democratic			28.21%

Summary by district

District	Incumbent		Elected senator
1st	Sharon Hewitt	Rep	Bob Owen	Rep
2nd	Ed Price	Dem	Ed Price	Dem
3rd	Joseph Bouie	Dem	Joseph Bouie	Dem
4th	Jimmy Harris	Dem	Jimmy Harris	Dem
5th	Royce Duplessis	Dem	Royce Duplessis	Dem
6th	Bodi White	Rep	Rick Edmonds	Rep
7th	Gary Carter Jr.	Dem	Gary Carter Jr.	Dem
8th	Patrick Connick	Rep	Patrick Connick	Rep
9th	Cameron Henry	Rep	Cameron Henry	Rep
10th	Kirk Talbot	Rep	Kirk Talbot	Rep
11th	Patrick McMath	Rep	Patrick McMath	Rep
12th	Beth Mizell	Rep	Beth Mizell	Rep
13th	J. Rogers Pope	Rep	Valarie Hodges	Rep
14th	Cleo Fields	Dem	Cleo Fields	Dem
15th	Regina Barrow	Dem	Regina Barrow	Dem
16th	Franklin Foil	Rep	Franklin Foil	Rep
17th	Caleb Kleinpeter	Rep	Caleb Kleinpeter	Rep
18th	Eddie J. Lambert	Rep	Eddie J. Lambert	Rep
19th	Gary Smith Jr.	Dem	Gregory A. Miller	Rep
20th	Mike Fesi	Rep	Mike Fesi	Rep
21st	Bret Allain	Rep	Robert Allain III	Rep
22nd	Fred Mills	Rep	Blake Miguez	Rep
23rd	Page Cortez	Rep	Jean-Paul Coussan	Rep
24th	Gerald Boudreaux	Dem	Gerald Boudreaux	Dem
25th	Mark Abraham	Rep	Mark Abraham	Rep
26th	Bob Hensgens	Rep	Bob Hensgens	Rep
27th	Jeremy Stine	Rep	Jeremy Stine	Rep
28th	Heather Cloud	Rep	Heather Cloud	Rep
29th	Jay Luneau	Dem	Jay Luneau	Dem
30th	Mike Reese	Rep	Mike Reese	Rep
31st	Louie Bernard	Rep	Alan Seabaugh	Rep
32nd	Glen Womack	Rep	Glen Womack	Rep
33rd	Stewart Cathey Jr.	Rep	Stewart Cathey Jr.	Rep
34th	Katrina Jackson	Dem	Katrina Jackson	Dem
35th	Jay Morris	Rep	Jay Morris	Rep
36th	Robert Mills	Rep	Adam Bass	Rep
37th	Barrow Peacock	Rep	William Wheat Jr.	Rep
38th	Barry Milligan	Rep	Thomas Pressly	Rep
39th	Gregory Tarver	Dem	Sam Jenkins	Dem

Retirements

Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election.^[7]

Democrats

District 19: Gary Smith Jr. was term-limited.
District 39: Gregory Tarver was term-limited.

Republicans

District 1: Sharon Hewitt retired to run for governor.
District 6: Bodi White was term-limited.
District 13: J. Rogers Pope retired.
District 21: Bret Allain was term-limited.
District 22: Fred Mills was term-limited.
District 23: Page Cortez was term-limited.
District 31: Louie Bernard retired.
District 37: Barrow Peacock was term-limited.
District 38: Barry Milligan retired.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the October 14 jungle primary.^[8]

Republicans

District 36: Robert Mills lost renomination to Adam Bass.

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

2023 Louisiana's 1st State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Owen	14,614	60.6
	Republican	Ray Garofalo	9,508	39.4
Total votes			24,122	31.0

District 2

2023 Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Price (incumbent)	21,018	68.1
	Republican	Chris Delpit	9,865	31.9
Total votes			30,883	39.8

District 3

2023 Louisiana's 3rd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Bouie (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 4

2023 Louisiana's 4th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Harris (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 5

2023 Louisiana's 5th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Royce Duplessis (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 6

2023 Louisiana's 6th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Edmonds	18,247	61.5
	Republican	Barry Ivey	11,407	38.5
Total votes			29,654	37.4

District 7

2023 Louisiana's 7th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Carter Jr. (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 8

2023 Louisiana's 8th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Connick (incumbent)	29,654	52.3
	Republican	Timothy Kerner Jr.	11,161	47.7
Total votes			23,424	31.3

District 9

2023 Louisiana's 9th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cameron Henry (incumbent)	19,046	69.9
	Democratic	Mary Anne Mushatt	8,201	30.1
Total votes			27,247	34.7

District 10

2023 Louisiana's 10th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kirk Talbot (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 11

2023 Louisiana's 11th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McMath (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 12

2023 Louisiana's 12th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beth Mizell (incumbent)	24,003	78.2
	Democratic	Britt Gondolfi	3,842	12.5
	Democratic	Gloria Kates	2,838	9.3
Total votes			30,683	40.6

District 13

2023 Louisiana's 13th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Valarie Hodges	17,920	64.9
	Republican	Buddy Mincey Jr.	9,699	35.1
Total votes			27,619	40.4

District 14

2023 Louisiana's 14th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cleo Fields (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 15

2023 Louisiana's 15th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Regina Barrow (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 16

2023 Louisiana's 16th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Franklin Foil (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 17

2023 Louisiana's 17th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Caleb Kleinpeter (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 18

2023 Louisiana's 18th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Lambert (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 19

2023 Louisiana's 19th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory A. Miller	19,416	68.8
	Democratic	Marilyn Bellock	8,791	31.2
Total votes			28,207	35.2

District 20

2023 Louisiana's 20th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Fesi (incumbent)	21,366	87.6
	Republican	Dave Carskadon	3,014	12.4
Total votes			24,380	34.1

District 21

2023 Louisiana's 21st State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Allain III	10,815	43.8
	Republican	Bo LaGrange	7,745	31.4
	Republican	Stephen Swiber	6,138	24.9
Total votes			24,698	33.9
General election
	Republican	Robert Allain III	9,864	59.0
	Republican	Bo LaGrange	6,855	41.0
Total votes			16,719	100.0

District 22

2023 Louisiana's 22nd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Miguez	19,559	61.2
	Republican	Hugh Andre	6,608	20.7
	Democratic	Mel Narcisse Mitchell	3,701	11.6
	Democratic	Phanat Xanamane	1,794	5.6
	Independent	Dexter Lathan	299	0.9
Total votes			31,961	38.6

District 23

2023 Louisiana's 23rd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean-Paul Coussan	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 24

2023 Louisiana's 24th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Boudreaux (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 25

2023 Louisiana's 25th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Abraham (incumbent)	21,937	80.7
	Democratic	Josh Lewis	5,250	19.3
Total votes			27,187	37.3

District 26

2023 Louisiana's 26th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Hensgens (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 27

2023 Louisiana's 27th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeremy Stine (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 28

2023 Louisiana's 28th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Cloud (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 29

2023 Louisiana's 29th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jay Luneau (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 30

2023 Louisiana's 30th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Reese (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 31

2023 Louisiana's 31st State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Seabaugh	16,982	54.2
	Republican	Mike McConathy	14,355	45.8
Total votes			31,337	39.4

District 32

2023 Louisiana's 32nd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen Womack (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 33

2023 Louisiana's 33rd State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stewart Cathey (incumbent)	15,397	52.9
	Republican	Ned White	13,711	47.1
Total votes			29,108	36.4

District 34

2023 Louisiana's 34th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katrina Jackson (incumbent)	15,872	71.1
	Republican	James Smith	6,451	28.9
Total votes			22,323	30.0

District 35

2023 Louisiana's 35th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Morris (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	100.0

District 36

2023 Louisiana's 36th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Bass	14,097	62.0
	Republican	Robert Mills (incumbent)	8,624	38.0
Total votes			22,721	31.0

District 37

2023 Louisiana's 37th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Wheat Jr.	14,516	60.9
	Republican	Randy Bush	6,112	25.7
	Independent	Ivan Scioneaux Jr.	3,197	13.4
Total votes			23,825	35.5

District 38

2023 Louisiana's 38th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Pressly	15,101	56.1
	Republican	John Milkovich	6,934	25.8
	Republican	Chase Jennings	4,857	18.1
Total votes			26,892	32.5

District 39

2023 Louisiana's 39th State Senate district election
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Jenkins	6,526	33.7
	Democratic	Cedric Glover	5,114	26.4
	Republican	Jim Slagle	5,034	26.0
	Democratic	Barbara Norton	2,672	13.8
Total votes			19,346	25.1
General election
	Democratic	Sam Jenkins	11,814	65.3
	Democratic	Cedric Glover	6,271	34.7
Total votes			18,085	100.0

References

^ "2023 Elections" (PDF). Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
^ "Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^ "Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^ "Redistricting in Louisiana after the 2020 census". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
^ "2023–24 State House Elections Map". October 20, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
^ "Election Ratings". November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
^ "Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^ Dawson, Daffney; Heyen, Curtis (September 21, 2023). "ELECTION RESULTS: Seabaugh, Pressly, Bass & Cathey claim seats in state Senate". KSLA. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[1] "2023 Elections" (PDF). Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[2] "Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

[3] "Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

[4] "Redistricting in Louisiana after the 2020 census". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[270toWin-5] "2023–24 State House Elections Map". October 20, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

[ED-6] "Election Ratings". November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.

[7] "Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 20, 2023.

[8] Dawson, Daffney; Heyen, Curtis (September 21, 2023). "ELECTION RESULTS: Seabaugh, Pressly, Bass & Cathey claim seats in state Senate". KSLA. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

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2023 Louisiana State Senate election

Background

Predictions

Overview

Summary by district

Retirements

Democrats

Republicans

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Republicans

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

See also

References

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