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data-width="400" data-height="300" data-zoom="7" data-lat="31.65" data-lon="-90.8" data-overlays="["_07ca8724de6aa2cab4b3e7c0c5761ecad43d9ddb"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/7/31.65/-90.8/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,31.65,-90.8,400x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&revid=1259159086&groups=_07ca8724de6aa2cab4b3e7c0c5761ecad43d9ddb" width="400" height="300" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,31.65,-90.8,400x300@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&revid=1259159086&groups=_07ca8724de6aa2cab4b3e7c0c5761ecad43d9ddb 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">From 2025</span></div></div><div class="infobox-caption">Interactive map of district boundaries</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States representatives from Louisiana">Representative</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding-left:0.5em; border-left:0.5em solid transparent; border-color:#E81B23"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Julia Letlow</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>–<a href="/wiki/Start,_Louisiana" title="Start, Louisiana">Start</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Distribution</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>51.65% rural<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>48.35% urban</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Population (2023)</th><td class="infobox-data">754,781<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Median household<br />income</th><td class="infobox-data">$48,546<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>57.9% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a></li><li>33.5% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a></li><li>3.8% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a></li><li>3.2% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Two or more races</a></li><li>0.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a></li><li>0.7% other</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">Cook PVI</a></th><td class="infobox-data">R+17<sup id="cite_ref-Cook_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cook-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Louisiana's 5th congressional district</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Congressional_district" title="Congressional district">congressional district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. The 5th district encompasses rural northeastern Louisiana and much of central Louisiana, as well as the northern part of Louisiana's <a href="/wiki/Florida_parishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida parishes">Florida parishes</a> in southeastern Louisiana, taking in <a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Louisiana" title="Alexandria, Louisiana">Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amite,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Amite, Louisiana">Amite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bogalusa,_Louisiana" title="Bogalusa, Louisiana">Bogalusa</a>. </p><p>In 2013, six-term Representative <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> resigned to take a state cabinet post; in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">special election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> newcomer <a href="/wiki/Vance_McAllister" title="Vance McAllister">Vance McAllister</a>, a businessman from <a href="/wiki/Swartz,_Louisiana" title="Swartz, Louisiana">Swartz, Louisiana</a>, handily defeated fellow Republican <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">State Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Riser" title="Neil Riser">Neil Riser</a> of <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Louisiana" title="Columbia, Louisiana">Columbia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Caldwell Parish, Louisiana">Caldwell Parish</a> to claim the seat in a <a href="/wiki/2013_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">special election</a>. McAllister beat Riser, 54,449 (59.7) to 36,837 (40.3 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Analysts considered McAllister's victory as a rejection of Governor <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>'s efforts to have the seat vacated and to replace Alexander with his hand-picked candidate in a low-turnout special election.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The runoff turnout was less than 19%, three percent less than in the primary.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a> defeated Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo for the <a href="/wiki/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th United States Congress</a>, replacing McAllister, who was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana primary">Louisiana primary</a>. On February 26, 2020, Abraham announced he would not be seeking re-election for a fourth term, honoring his pledge to only serve three terms in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The district is currently represented by <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Julia Letlow</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/2021_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2021 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">elected in a 2021 special election</a> to replace her husband, representative-elect <a href="/wiki/Luke_Letlow" title="Luke Letlow">Luke</a>, who died of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19</a> days before he was set to be sworn in. </p><p>As part of the 2024 map redistricting, the 5th loses Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, Grant, Rapides, and half of Ouachita Parishes to the 4th district, and also Pointe Coupee and half of Avoyelles Parish to the new 6th; in exchange, 5th gains parts of East Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa and Livingston Parishes. The new territory includes two of the state's largest universities, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State</a> (LSU) in <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Louisiana_University" title="Southeastern Louisiana University">Southeastern Louisiana</a> (SLU) in <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_presidential_elections">Recent presidential elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recent presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Election results from presidential races </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Office </th> <th>Results </th></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election" title="2000 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a> 57–40% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">Bush</a> 62–37% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">McCain</a> 62–37% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Romney</a> 61–38% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a> 64–34% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">President</a> </td> <td align="right" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a> 64–34% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_members_representing_the_district">List of members representing the district</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of members representing the district"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Member </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Cong<br />ress </th> <th>Electoral history </th> <th>Location </th></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="6">District created March 4, 1863 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1863 –<br /> July 18, 1868 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_United_States_Congress" title="38th United States Congress">38th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/39th_United_States_Congress" title="39th United States Congress">39th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/40th_United_States_Congress" title="40th United States Congress">40th</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a></i> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W._Jasper_Blackburn_(Louisiana_congressman).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg/100px-W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg/150px-W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg/200px-W._Jasper_Blackburn_%28Louisiana_congressman%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="598" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/W._Jasper_Blackburn" title="W. Jasper Blackburn">W. Jasper Blackburn</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Homer,_Louisiana" title="Homer, Louisiana">Homer</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">July 18, 1868 –<br />March 3, 1869 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/40th_United_States_Congress" title="40th United States Congress">40th</a> </td> <td>Elected to finish the vacant term.<br />Retired to run for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">Lieutenant Governor</a>. </td> <td rowspan="23"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_Morey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Frank_Morey.jpg/100px-Frank_Morey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Frank_Morey.jpg/150px-Frank_Morey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Frank_Morey.jpg/200px-Frank_Morey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="342" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Morey" title="Frank Morey">Frank Morey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1869 –<br />June 8, 1876 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/41st_United_States_Congress" title="41st United States Congress">41st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/42nd_United_States_Congress" title="42nd United States Congress">42nd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/43rd_United_States_Congress" title="43rd United States Congress">43rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/44th_United_States_Congress" title="44th United States Congress">44th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1868</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1870</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1872</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1874</a>.<br />Lost contested election. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WilliamBSpencer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/WilliamBSpencer.jpg/100px-WilliamBSpencer.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/WilliamBSpencer.jpg/150px-WilliamBSpencer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/WilliamBSpencer.jpg/200px-WilliamBSpencer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1421" data-file-height="1870" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/William_B._Spencer" title="William B. Spencer">William B. Spencer</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Vidalia,_Louisiana" title="Vidalia, Louisiana">Vidalia</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">June 8, 1876 –<br />January 8, 1877 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/44th_United_States_Congress" title="44th United States Congress">44th</a> </td> <td>Won contested election.<br />Retired and resigned to become associate justice of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Supreme_Court" title="Louisiana Supreme Court">Louisiana Supreme Court</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">January 8, 1877 –<br />March 3, 1877 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnELeonard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/JohnELeonard.jpg/100px-JohnELeonard.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/JohnELeonard.jpg/150px-JohnELeonard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/JohnELeonard.jpg/200px-JohnELeonard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="427" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_E._Leonard" title="John E. Leonard">John E. Leonard</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Lake_Providence,_Louisiana" title="Lake Providence, Louisiana">Lake Providence</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1877 –<br />March 15, 1878 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/45th_United_States_Congress" title="45th United States Congress">45th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1876</a>.<br />Died. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">March 15, 1878 –<br />November 5, 1878 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JSmithYoung.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/JSmithYoung.jpg/100px-JSmithYoung.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/JSmithYoung.jpg/150px-JSmithYoung.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/JSmithYoung.jpg/200px-JSmithYoung.jpg 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="567" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/J._Smith_Young" title="J. Smith Young">J. Smith Young</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Homer,_Louisiana" title="Homer, Louisiana">Homer</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">November 5, 1878 –<br />March 3, 1879 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/45th_United_States_Congress" title="45th United States Congress">45th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1878_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">Elected to finish Leonard's term</a>.<br />Retired.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg/100px-Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg/150px-Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg/200px-Gen._John_Floyd_King.jpg 2x" data-file-width="785" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/J._Floyd_King" title="J. Floyd King">J. Floyd King</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Vidalia,_Louisiana" title="Vidalia, Louisiana">Vidalia</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1879 –<br />March 3, 1887 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/46th_United_States_Congress" title="46th United States Congress">46th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/47th_United_States_Congress" title="47th United States Congress">47th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/48th_United_States_Congress" title="48th United States Congress">48th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/49th_United_States_Congress" title="49th United States Congress">49th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1878</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1880</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1882</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1884</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg/100px-U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg/150px-U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg/200px-U.S._Representative_Cherubusco_Newton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="205" data-file-height="294" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Cherubusco_Newton" title="Cherubusco Newton">Cherubusco Newton</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bastrop,_Louisiana" title="Bastrop, Louisiana">Bastrop</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1887 –<br />March 3, 1889 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/50th_United_States_Congress" title="50th United States Congress">50th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1886</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CharlesJBoatner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg/100px-CharlesJBoatner.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg/150px-CharlesJBoatner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="218" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Boatner" title="Charles J. Boatner">Charles J. Boatner</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1889 –<br />March 20, 1896 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_United_States_Congress" title="51st United States Congress">51st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/52nd_United_States_Congress" title="52nd United States Congress">52nd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/53rd_United_States_Congress" title="53rd United States Congress">53rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">54th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1888</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1890</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1892</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1894</a>.<br />House declared seat vacant after election was contested by Alexis Benoit. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">March 20, 1896 –<br />June 10, 1896 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/54th_United_States_Congress" title="54th United States Congress">54th</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CharlesJBoatner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg/100px-CharlesJBoatner.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg/150px-CharlesJBoatner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/CharlesJBoatner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="218" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_J._Boatner" title="Charles J. Boatner">Charles J. Boatner</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">June 10, 1896 –<br />March 3, 1897 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">Elected to finish his own term</a>.<br />Retired. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SamuelTBaird.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/SamuelTBaird.jpg/100px-SamuelTBaird.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/SamuelTBaird.jpg/150px-SamuelTBaird.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/SamuelTBaird.jpg/200px-SamuelTBaird.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="305" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Samuel_T._Baird" title="Samuel T. Baird">Samuel T. Baird</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Bastrop,_Louisiana" title="Bastrop, Louisiana">Bastrop</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1897 –<br />April 22, 1899 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress" title="55th United States Congress">55th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1896</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1898</a>.<br />Died.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">April 22, 1899 –<br />August 29, 1899 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JosephERansdell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/JosephERansdell.jpg/100px-JosephERansdell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/JosephERansdell.jpg/150px-JosephERansdell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/JosephERansdell.jpg/200px-JosephERansdell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="602" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Ransdell" title="Joseph E. Ransdell">Joseph E. Ransdell</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Lake_Providence,_Louisiana" title="Lake Providence, Louisiana">Lake Providence</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">August 29, 1899 –<br />March 3, 1913 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/56th_United_States_Congress" title="56th United States Congress">56th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/57th_United_States_Congress" title="57th United States Congress">57th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/58th_United_States_Congress" title="58th United States Congress">58th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/59th_United_States_Congress" title="59th United States Congress">59th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/60th_United_States_Congress" title="60th United States Congress">60th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/61st_United_States_Congress" title="61st United States Congress">61st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">62nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">Elected to finish Baird's term</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1900</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1902</a>.<br /> <a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1904</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1906</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1908</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1910</a>.<br />Retired to <a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States Senate elections in Louisiana">run for U.S. senator</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JamesWalterElder_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-JamesWalterElder_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="576" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_Walter_Elder" title="James Walter Elder">James Walter Elder</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1913 –<br />March 3, 1915 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1912</a>.<br />Lost renomination.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RileyJWilson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RileyJWilson.jpg/100px-RileyJWilson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RileyJWilson.jpg/150px-RileyJWilson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RileyJWilson.jpg/200px-RileyJWilson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1421" data-file-height="1870" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Riley_J._Wilson" title="Riley J. Wilson">Riley J. Wilson</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Ruston,_Louisiana" title="Ruston, Louisiana">Ruston</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">March 4, 1915 –<br />January 3, 1937 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">65th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">66th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">67th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/68th_United_States_Congress" title="68th United States Congress">68th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/69th_United_States_Congress" title="69th United States Congress">69th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/70th_United_States_Congress" title="70th United States Congress">70th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/71st_United_States_Congress" title="71st United States Congress">71st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/72nd_United_States_Congress" title="72nd United States Congress">72nd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/73rd_United_States_Congress" title="73rd United States Congress">73rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/74th_United_States_Congress" title="74th United States Congress">74th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1914</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1916</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1918</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1920</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1922</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1924</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1926</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1928</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1930</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1932</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1934</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg/100px-Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg/150px-Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg/200px-Newt_V_Mills_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="630" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Newt_V._Mills" title="Newt V. Mills">Newt V. Mills</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1937 –<br />January 3, 1943 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_United_States_Congress" title="75th United States Congress">75th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/76th_United_States_Congress" title="76th United States Congress">76th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/77th_United_States_Congress" title="77th United States Congress">77th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1936</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1938</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1940</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg/100px-Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg/150px-Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg/200px-Charles_E._McKenzie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2465" data-file-height="3313" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._McKenzie" title="Charles E. McKenzie">Charles E. McKenzie</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1943 –<br />January 3, 1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/78th_United_States_Congress" title="78th United States Congress">78th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/79th_United_States_Congress" title="79th United States Congress">79th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1942</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1944</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Otto_Passman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Otto_Passman.jpg/100px-Otto_Passman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Otto_Passman.jpg/150px-Otto_Passman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Otto_Passman.jpg/200px-Otto_Passman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="435" data-file-height="503" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Otto_Passman" title="Otto Passman">Otto Passman</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1947 –<br />January 3, 1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress" title="80th United States Congress">80th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/81st_United_States_Congress" title="81st United States Congress">81st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/82nd_United_States_Congress" title="82nd United States Congress">82nd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/83rd_United_States_Congress" title="83rd United States Congress">83rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/84th_United_States_Congress" title="84th United States Congress">84th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/85th_United_States_Congress" title="85th United States Congress">85th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/86th_United_States_Congress" title="86th United States Congress">86th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/87th_United_States_Congress" title="87th United States Congress">87th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/88th_United_States_Congress" title="88th United States Congress">88th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/89th_United_States_Congress" title="89th United States Congress">89th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/90th_United_States_Congress" title="90th United States Congress">90th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/91st_United_States_Congress" title="91st United States Congress">91st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/92nd_United_States_Congress" title="92nd United States Congress">92nd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/93rd_United_States_Congress" title="93rd United States Congress">93rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/94th_United_States_Congress" title="94th United States Congress">94th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1946</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1948</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1950</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1952</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1954</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1956</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1958</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1960</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1962</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1964</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1966</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1968</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1970</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1972</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1974</a>.<br />Lost renomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg/100px-Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg/150px-Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg/200px-Jerry_Huckaby_Scan_Doc0002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="2904" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Huckaby" title="Jerry Huckaby">Jerry Huckaby</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Ringgold,_Louisiana" title="Ringgold, Louisiana">Ringgold</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1977 –<br />January 3, 1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/95th_United_States_Congress" title="95th United States Congress">95th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/96th_United_States_Congress" title="96th United States Congress">96th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/97th_United_States_Congress" title="97th United States Congress">97th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/98th_United_States_Congress" title="98th United States Congress">98th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a><br /><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1976</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1978</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1980</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1982</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1984</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1986</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1988</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1990</a>.<br />Lost re-election. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_McCrery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jim_McCrery.jpg/100px-Jim_McCrery.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jim_McCrery.jpg/150px-Jim_McCrery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jim_McCrery.jpg/200px-Jim_McCrery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="349" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_McCrery" title="Jim McCrery">Jim McCrery</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1993 –<br />January 3, 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a> </td> <td>Redistricted from the <span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span> and <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">re-elected in 1992</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1994</a>.<br />Redistricted to the <span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Cooksey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/John_Cooksey.jpg/100px-John_Cooksey.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/John_Cooksey.jpg/150px-John_Cooksey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/John_Cooksey.jpg/200px-John_Cooksey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1312" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Cooksey" title="John Cooksey">John Cooksey</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 1997 –<br />January 3, 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 1996</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 1998</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2000</a>.<br />Retired to <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Louisiana" title="2002 United States Senate election in Louisiana">run for U.S. senator</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg/100px-Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg/150px-Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg/200px-Rep._Rodney_Alexander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Quitman,_Louisiana" title="Quitman, Louisiana">Quitman</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 2003 –<br />August 9, 2004 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 2002</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2004</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2006</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2008</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2010</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2012</a>.<br />Resigned to become Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs">Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs</a>. </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>2003–2013</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LA-districts-109-05.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/LA-districts-109-05.gif/300px-LA-districts-109-05.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/LA-districts-109-05.gif/450px-LA-districts-109-05.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/LA-districts-109-05.gif/600px-LA-districts-109-05.gif 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="379" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" nowrap="">August 9, 2004 –<br />September 26, 2013 </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td rowspan="6"><b>2013–2023</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_(since_2013).tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-300px-Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-450px-Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-600px-Louisiana_US_Congressional_District_5_%28since_2013%29.tif.png 2x" data-file-width="2134" data-file-height="1008" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">September 26, 2013 –<br />November 16, 2013 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vance_McAllister,_Official_Portrait,_113th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/100px-Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/150px-Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/200px-Vance_McAllister%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1363" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Vance_McAllister" title="Vance McAllister">Vance McAllister</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Swartz,_Louisiana" title="Swartz, Louisiana">Swartz</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">November 16, 2013 –<br />January 3, 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2013 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">Elected to finish Alexander's term</a>.<br />Lost re-nomination. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg/100px-Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg/150px-Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg/200px-Ralph_Abraham_official_congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Alto,_Louisiana" title="Alto, Louisiana">Alto</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 2015 –<br />January 3, 2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Elected in 2014</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2016</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2018</a>.<br />Retired.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td> <td nowrap="">January 3, 2021 –<br />April 14, 2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a> </td> <td>Representative-elect <a href="/wiki/Luke_Letlow" title="Luke Letlow">Luke Letlow</a> died December 29, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Julia_Letlow_117th_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Julia_Letlow_117th_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1866" data-file-height="2251" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Julia Letlow</a></b><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Start,_Louisiana" title="Start, Louisiana">Start</a>)</small><br /> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" nowrap="">April 14, 2021 –<br />present </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a><br /><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2021_Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2021 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election">Elected to finish her husband's term</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2022</a>.<br /><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana#District_5" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">Re-elected in 2024</a>. </td></tr> <tr style="height:3em"> <td><b>2023–2025</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_(2023%E2%80%932025)_(new_version).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg/300px-Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg/450px-Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg/600px-Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district_%282023%E2%80%932025%29_%28new_version%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="917" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_election_results">Recent election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002">2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Runoff Election (2002) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>86,718 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.28 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Lee Fletcher </td> <td style="text-align:right">85,744 </td> <td style="text-align:right">49.72 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>172,462 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004">2004</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2004) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (Incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>141,495 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.44 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Zelma "Tisa" Blakes </td> <td style="text-align:right">58,591 </td> <td style="text-align:right">24.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">John W. "Jock" Scott </td> <td style="text-align:right">37,971 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.95 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>238,057 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23;"> </td> <td colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>NOTE: Rodney Alexander switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2006) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>78,211 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>68.26 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gloria Williams Hearn </td> <td style="text-align:right">33,233 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.00 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party (US)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Brent Sanders </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,876 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.64 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (US)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Watts </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,262 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.10 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>114,582 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2008) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2010) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>122,033 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>78.57 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (US)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tom Gibbs Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">33,279 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.43 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>155,312 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012">2012</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2012) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>202,536 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>77.83 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">No Party </td> <td class="fn">"Ron" Ceasar </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37,486 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.41 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party (US)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clay Steven Grant </td> <td style="text-align:right">20,194 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.76 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>260,216 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013_(special)"><span id="2013_.28special.29"></span>2013 (special)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2013 (special)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Special Election (2013) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Vance_McAllister" title="Vance McAllister">Vance McAllister</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54,449 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.65 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Riser" title="Neil Riser">Neil Riser</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">36,837 </td> <td style="text-align:right">40.35 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>91,286 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>18.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014">2014</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2014) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jamie Mayo </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67,611 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>28.22 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54,449 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>22.73 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">"Zach" Dasher </td> <td style="text-align:right">53,628 </td> <td style="text-align:right">22.39 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Vance M. McAllister </td> <td style="text-align:right">26,606 </td> <td style="text-align:right">11.11 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clyde C. Holloway </td> <td style="text-align:right">17,877 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.46 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Harris Brown </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,890 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">"Ed" Tarpley </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,594 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.92 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party (US)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Saucier </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,201 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.92 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#17aa5c;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (US)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Eliot S. Barron </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,655 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.69 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>239,551 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52.6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2014 Runoff) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>134,616 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.22 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jamie Mayo </td> <td style="text-align:right">75,006 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.78 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>209,622 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45.2 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2016 Primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>208,545 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>81.57 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Billy Burkette </td> <td style="text-align:right">47,117 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18.43 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>255,662 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">66.8 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2018 Primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Ralph Abraham </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>149,018 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.54 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jessee Carlton Fleenor </td> <td style="text-align:right">67,118 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.97 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDBB;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (US)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Billy Burkette </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,799 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Libertarian Party (US)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kyle Randol </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,011 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.35 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>223,946 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020">2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2020 Primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Luke_Letlow" title="Luke Letlow">Luke Letlow</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>102,533</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>33.12</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Lance_Harris" title="Lance Harris">Lance Harris</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>51,240</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>16.55</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sandra "Candy" Shoemaker-Christophe </td> <td style="text-align:right">50,812 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.41 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Martin Lemelle Jr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">32,186 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.40 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Scotty Robinson </td> <td style="text-align:right">23,887 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.72 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allen Guillory Sr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">22,496 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Matt Hasty </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,834 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Phillip Snowden </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,432 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.05 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jesse P. Lagarde </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,136 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.30 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>309,556 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2020 Runoff) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Luke_Letlow" title="Luke Letlow">Luke Letlow</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>49,182</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right"><b>62.02</b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lance_Harris" title="Lance Harris">Lance Harris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">30,124 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.98 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>79,306 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_(special)"><span id="2021_.28special.29"></span>2021 (special)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2021 (special)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Special Election (2021) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Julia Letlow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67,203 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.86 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sandra "Candy" Christophe </td> <td style="text-align:right">28,255 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.27 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chad Conerly </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,497 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.31 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Lansden </td> <td style="text-align:right">929 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.90 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allen Guillory </td> <td style="text-align:right">464 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.45 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DDDDDD;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/No_party_preference" class="mw-redirect" title="No party preference">No party preference</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jim Davis </td> <td style="text-align:right">402 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.39 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sancha Smith </td> <td style="text-align:right">334 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.32 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza </td> <td style="text-align:right">236 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.23 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jaycee Magnuson </td> <td style="text-align:right">131 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.13 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard H. Pannell </td> <td style="text-align:right">67 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.06 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Horace Melton III </td> <td style="text-align:right">62 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.06 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Errol Victor Sr. </td> <td style="text-align:right">36 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.03 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>103,616 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022">2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2022) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Julia Letlow</a> (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>151,080 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Oscar "Omar" Dantzler </td> <td style="text-align:right">35,149 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Walter Earl Huff </td> <td style="text-align:right">19,383 </td> <td style="text-align:right">8.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allen Guillory </td> <td style="text-align:right">12,159 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Hunter Pullen </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,782 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes 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style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="wrap"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">Current districts</span></dt> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana01 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana03 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana05 !"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">5th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana06 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span></dd></dl> </div> <div class="wrap"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">All districts</span></dt> <dd><span data-sort-value="Orleans TerritoryAL !"><a href="/wiki/Orleans_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Orleans Territory's at-large congressional district">Orleans Territory</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="LouisianaAL !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana01 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana02 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana03 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 3rd congressional district">3rd</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana04 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 4th congressional district">4th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana05 !"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">5th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana06 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 6th congressional district">6th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana07 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 7th congressional district">7th</a></span></dd> <dd><span data-sort-value="Louisiana08 !"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span></dd></dl> </div> <ul><li><i>The at-large, 7th, and 8th districts are obsolete.</i></li></ul> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd>Louisiana's past and present <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States representatives from Louisiana">representatives</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Louisiana" title="List of United States senators from Louisiana">senators</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Louisiana" title="United States congressional delegations from Louisiana">delegations</a></dd></dl> <ul><li>Recent U.S. House elections in Louisiana: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2022</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana">2024</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_congressional_districts" title="List of United States congressional districts">All U.S. districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment" title="United States congressional apportionment">Apportionment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redistricting" title="Redistricting">Redistricting </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States" title="Gerrymandering in the United States">Gerrymandering</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output 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