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The Louisiana State Senate is the upper house of the Louisiana State Legislature. 39 members serve as state senators and are elected to four year terms in the State Senate. The senate meets at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

Partisan balance

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	23
	Republican Party	16
Total		39

List of current members

District	Representative	Party
1	A.G. Crowe	Republican
2	Ann Duplessis	Democrat
3	Jean-Paul J. Morrell	Democrat
4	Edwin Murray	Democrat
5	Cheryl Gray	Democrat
6	Julie Quinn	Republican
7	David Heitmeier	Democrat
8	John Alario	Democrat
9	Conrad Appel	Republican
10	Daniel Martiny	Republican
11	Jack Donahue	Republican
12	Ben Nevers	Democrat
13	Dale M. Erdey	Republican
14	Yvonne Dorsey	Democrat
15	Sharon Weston Broome	Democrat
16	Dan Claitor	Republican
17	Robert Marionneaux, Jr	Democrat
18	Jody Amedee	Democrat
19	Joel Chaisson	Democrat
20	Norby Chabert	Democrat
21	D.A. Gautreaux	Democrat
22	Troy Herbert	Democrat
23	Mike Michot	Republican
24	Elbert L. Guillory	Democrat
25	Dan Morrish	Republican
26	Nick Gautreaux	Democrat
27	Willie Mount	Democrat
28	Eric LaFleur	Democrat
29	Joe McPherson	Democrat
30	John R. Smith	Democrat
31	Gerald Long	Republican
32	Neil Riser	Republican
33	Mike Walsworth	Republican
34	Francis C. Thompson	Democrat
35	Robert Kostelka	Republican
36	Robert Adley	Republican
37	B.L. Shaw	Republican
38	Sherri Smith Cheek	Republican
39	Lydia Jackson	Democrat

Standing Senate Committees

There are a total of seventeen standing committees in the Louisiana Senate. These committees are comprised of seven members with the exception of two committees: Finance Committee and Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee, have eleven each. It is under the discretion of the Senate President to appoint and remove members of a committee.

• Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Education Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Environmental Quality Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Finance Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Health & Welfare Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Insurance Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Judiciary A Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Judiciary B Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Judiciary C Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Labor & Industrial Relations Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Local & Municipal Affairs Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Natural Resources Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Retirement Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Revenue & Fiscal Affairs Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee, Louisiana Senate
• Transportation, Highways & Public Works Committee, Louisiana Senate

External links

• Official website of the Louisiana State Senate
• Louisiana State Senate
• Vote Smart profile of Louisiana Senate

v • d • e Current members of the Louisiana Senate Senate President: Joel Chaisson (D) • President Pro Tempore: Sharon Weston Broome (D)     A.G. Crowe (R) Ann Duplessis (D) Jean-Paul J. Morrell (D) Edwin Murray (D) Cheryl Gray (D) Julie Quinn (R) David Heitmeier (D) John Alario (D) Conrad Appel (R) Daniel Martiny (R) Jack Donahue (R) Ben Nevers (D) Dale Erdey (R) Yvonne Dorsey (D) Sharon Weston Broome (D) Dan Claitor (R) Robert Marionneaux (D) Jody Amedee (D) Joel Chaisson (D) Norby Chabert (D) Butch Gautreaux (D) Troy Hebert (D) Michael Michot (R) Elbert L. Guillory (D) Dan Morrish (R) Nick Gautreaux (D) Willie Mount (D) Eric LaFleur (D) Joe McPherson (D) John Smith (D) Gerald Long (R) Neil Riser (R) Mike Walsworth (R) Francis Thompson (D) Bob Kostelka (R) Robert Adley (R) B.L. Shaw (D) Sherri Smith Cheek (R) Lydia Jackson (D) Democratic (23) • Republican (16) • Louisiana State Senate • Louisiana House of Representatives

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