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Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2015

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Of the four states to hold state legislative elections in 2015, only Louisiana has a legislature that is subject to term limits.

In Louisiana, there were seven senators and 14 representatives who were ineligible to run for re-election. Thus, a total of 21 state legislators were ineligible to run for re-election in 2015 because of term limits, up from 16 in 2011.

The seven termed-out senators represented 17.9 percent of the 39 seats up for election in the Louisiana State Senate. The 14 termed-out representatives represented 13.3 percent of the 105 seats up for election in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Chamber with limits Majority party Seats in chamber Up for election in 2015 Seats impacted by term limits
Senate Republican Party 39 39 3 Democratic Party + 4 Republican Party = 7
House Republican Party 105 105 7 Democratic Party + 7 Republican Party = 14
Totals: Republican Party 144 144 10 Democratic Party + 11 Republican Party = 21

State senators

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015

Republicans had a net loss of one incumbent to term limits. The senators ineligible for re-election were:

Democratic Party Democrats (3):

Republican Party Republicans (4):

Louisiana State Senate
Party As of November 21, 2015 After November 21, 2015
     Democratic Party 13 14
     Republican Party 26 25
Total 39 39

State representatives

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015

The two major parties lost incumbents to term limits in equal measure. Those incumbents were:

Democratic Party Democrats (7)
Republican Party Republicans (7):

Louisiana House of Representatives
Party As of November 2015 After November 2015
     Democratic Party 43 42
     Republican Party 58 61
     Independent 2 2
     Vacancy 2 0
Total 105 105

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