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Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019
- Primary: Oct. 12
- General election: Nov. 16
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16 (in-person and mail) or Oct. 26 (online)
- Early voting: Nov. 2-Nov. 9
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 15
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m (7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for elections that fall on a Saturday)
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General | November 16, 2019 |
Primary | October 12, 2019 |
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Elections for all 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate took place in 2019. The primary was on October 12, 2019, and the general election was on November 16. The filing deadline for candidates was August 8, 2019.
The Louisiana State Senate was one of seven state legislative chambers with elections in 2019. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2017, three out of 99 legislative chambers held elections.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
The candidate list below is based on the candidate filing list provided by the Louisiana Secretary of State. (I) denotes an incumbent.[1]
General election candidates
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Incumbents retiring
A total of 17 incumbents did not file to run for re-election in 2019.[2] Those incumbents were:
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Wesley Bishop | ![]() |
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John Alario | ![]() |
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Conrad Appel | ![]() |
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Daniel Martiny | ![]() |
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Jack Donahue | ![]() |
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Dale Erdey | ![]() |
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Yvonne Colomb | ![]() |
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Dan Claitor | ![]() |
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Norby Chabert | ![]() |
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Dan Morrish | ![]() |
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Eric LaFleur | ![]() |
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John R. Smith | ![]() |
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Gerald Long | ![]() |
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Neil Riser | ![]() |
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Mike Walsworth | ![]() |
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Francis Thompson | ![]() |
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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
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The following state senate candidates responded to Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click candidate names to read their answers.
District 11
District 16
District 31
Election statistics
The chart below indicates the number of races in 2011, 2015, and 2019 that were uncontested, decided in the primary election, or required a general election.
Louisiana State Senate elections, 2011-2019 | |||||
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2011 | 2015 | 2019 | |||
Uncontested races | 20 | 21 | 12 | ||
Decided in primary | 15 | 14 | 22 | ||
Required general | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 18: Louisiana Election Code of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
Qualifying for the ballot
In Louisiana, all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, run in the general election. If a candidate receives a majority of the vote in the general election, he or she wins outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, a runoff election is held between the top two vote-getters. A candidate cannot run for more than one office in a general or runoff election. A candidate is also prohibited from running for two or more different offices to be filled at separate elections.[3]
All candidates, regardless of partisan affiliation (or lack thereof), qualify in the same way and at the same time. For gubernatorial elections, the candidate qualifying period begins on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August in the year of the election and ends at 4:30 p.m. on the following Thursday. For congressional elections, the candidate qualifying period begins on the third Wednesday in July in the year of the election and ends at 4:30 p.m. on the following Friday.[4][5]
To qualify, a candidate must file with the Louisiana Secretary of State. A candidate must file a notice of candidacy form and either pay a filing fee or file a nominating petition. After qualifying, a candidate for state executive office or state legislative office is required to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training.[6][7][8][9]
Notice of candidacy
The notice of candidacy form must be signed either in the presence of a notary public or of registered voters eligible to vote for the office being sought by the candidate. The form must certify the following:[7][10]
- the candidate's name and the way in which he or she would like it to appear on the ballot
- the office being sought by the candidate
- the candidate's residential address, including the parish, ward, and precinct where the candidate is registered to vote
- the name of the recognized party the candidate is affiliated with, a designation of "other" if the candidate is affiliated with a non-recognized political party, or a designation of "no party" if the candidate is not affiliated with any political party (this designation cannot change after the notice of candidacy is filed)
- that the candidate is a registered voter in the district he or she wishes to represent
- that the candidate is not under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony and is not prohibited from qualifying as a candidate for conviction of a felony
- if running for state office, that the candidate has filed his or her state and federal tax returns for the past five years or was not required to file returns
- if running for state office, that the candidate acknowledges that he or she is subject to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act, does not owe any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties, and has filed any reports due prior to filing the notice of candidacy form
- that the candidate is knowledgeable of all election rules and laws pertaining to the election in which he or she is running, specifically those prohibiting political campaign signs on public property.
Filing fee
If a candidate opts to pay the filing fee, it must be paid in cash, by certified check, by cashier's check, or by money order. Established political parties may assess a political party fee to be paid by their candidates. All fees must be paid to the Louisiana Secretary of State at the time of qualifying. Candidates serving in the United States Armed Forces are not required to pay the filing fee.[8][11]
Fees vary according to the office being sought and are detailed in the table below.[12]
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Office sought | Filing fee | Party fee (for Democratic or Republican candidates) |
Governor | $750.00 | $375.00 |
State executive office other than governor, United States Senator, United States Representative | $600.00 | $300.00 |
State Senator | $300.00 | $150.00 to the state central committee ($150 if assessed by parish executive committee) |
State Representative | $225.00 | $112.50 to the state central committee ($112.50 if assessed by parish executive committee) |
Nominating petition
If a candidate opts to file a nominating petition in lieu of paying the filing fee, he or she may begin circulating petitions 120 days before the qualifying period begins. Signatures for the petition must be collected from registered voters eligible to vote for the office the candidate is seeking. Signature requirements vary according to the office being sought and are detailed in the table below.[12][13]
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State executive office or office in the U.S. Senate | 5,000, with no less than 500 coming from each congressional district |
Office in the U.S. House of Representatives | 1,000 |
Office in the Louisiana State Senate | 500 |
Office in the Louisiana House of Representatives | 400 |
Challenging a candidacy
Any registered voter may challenge the candidacy of a candidate running for an office for which the challenger is an eligible elector. To do so, the registered voter must present evidence that a candidate has illegally qualified for office to the respective parish district attorney. The district attorney will then determine whether the evidence presented by the registered voter establishes grounds for challenging the candidate's qualified status. If the district attorney determines that the evidence does establish grounds against the candidate, the district attorney must file an action objecting to that candidate.[14]
Any objection to a candidate must be filed no later than seven days after the close of the candidate qualifying period, unless that day falls on a weekend or holiday, in which case the objection must be filed by the next business day.[15]
Qualifications
In order to run for office, the following qualifications are in place for candidates:[16]
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Must be a resident of the district they seek to hold office to for a minimum of two years.
- Must not have served more than two and one half terms previously in office. This is for any candidate who has held office in the past after January 8, 1996.
- Have not been convicted of a felony offense.
- Have no outstanding fines with the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program.
- Pay a $225 filing fee with the Clerk of Court in the parish they reside in or collect 400 signatures.
- If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay an additional $112.50 filing fee with the state and/or parish executive committee of their party.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[17] | |
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$16,800/year; plus an additional $6,000/year as an unvouchered expense | $166/day. |
When sworn in
Louisiana legislators assume office at noon on the second Monday in January after their election.[18][19]
Louisiana political history
Party control
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Democratic Party | 14 | 12 | |
Republican Party | 25 | 27 | |
Total | 39 | 39 |
Presidential politics in Louisiana
2016 Presidential election results
U.S. presidential election, Louisiana, 2016 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 38.4% | 780,154 | 0 | |
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58.1% | 1,178,638 | 8 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 1.9% | 37,978 | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.7% | 14,031 | 0 | |
Constitution | Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley | 0.2% | 3,129 | 0 | |
Courage Character Service | Evan McMullin/Nathan Johnson | 0.4% | 8,547 | 0 | |
It's Our Children | Laurence Kotlikoff/Edward Lea | 0.1% | 1,048 | 0 | |
Life Family Constitution | Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin | 0.1% | 1,581 | 0 | |
Loyal Trustworthy Compasion | Princes Jacob/Milton Fambro | 0% | 749 | 0 | |
Socialism and Liberation | Gloria Estela La Riva/Eugene Puryear | 0% | 446 | 0 | |
Socialism Equality Anti-War | Jerry White/Niles Niemuth | 0% | 370 | 0 | |
Socialist Workers Party | Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart | 0% | 480 | 0 | |
Socialist Workers Party | Chris Keniston/Deacon Taylor | 0.1% | 1,881 | 0 | |
Total Votes | 2,029,032 | 8 | |||
Election results via: Louisiana Secretary of State |
Impact of term limits
- See also: State legislative elections, 2019
As of 2019, the Louisiana State Senate was one of 15 state legislatures with term limits. Under Louisiana's term limits, state senators can serve no more than three four-year terms in the Senate.[20] The state's term limits law was enacted in 1995. The first year that term limits impacted the ability of incumbents to run for office was in 2007.
Louisiana was the only state holding elections for a term-limited legislature in 2019. All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election in 2019.[21] In the 2019 elections, 16 senators were ineligible to run because of term limits. The following state senators were term-limited in 2019:
Democratic: (4)
Republicans (12):
Potential impact on trifecta status
Heading into the 2019 elections, Louisiana had been under divided government since Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) assumed office in 2016. Edwards was a Democrat while Republicans held majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Louisiana held elections for governor, all 39 state Senate seats, and all 105 state House seats. In order to win a trifecta, Republicans needed to maintain their majorities in the state legislature while winning the gubernatorial election. Democrats needed to win majorities in both chambers of the state legislature while holding the governorship.
In the October 12, 2019, primary elections, Republicans won 25 seats in the state Senate and 63 seats in the state House, enough to form a majority in both chambers. This meant that Democrats could not gain a trifecta in Louisiana in 2019. Because the gubernatorial election was rated Toss-up, Ballotpedia rated the chances of a Republican trifecta forming as a moderate possibility.
Voter information
How the primary works
Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.
- Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.
Poll times
In Louisiana, polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central time for Tuesday elections. For Saturday elections, polls open at 7:00 a.m. If the polls close while a voter is in line, he or she will still be permitted to vote.[22][23]
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
To vote in Louisiana, one must provide documentary proof of United States citizenship and be a resident of the state and parish in which they register. A voter must be at least 18 years old by Election Day.[24]
Registration completed via mail or in person must occur at least 30 days before Election Day. Registration completed online must occur at least 20 days before Election Day. Registrants must present a valid form of identification to register. Pre-registration is available beginning at age 16.[24]
Voters may register in person at any Registrar of Voters office or any of the following places:[24]
- Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
- Louisiana Department of Social Services
- WIC offices
- Food stamp offices
- Medicaid offices
- Offices and agencies serving people with disabilities
- Military recruitment offices
Automatic registration
Louisiana does not practice automatic voter registration.
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Louisiana has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Same-day registration
Louisiana does not allow same-day voter registration.
Residency requirements
Louisiana law requires 20 days of residency in the state before a person may vote.
Verification of citizenship
Louisiana state law requires a voter registration applicant to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. As of June 2025, the state had not implemented the requirement.[25][26]
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[27] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The site Geaux Vote, run by the Louisiana Secretary of State office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.
Voter ID requirements
Louisiana requires voters to present photo identification while voting.[28]
Voters can present the following forms of identification. This list was current as of August 14, 2024. Click here to ensure you have the most current information.
- Louisiana driver's license
- Louisiana special identification card
- LA Wallet digital driver's license
- Military ID or other generally recognized picture identification card that contains the name and signature of the voter
Voters who do not have accepted ID may vote by completing a voter identification affidavit. By law, voters who sign an affidavit may be challenged.[29]
Registered voters can bring their voter information card to the Office of Motor Vehicles to receive a free Louisiana special identification card.[28]
Early voting
Louisiana permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.
Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.
Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.
Absentee voting
The following individuals are eligible to vote absentee in Louisiana:[30]
- Senior citizens, 65 years of age or older
- Voters who expect to be temporarily absent from the state or their parish during the early voting period and on election day
- Offshore workers
- Residents of nursing homes, veterans' homes, or hospitals
- Students, instructors, or professors (as well as their spouses and dependents) who are living outside of their parish
- Ministers, priests, rabbis, or other members of the clergy who are assigned outside of their parish
- Voters who moved more than 100 miles from the seat of their former parish within 30 days of an election
- Voters who are involuntarily confined to a mental institution and have not been judicially declared incompetent
- Voters who expect to be hospitalized on Election Day
- Incarcerated voters who have not been convicted of a felony
- Participants in the secretary of state's Address Confidentiality Program
- Sequestered jurors
State profile
- See also: Louisiana and Louisiana elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019.
Presidential voting pattern
- Louisiana voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. senators from Louisiana were Republican.
- Louisiana had one Democratic and five Republican U.S. representatives.
State executives
- Democrats held three and Republicans held nine of Louisiana's 15 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
- Louisiana's governor was Democrat John Bel Edwards.
State legislature
- Republicans controlled the Louisiana State Senate with a 25-14 majority.
- Republicans controlled the Louisiana House of Representatives with a 62-39 majority.
Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2025
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Seven years of Republican trifectas
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Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Demographic data for Louisiana | ||
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Louisiana | U.S. | |
Total population: | 4,668,960 | 316,515,021 |
Land area (sq mi): | 43,204 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White: | 62.8% | 73.6% |
Black/African American: | 32.1% | 12.6% |
Asian: | 1.7% | 5.1% |
Native American: | 0.6% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
Two or more: | 1.8% | 3% |
Hispanic/Latino: | 4.7% | 17.1% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate: | 83.4% | 86.7% |
College graduation rate: | 22.5% | 29.8% |
Income | ||
Median household income: | $45,047 | $53,889 |
Persons below poverty level: | 23.3% | 11.3% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Louisiana. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry: Election Date 10/12/2019," accessed August 9, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 453," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 467," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 468," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 462," accessed March 25, 2025
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Qualify for an Election," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Louisana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 461," accessed March 25, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 461.1," accessed March 25, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 463," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 464," accessed March 25, 2025
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Fees/Nominating Petitions to Qualify for Office," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 465," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 491," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes, "Title 18, Section 493," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Qualify for an Election," accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 3, Section 5," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 4, Section 3," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ legis.la.gov, "About the Legislature," accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana State Senate, "Term limits," accessed February 28, 2019
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "FAQ: Voting on Election Day," accessed August 15, 2024
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Vote on Election Day," accessed August 15, 2024
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Register to Vote," accessed August 15, 2024
- ↑ WWNO, "Louisiana now requires proof of citizenship to vote, but hasn’t issued any guidance," January 15, 2025
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Louisiana Voter Registration Application," accessed June 30, 2025
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Vote on Election Day," accessed August 15, 2024
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Louisiana voters' bill of rights and voting information," accessed August 15, 2024
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Vote Absentee," accessed April 11, 2023