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Last updated: Oct. 11, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Louisiana within our coverage scope. Since Louisiana is also holding elections on Dec. 7, this page includes information on both Nov. 5 and Dec. 7 elections in Louisiana. Those elections include six for the U.S. House, one for a state executive office, and five statewide ballot measures-one on the ballot on Nov. 5 and four on Dec. 7. This page also includes more information about election day in Louisiana, including:
- How to vote in Louisiana
- The elected offices that Louisiana voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Louisiana that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Louisiana will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Louisiana'a congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Louisiana
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Louisiana
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Louisiana
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2024
At the federal level, Louisiana voters will six U.S. Representatives. To learn more about the U.S. House elections in Louisiana, click here.
One seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission is up for election.
One seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court and nine on intermediate and|appellate courts are up for election. The primary is on Nov. 5, and the general election is Dec. 7.
The Orleans Parish School Board is holding elections this year. Elections in five of the seven districts were canceled, after one candidate won each district without facing primary challengers. The primaries for District 2 and District 5 are on Nov. 5, and the general elections are on Dec. 7.
At the municipal level, the city of Baton Rouge is holding elections for metro council, city constable, and city court judges. The primary is on Nov. 5 and the general is on Dec. 7.
Below is a list of Louisiana elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| Louisiana elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | — | — |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | — | — |
| Other state executive | ✓ | Click here |
| State Senate | — | — |
| State House | — | — |
| Special state legislative | — | — |
| State Supreme Court | ✓ | Click here |
| Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ | Click here |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
| Recalls | ✓ | Click here |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Sept. 25, 2024, Ballotpedia identified the congressional election for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District as a battleground race. Those are the races that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Five candidates are running in the open nonpartisan primary. Three lead in endorsements and media attention: Quentin Anderson, Cleo Fields, and Elbert Guillory. Incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R) is not running for re-election. The election is taking place under a new congressional map established after the 2022 elections. A May 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked a lower court ruling striking down the new maps. According to Verite News' Michelle Liu, the new congressional map "shifts the demographics of the 6th district from a whiter, Republican stronghold based in south Baton Rouge and its suburbs to a mostly Black district that spans from north Baton Rouge to Shreveport."[1]
Ballot measures
There are five statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Louisiana. Voters will decide on one measure on Nov. 5 and four on Dec. 7.
November 5:
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment | Require the state's federal revenue from Outer Continental Shelf renewable energy production to be deposited in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund |
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1,367,876 (73%) |
503,275 (27%) |
December 7:
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment 1 | Add five more members to the judiciary commission and provide that the commission is responsible for investigating and recommending disciplinary actions, among other changes |
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176,864 (53%) |
155,252 (47%) |
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| Amendment 2 | Prohibit the consideration of a conference committee report or Senate amendments on an appropriations bill until 48 hours after the bill and a summary of the proposed changes have been distributed to all legislators |
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219,103 (66%) |
112,938 (34%) |
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| Amendment 3 | Allow the legislature to extend its regular session by two-day increments, up to a maximum of six days, in order to pass a bill appropriating money |
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191,729 (58%) |
140,452 (42%) |
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| Amendment 4 | Authorize the legislature to provide for property tax sales in state law |
|
180,856 (55%) |
150,423 (45%) |
State analysis
Partisan balance
A total of two Democrats, one Democrat and five Republicans represent Louisiana in the U.S. House. Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Past presidential election results in Louisiana
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 74.1% of Louisianians lived in one of the state's 54 Solid Republican parishes, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 25.9% lived in one of 10 Solid Democratic parishes. Overall, Louisiana was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of parish in Louisiana following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each parish type.
| Louisiana parish-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 54 | 74.1% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 10 | 25.9% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 10 | 25.9% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 54 | 74.1% | |||||
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East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 8 (Special election) | Republican | Won Primary | |
East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 8 (Special election) | Unaffiliated | Lost Primary | |
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See also
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