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Louisiana State Senate

 
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Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge

The Louisiana State Senate (French: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All Senators serve four year terms and are assigned multiple committees to work on. The Democratic Party currently holds a majority in the Senate and the Senate President is Democratic Senator Joel Chaisson from Destrehan, Louisiana.

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Senate Officers

Composition

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature 39 0
Begin 23 16 39 0
January 3, 2009[1] 23 15 38 1
January 4, 2009[2] 22 15 37 2
April 4, 2009[3] 22 16 38 1
May 18, 2009[4] 23 16 39 0
June 30, 2009[5] 22 16 38 1
August 29, 2009[6] 23 16 39 0
Latest voting share 59% 41%

Current membership

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

Senate Committees

The Louisiana State Senate currently has over fifteen different committees in which the senators sit. These committees address a wide range of issues such as environmental quality, education, labor relations and more . A full list of the committees can be found at the senate committees page. Likewise, a full list of committee assignments (by member) can be found at the committee assignments page.

References

  1. ^ Republican Bill Cassidy of the 16th District resigned.
  2. ^ Democrat Don Cravins, Jr. of the 24th District resigned.
  3. ^ Republican Dan Claitor of the 16th District won a special election to replace Cassidy.
  4. ^ Democrat Elbert L. Guillory of the 24th District won a special election to replace Cravins.
  5. ^ Democrat Reggie Dupre resigned to become director of levees for Terrebonne Parish.
  6. ^ Democrat Norbert "Norby" Chabert was elected to the 20th district to replace Dupre.

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