Election Results
In the 2024 presidential election, Louisiana voted for Donald Trump (Republican) by a wide margin, continuing its status as a reliably red state.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Governors
Louisiana's governor is Jeff Landry, a Republican who took office in January 2024.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Landry | Republican | 2024–present |
| Bobby Jindal | Republican | 2008–2016 |
| Kathleen Babineaux Blanco | Democratic | 2004–2008 |
| Mike Foster | Republican | 1992–2004 |
| David C. Treen | Republican | 1980–1984 |
| John Julian McKeithen | Democratic | 1964–1972 |
| Robert Floyd Kennon | Democratic | 1952–1956 |
| Sam Houston Jones | Democratic | 1940–1944 |
| Richard Webster Leche | Democratic | 1936–1939 |
| James Albert Noe | Democratic | 1936–1936 |
| Oscar Kelly Allen | Democratic | 1932–1936 |
| Alvin Olin King | Democratic | 1932–1932 |
| Huey Pierce Long | Democratic | 1928–1932 |
| Oramel Hinckley Simpson | Methodist | 1926–1928 |
| Henry L. Fuqua | Democratic | 1924–1926 |
| Ruffin G. Pleasant | Democratic | 1916–1920 |
| Luther Egbert Hall | Democratic | 1912–1916 |
| Jared Young Sanders | Democratic | 1908–1912 |
| Newton Crain Blanchard | Democratic | 1904–1908 |
| William Wright Heard | Democratic | 1900–1904 |
| Murphy James Foster | Democratic | 1892–1900 |
| Samuel Douglas McEnery | Democratic | 1881–1888 |
| Louis Aflred Wiltz | Democratic | 1880–1881 |
| William Pitt Kellogg | Republican | 1873–1877 |
| Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback | Republican | 1872–1873 |
| Henry Clay Warmoth | Republican | 1868–1872 |
| Benjamin Franklin Flanders | Republican | 1867–1868 |
| James Madison Wells | Republican | 1865–1867 |
| Michael Hahn | Republican | 1864–1865 |
| Henry Watkins Allen | Democratic | 1864–1865 |
| George Foster Shepley | Federal Military Rule | 1862–1864 |
| Thomas Overton Moore | Democratic | 1860–1864 |
| Robert Wickliffe | Democratic | 1856–1860 |
| Paul Octave Hebert | Democratic | 1853–1856 |
| Joseph Marshall Walker | Democratic | 1850–1853 |
| Isaac Johnson | Democratic | 1846–1850 |
| Alexandre Mouton | Democratic | 1843–1846 |
| Edward Douglass White | Whig | 1835–1839 |
| Andre Bienvenu Roman | Whig | 1831–1835 |
| Jacques Dupre | Jeffersonian Republican | 1830–1831 |
| Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny | Jeffersonian Republican | 1829–1829 |
| Armand Beauvais | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1829–1830 |
| Henry S. Johnson | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1824–1828 |
| Henry Schuyler Thibodaux | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1824–1824 |
| Thomas Bolling Robertson | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1820–1824 |
| Jacques Philippe Villere | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1816–1820 |
| William Charles Cole Claiborne | Jeffersonian-Republican | 1812–1816 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
Senators
Louisiana's two U.S. Senators are Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Representatives
Louisiana has 6 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with a delegation currently dominated by Republicans.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Louisiana
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Louisiana has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000, with the GOP margin widening steadily over the past two decades.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Louisiana's state legislature and statewide offices are dominated by Republicans, with Democratic strength concentrated in New Orleans and parts of Baton Rouge.