Louisiana's 5th State Senate district explained

State:Louisiana
District:5
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Royce Duplessis
Party:Democratic
Residence:New Orleans
Democratic:61.2
Republican:10.1
Npp:28.7
Percent White:40
Percent Black:48
Percent Hispanic:7
Percent Asian:2
Percent Other Race:2
Population:123,489[1]
Population Year:2019
Registered:81,210[2]

Louisiana's 5th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. The district is represented by Democrat Royce Duplessis. The district was previously represented by Democrat Karen Carter Peterson from a 2010 special election to replace resigning fellow Democrat Cheryl Gray Evans until Peterson's resignation in April 2022.[3] [4] Diana Bajoie represented the district from 1991 to 2008. It is currently the most Democratic-leaning district in the Senate.

Geography

District 5 is primarily located in New Orleans, including parts of Carrollton, the Garden District, Mid-City New Orleans, and Uptown New Orleans, stretching to also cover a small part of Jefferson Parish.[2]

The district overlaps with Louisiana's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, and with the 82nd, 91st, 93rd, 97th, and 98th districts of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[5]

At 15 square miles, it is the smallest Senate district in Louisiana.[1]

Recent election results

Louisiana uses a jungle primary system. If no candidate receives 50% in the first round of voting, when all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party, the top-two finishers advance to a runoff election.

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults[6]
2020President[7] Biden 85.9–12.1%
2019Governor (runoff)[8] Edwards 91.9–8.1%
2016PresidentClinton 83.1–11.9%
2015Governor (runoff)[9] Edwards 89.2–10.8%
2014Senate (runoff)Landrieu 86.9–13.1%
2012PresidentObama 82.0–15.5%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Senate District 5, LA. Census Reporter. June 9, 2021.
  2. Web site: Registration Statistics - Parish. Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin. September 2019. September 18, 2019.
  3. Web site: LaRose . Greg . 2022-04-08 . Karen Carter Peterson resigns abruptly from the Louisiana Senate . 2022-07-06 . Louisiana Illuminator . en-US.
  4. Web site: State Senator Karen Carter Peterson - Democrat District 5 . Louisiana State Senate. June 9, 2021.
  5. Web site: How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?. David Jarman. Daily Kos. September 18, 2019.
  6. Web site: Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD. Daily Kos. September 18, 2019.
  7. Web site: 2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result. CNalysis. June 9, 2021.
  8. Web site: Since I've gotten a request for it, here are the numbers and data for each state senate district. #lagov. @PrdNewEnglander. November 21, 2019.
  9. Web site: My numbers for #LAGov by State Senate seat. Republicans sitting in @JohnBelforLA districts are highlighted. #lalege. @JMilesColeman. September 18, 2019.