The 2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election was held on October 14, 2023, with runoff elections held on November 18, 2023. All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Louisiana State Senate.
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.
Background In the 2019 state legislature elections, Republicans expanded their majorities in both chambers to 68 in the House and 27 in the Senate. By March 17, they had a supermajority of 71 members in the House, after elected Democrats Malinda White, Francis C. Thompson and Jeremy LaCombe switched parties. The supermajority, in combination with the supermajority Republicans held in the Louisiana Senate, made it significantly easier for Republicans to overturn vetoes from Democratic governor John Bel Edwards.
In the 2020 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump won 72 Louisiana House of Representatives districts and Democrat Joe Biden won 33 districts. Going into the 2023 Louisiana State House elections, Democrats represented two districts where Trump won the most votes in 2020: District 60, located in rural Louisiana (Trump +9%) and District 105, located primarily in Plaquemines Parish (Trump + 6%). Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans represented one district where Biden won the most votes in 2020: District 92, in the New Orleans suburbs of Jefferson County (Biden + 8%). In addition, the Independent Joseph Marino had represented District 85, which Biden won by 8%, before he resigned in 2023.
The 2023 election was the first election held under new district maps following redistricting as a result of the 2020 census.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of 270toWin November 2, 2023 Elections Daily November 2, 2023
Overview + ↓ 73 32 Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Votes Seats % Before After +/- Republican 124 398,222 70.94% 71 73 2 Democratic 76 155,795 27.75% 33 32 1 Independent 2 3,409 0.61% 1 0 No party 5 3,135 0.56% 1 0 1 Libertarian 1 772 0.14% 0 0 Total 208 561,333 100.00% 105 105
Special elections One special election was held on February 18, 2023, with a runoff on March 25, 2023, to fill a vacancy in District 93. Incumbent Democrat Royce Duplessis resigned on December 6, 2022, to join the State Senate. Democrat Alonzo Knox won this election.
District Incumbent Candidates Results Member Party First elected 93 Royce Duplessis Democratic 2018 Alonzo Knox (Democratic) 54.3% Sibil Fox Richardson (Democratic) 45.7%Democratic hold
Retirements Thirty incumbents did not seek re-election.
Democrats District 2: Sam Jenkins retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 4: Cedric Glover retired to run for State Senate. District 11: Patrick O. Jefferson was term-limited. District 23: Kenny R. Cox was term-limited. District 44: Vincent Pierre was term-limited. District 57: Randal Gaines was term-limited.
Republicans District 5: Alan Seabaugh was term-limited (successfully ran for State Senate). District 6: Thomas Pressly retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 25: Lance Harris was term-limited (successfully ran for Board of Elementary and Secondary Education). District 42: John Stefanski retired to run for attorney general. District 43: Stuart Bishop was term-limited. District 45: Jean-Paul Coussan retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 46: Mike Huval was term-limited. District 49: Blake Miguez retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 53: Tanner Magee retired. District 56: Gregory A. Miller was term-limited (successfully ran for State Senate). District 64: Valarie Hodges was term-limited (successfully ran for State Senate). District 65: Barry Ivey retired to run for State Senate. District 66: Rick Edmonds retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 68: Scott McKnight retired to run for treasurer. District 71: Buddy Mincey Jr. retired to run for State Senate. District 73: William Wheat Jr. retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 74: Larry Frieman retired to run for judge in the 22nd Judicial District. District 75: Malinda White retired to run for Washington Parish President. District 76: Bob Owen retired to successfully run for State Senate. District 81: Clay Schexnayder was term-limited (ran for secretary of state). District 89: Richard Nelson retired to run for governor. District 95: Sherman Q. Mack was term-limited. District 103: Ray Garofalo was term-limited (ran for State Senate). District 104: Paul Hollis was term-limited (successfully ran for Board of Elementary and Secondary Education).
Resignation One seat was left vacant on the day of the general election due to a resignation in 2023.
Independents District 85: Joseph A. Marino III resigned August 21 to become a Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court judge.
Incumbents defeated In primary election One incumbent representative, a Republican, was defeated in the October 14 jungle primary.
Republicans District 31: Jonathan Goudeau lost renomination to Troy Hebert.
In general election Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the November 18 general election.
Democrats
Seat lost to a Republican challenger District 105: Mack Cormier lost re-election to Jacob Braud.
Republicans
Seat held by a Republican District 90: Mary DuBuisson lost re-election to Brian Glorioso.
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See also 2023 United States state legislative elections 2023 Louisiana State Senate election
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