LA · How to vote
Voting in Louisiana.
Three ways to vote, three deadlines. ID rules and vote-by-mail policy below — verify the specifics with the Louisiana Secretary of State at the link.
1Official source of record
Louisiana Secretary of State — Elections
3Federal candidate finance · 2026 cycle
Money in the Louisiana federal races
Top-fundraising candidate per race, sourced live from the FEC OpenFEC API. Click through to fec.gov for full disclosures.
U.S. HOUSE
1FEC OpenFEC API2026-05-03
2District map · TIGER/Line 2025 boundaries
Every district in Louisiana, on one map
Click any congressional, state senate, or state house polygon for the sitting member and a brief description. Toggle layers below the map to see overlapping legislative geography. Source polygons: US Census TIGER/Line 2025.
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true polygons · 2025 vintage · click a district for details1US Census TIGER/Line 20252026-05-03
3Current officeholders
Who represents Louisiana now
Sitting federal members and the governor. Names from Congress.gov (refreshed weekly) and hand-verified state data.
GOVERNOR
Jeff Landry (Republican)
U.S. SENATE
Energy and Natural Resources+1
Finance+1
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Veterans' Affairs
Appropriations+4
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs+1
the Budget
the Judiciary+1
U.S. HOUSE
1Congress.gov API v32026-05-03
3State legislature
Louisiana legislators
State senators and representatives by district. Names from OpenStates, refreshed weekly. Multi-member districts (e.g. WV, NH, MD, VT, NJ) list all sitting members under the same district.
STATE SENATE · 39 members · 39 districts
D1Bob Owen (R)
D2Ed Price (D)
D3Sidney Barthelemy (D)
D4Jimmy Harris (D)
D5Royce Duplessis (D)
D6Rick Edmonds (R)
D7Gary Carter (D)
D8Patrick Connick (R)
D9Cameron Henry (R)
D10Kirk Talbot (R)
D11Patrick McMath (R)
D12Beth Mizell (R)
D13Valarie Hodges (R)
D14Larry Selders (D)
D15Regina Barrow (D)
D16Franklin Foil (R)
D17Caleb Kleinpeter (R)
D18Eddie Lambert (R)
D19Greg Miller (R)
D20Mike Fési (R)
D21Robert Allain (R)
D22Blake Miguez (R)
D23Brach Myers (R)
D24Gerald Boudreaux (D)
D25Mark Abraham (R)
D26Bob Hensgens (R)
D27Jeremy Stine (R)
D28Heather Cloud (R)
D29Jay Luneau (D)
D30Mike Reese (R)
D31Alan Seabaugh (R)
D32Glen Womack (R)
D33Stewart Cathey (R)
D34Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D)
D35Jay Morris (R)
D36Adam Bass (R)
D37Bill Wheat (R)
D38Thomas Pressly (R)
D39Sam Jenkins (D)
STATE HOUSE · 105 members · 105 districts
D1Danny McCormick (R)
D2Steven Jackson (D)
D3Tammy Phelps (D)
D4Joy Walters (D)
D5Dennis Bamburg (R)
D6Michael Melerine (R)
D7Larry Bagley (R)
D8Raymond Crews (R)
D9Dodie Horton (R)
D10Wayne McMahen (R)
D11Rashid Young (D)
D12Chris Turner (R)
D13Jack McFarland (R)
D14Michael Echols (R)
D15Foy Gadberry (R)
D16Adrian Fisher (D)
D17Pat Moore (D)
D18Jeremy LaCombe (R)
D19Francis Thompson (R)
D20Neil Riser (R)
D21Travis Johnson (D)
D22Gabe Firment (R)
D23Shaun Mena (D)
D24Rodney Schamerhorn (R)
D25Jason DeWitt (R)
D26Ed Larvadain (D)
D27Mike Johnson (R)
D28Daryl Deshotel (R)
D29Edmond Jordan (D)
D30Chuck Owen (R)
D31Troy Hebert (R)
D32Dewith Carrier (R)
D33Les Farnum (R)
D34Wilford Carter (D)
D35Brett Geymann (R)
D36Phil Tarver (R)
D37Skip Broussard (R)
D38Rhonda Butler (R)
D39Doyle Boudreaux (R)
D40Dustin Miller (D)
D41Phillip DeVillier (R)
D42Chance Henry (R)
D43Josh Carlson (R)
D44Tehmi Chassion (D)
D45Annie Spell (R)
D46Chad Boyer (R)
D47Ryan Bourriaque (R)
D48Beau Beaullieu (R)
D49Jacob Landry (R)
D50Vinney St. Blanc (R)
D51Beryl Amedée (R)
D52Jerome Zeringue (R)
D53Jessica Domangue (R)
D54Joe Orgeron (R)
D55Bryan Fontenot (R)
D56Beth Billings (R)
D57Sylvia Taylor (D)
D58Ken Brass (D)
D59Tony Bacala (R)
D60Chasity Martinez (D)
D61Denise Marcelle (D)
D62Roy Adams (D)
D63Barbara Carpenter (D)
D64Kellee Hennessy (R)
D65Lauren Ventrella (R)
D66Emily Chenevert (R)
D67Terry Landry (D)
D68Dixon McMakin (R)
D69Paul Sawyer (R)
D70Barbara Freiberg (R)
D71Roger Wilder (R)
D72Robby Carter (D)
D73Kim Coates (R)
D74Peter Egan (R)
D75John Wyble (R)
D76Stephanie Berault (R)
D77Mark Wright (R)
D78John Illg (R)
D79Debbie Villio (R)
D80Polly Thomas (R)
D81Jeff Wiley (R)
D82Laurie Schlegel (R)
D83Kyle Green (D)
D84Tim Kerner (R)
D85Vincent Cox (R)
D86Nicholas Muscarello (R)
D87Rodney Lyons (D)
D88Kathy Edmonston (R)
D89Kim Carver (R)
D90Brian Glorioso (R)
D91Mandie Landry (D)
D92Joe Stagni (R)
D93Alonzo Knox (D)
D94Stephanie Hilferty (R)
D95Shane Mack (R)
D96Marcus Bryant (D)
D97Ed Murray (D)
D98Aimee Freeman (D)
D99Candace Newell (D)
D100Dana Henry (D)
D101Vanessa LaFleur (D)
D102Delisha Boyd (D)
D103Mike Bayham (R)
D104Jay Gallé (R)
D105Jacob Braud (R)
Source: openstates.org
3At-a-glance rules
Photo ID requestedExcuse-required absenteeOnline voter registration
VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS
Louisiana requires a photo ID. Accepted: LA driver's license, LA special ID, US military ID. Voters without ID may sign an affidavit.
VOTE BY MAIL
Absentee voting available with a valid excuse or through early voting at registrar offices.
3NCSL voter ID requirements2026-04-153NCSL absentee + VBM rules2026-04-15
Local elections in Louisiana are administered by your Parish Registrar of Voters. For ballot or registration help, contact your parish Registrar of Voters.
Official action — LA
The state’s own tools, with links to verify.
Each card below routes to the official Louisiana system. Where the state delegates to county Supervisors of Elections, the card says so honestly.
Statewide→
Check my registration
Single-stop portal. Name + DOB. ASP.NET cookie-handshake portal — verifier treats as SPA shell.
Statewide→
Register / update online
LA DL or state ID + last 4 SSN. 20-day pre-election deadline (online); 30-day for paper. SOS landing page entered into voterportal.sos.la.gov (old `/Registrant/Registration` deep-link path 404'd in 2026; SOS routes voters through the SoS info hub instead).
Statewide→
Find my polling place
Address-based. GeauxVote mobile app same data. (Old `/PollingLocation` deep link 404'd; address-lookup form is at `/Home/AddressLogin`.)
Statewide→
Preview my ballot
Per-voter sample ballot, populated ~3 weeks pre-election.
County
Request a mail ballot
Online request via voter portal; submitted to PARISH Registrar of Voters. EXCUSE REQUIRED (age 65+, military, etc.). (Old `/RequestAbsenteeBallot` deep-link path 404'd; SOS now points voters through the VoteByMail hub.)
Statewide→
Track my mail ballot
Status surfaces in voter portal.
Statewide→
See who's on the ballot
Searchable candidate DB across all elections.
Statewide→
Statewide ballot measures
Six constitutional amendments certified for Nov 2026 (per 2025 lege session, June 9-12).
Statewide→
Live + past results
Graphical Election Results. CSV export. Mobile-friendly.
Statewide→
Election calendar
Jungle primary 2026-11-03, runoff 2026-12-05. **2026 US House primary suspended 2026-04-30 by Gov. Landry following SCOTUS Callais ruling.**
1UOCAVA · military & overseas voters
Federal deadlines for Louisiana
Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.
2026-05-16Ballot Request — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-05-16Ballot Return — State PrimaryReceived by
2026-05-16Registration — State PrimaryReturn by Email or Fax: Received by
2026-05-16Registration — State PrimaryReturn by Online: Received by
2026-05-16Registration — State PrimaryReturn by Mail: Postmarked by
2026-06-27Ballot Request — State Primary RunoffReceived by
2026-06-27Ballot Return — State Primary RunoffReceived by
2026-06-27Registration — State Primary RunoffReturn by Mail: Postmarked by
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