# 71st Louisiana Legislature

The 71st Louisiana Legislature was the Louisiana State Legislature for the years 2016-2020.

## House of Representatives members

| District | Name | Party | Parishes represented | First elected |
| 1 | Danny McCormick | Rep | Bossier and Caddo | 2019 |
| 2 | Sam Jenkins | Dem | Bossier and Caddo | 2015 |
| 3 | Tammy Phelps | Dem | Caddo | 2019 |
| 4 | Cedric Glover | Dem | Caddo | 2015 |
| 5 | Alan Seabaugh | Rep | Caddo | 2010 |
| 6 | Thomas A. Pressly | Rep | Bossier and Caddo | 2019 |
| 7 | Larry Bagley | Rep | Caddo, DeSoto, and Sabine | 2015 |
| 8 | Raymond J. Crews | Rep | Bossier | 2017 |
| 9 | Dodie Horton | Rep | Bossier | 2015 |
| 10 | Wayne McMahen | Rep | Webster and Bossier | 2018 |
| 11 | Patrick O. Jefferson | Dem | Bienville, Claiborne, and Lincoln | 2011 |
| 12 | Christopher Turner | Rep | Lincoln and Union | 2019 |
| 13 | Jack McFarland | Rep | Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, and Winn | 2015 |
| 14 | Michael Charles Echols | Rep | Morehouse and Ouachita | 2019 |
| 15 | Foy Bryan Gadberry | Rep | Ouachita | 2019 |
| 16 | Adrian Fisher | Dem | Morehouse and Ouachita parishes | 2021 |
| 17 | Pat Moore | Dem | Ouachita | 2019 |
| 18 | Jeremy LaCombe | Dem | Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana | 2019 |
| 19 | Francis C. Thompson | Dem | East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, and West Carroll | 2019 |
| 20 | Neil Riser | Rep | Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas | 2019 |
| 21 | C. Travis Johnson | Dem | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas | 2019 |
| 22 | Gabe Firment | Rep | Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn | 2019 |
| 23 | Kenny R. Cox | Dem | DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River | 2011 |
| 24 | Rodney Schamerhorn | Rep | Natchitoches, Sabine, and Vernon | 2019 |
| 25 | Lance Harris | Rep | Rapides | 2011 |
| 26 | Ed Larvadain III | Dem | Rapides | 2019 |
| 27 | Michael T. Johnson | Rep | Rapides | 2019 |
| 28 | Daryl Deshotel | Rep | Avoyelles | 2019 |
| 29 | Edmond Jordan | Dem | East Baton Rouge and West Baton Rouge | 2016 |
| 30 | Charles Owen | Rep | Beauregard and Vernon | 2019 |
| 31 | Jonathan I. Goudeau | Rep | Lafayette and Vermilion | 2019 |
| 32 | R. Dewith Carrier | Rep | Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu | 2019 |
| 33 | Les Farnum | Rep | Calcasieu | 2019 |
| 34 | Wilford Carter Sr. | Dem | Calcasieu | 2019 |
| 35 | Brett F. Geymann | Rep | Beauregard and Calcasieu | 2021 |
| 36 | Phillip Eric Tarver | Rep | Calcasieu | 2019 |
| 37 | Troy D. Romero | Rep | Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis | 2019 |
| 38 | Rhonda Gaye Butler | Rep | Evangeline and St. Landry | 2019 |
| 39 | Julie Emerson | Rep | Lafayette and St. Landry | 2015 |
| 40 | Dustin Miller | Dem | St. Landry | 2015 |
| 41 | Phillip DeVillier | Rep | Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry | 2015 |
| 42 | John M. Stefanski | Rep | Acadia and Lafayette | 2017 |
| 43 | Stuart J. Bishop | Rep | Lafayette | 2011 |
| 44 | Vincent J. Pierre | Dem | Lafayette | 2011 |
| 45 | Jean-Paul Coussan | Rep | Lafayette | 2015 |
| 46 | Mike Huval | Rep | Iberia, St. Landry, and St. Martin | 2011 |
| 47 | Ryan Bourriaque | Rep | Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion | 2019 |
| 48 | Beau Beaullieu | Rep | Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin | 2019 |
| 49 | Blake Miguez | Rep | Iberia and Vermillion | 2015 |
| 50 | Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III | Rep | St. Martin and St. Mary | 2019 |
| 51 | Beryl Amedee | Rep | Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, and Terrebonne | 2015 |
| 52 | Jerome Zeringue | Rep | Lafourche and Terrebonne | 2015 |
| 53 | Tanner Magee | Rep | Lafourche and Terrebonne | 2015 |
| 54 | Joseph A. Orgeron | Rep | Jefferson and Lafourche | 2020 |
| 55 | Bryan Fontenot | Rep | Lafourche | 2019 |
| 56 | Gregory A. Miller | Rep | St. Charles and St. John the Baptist | 2011 |
| 57 | Randal L. Gaines | Dem | St. Charles and St. John the Baptist | 2011 |
| 58 | Ken Brass | Dem | Ascension, Iberville, and St. James | 2017 |
| 59 | Tony Bacala | Rep | Ascension | 2015 |
| 60 | Chad Brown | Dem | Assumption and Iberville | 2015 |
| 61 | C. Denise Marcelle | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2015 |
| 62 | Roy Daryl Adams | Ind | East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, and West Feliciana | 2019 |
| 63 | Barbara Carpenter | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2015 |
| 64 | Valarie Hodges | Rep | East Baton Rouge and Livingston | 2011 |
| 65 | Barry Ivey | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2013 |
| 66 | Rick Edmonds | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2015 |
| 67 | Larry Selders | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2019 |
| 68 | Scott McKnight | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2019 |
| 69 | Paula Davis | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2015 |
| 70 | Barbara Reich Freiberg | Rep | East Baton Rouge | 2019 |
| 71 | Buddy Mincey Jr. | Rep | Livingston | 2019 |
| 72 | Robby Carter | Dem | East Feliciana, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa | 2015 |
| 73 | William Wheat Jr. | Rep | Tangipahoa | 2019 |
| 74 | Lawrence "Larry" Frieman | Rep | St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington | 2019 |
| 75 | Malinda White | Rep | St. Tammany and Washington | 2015 |
| 76 | Robert "Bob" Owen | Rep | St. Tammany | 2019 |
| 77 | Mark Wright | Rep | St. Tammany | 2017 |
| 78 | John R. Illg Jr. | Rep | Jefferson | 2019 |
| 79 | Debbie Villio | Rep | Jefferson | 2019 |
| 80 | Polly Thomas | Rep | Jefferson | 2016 |
| 81 | Clay Schexnayder | Rep | Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, and St. James | 2011 |
| 82 | Laurie Schlegel | Rep | Jefferson | 2021 |
| 83 | Kyle M. Green Jr. | Dem | Jefferson | 2019 |
| 84 | Timothy P. Kerner Sr | Rep | Jefferson | 2019 |
| 85 | Joseph A. Marino III | Ind | Jefferson | 2016 |
| 86 | Nicholas Muscarello | Rep | Tangipahoa | 2018 |
| 87 | Rodney Lyons | Dem | Jefferson | 2015 |
| 88 | Kathy Edmonston | Rep | Ascension | 2019 |
| 89 | Richard Nelson | Rep | St. Tammany | 2019 |
| 90 | Mary DuBuisson | Rep | St. Tammany | 2018 |
| 91 | Mandie Landry | Dem | Orleans | 2019 |
| 92 | Joseph A. Stagni | Rep | Jefferson and St. Charles | 2017 |
| 93 | Royce Duplessis | Dem | Orleans | 2018 |
| 94 | Stephanie Hilferty | Rep | Jefferson and Orleans | 2015 |
| 95 | Sherman Q. Mack | Rep | Livingston | 2011 |
| 96 | Marcus Anthony Bryant | Dem | Iberia, Lafayette, and St. Martin | 2019 |
| 97 | Matthew Willard | Dem | Orleans | 2019 |
| 98 | Aimee Adatto Freeman | Dem | Orleans | 2019 |
| 99 | Candace N. Newell | Dem | Orleans | 2019 |
| 100 | Jason Hughes | Dem | Orleans | 2019 |
| 101 | Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Dem | East Baton Rouge | 2022 |
| 102 | Delisha Boyd | Dem | Orleans | 2021 |
| 103 | Raymond E. Garafolo | Rep | Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines | 2011 |
| 104 | Paul Hollis | Rep | St. Tammany | 2011 |
| 105 | Mack Cormier | Dem | Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines | 2019 |

## Senate members

| District | Name | Party | District Office | First elected |
| 1 | Sharon Hewitt | Rep | Slidell | 2015 |
| 2 | Edward J. Price | Dem | Gonzales | 2017 |
| 3 | Joseph Bouie | Dem | New Orleans | 2019 |
| 4 | Jimmy Harris | Dem | New Orleans | 2019 |
| 5 | Vacant | | | |
| 6 | Mack "Bodi" White | Rep | Baton Rouge | 2011 |
| 7 | Gary Carter | Dem | New Orleans | 2021 |
| 8 | Patrick Connick | Rep | Marrero | 2019 |
| 9 | Cameron Henry | Rep | Metairie | 2019 |
| 10 | Kirk Talbot | Rep | River Ridge | 2019 |
| 11 | Patrick McMath | Rep | Covington | 2019 |
| 12 | Beth Mizell | Rep | Franklinton | 2015 |
| 13 | J. Rogers Pope | Rep | Denham Springs | 2019 |
| 14 | Cleo Fields | Dem | Baton Rouge | 2019 |
| 15 | Regina Barrow | Dem | Baton Rouge | 2015 |
| 16 | Franklin J. Foil | Rep | Baton Rouge | 2019 |
| 17 | Rick Ward | Rep | Port Allen | 2011 |
| 18 | Eddie J. Lambert | Rep | Prairieville | 2015 |
| 19 | Gary L. Smith Jr. | Dem | Norco | 2011 |
| 20 | Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Rep | Houma | 2019 |
| 21 | R. L. Bret Allain | Rep | Franklin | 2011 |
| 22 | Fred H. Mills Jr. | Rep | New Iberia | 2011 |
| 23 | Patrick Page Cortez | Rep | Lafayette | 2011 |
| 24 | Gerald Boudreaux | Dem | Lafayette | 2015 |
| 25 | Mark Abraham | Rep | Lake Charles | 2019 |
| 26 | Bob Hensgens | Rep | Abbeville | 2018 |
| 27 | Jeremy Stine | Rep | Lake Charles | 2021 |
| 28 | Heather Cloud | Rep | Turkey Creek | 2019 |
| 29 | Jay Luneau | Dem | Alexandria | 2015 |
| 30 | Mike Reese | Rep | Leesville | 2019 |
| 31 | Louie Bernard | Rep | Natchitoches | 2019 |
| 32 | Glen Womack | Rep | Harrisonburg | 2019 |
| 33 | Stewart Cathey Jr. | Rep | Monroe | 2019 |
| 34 | Katrina R. Jackson | Dem | Monroe | 2019 |
| 35 | John C. "Jay" Morris | Rep | West Monroe | 2019 |
| 36 | Robert Mills | Rep | Minden | 2019 |
| 37 | Barrow Peacock | Rep | Bossier City | 2011 |
| 38 | Barry Milligan | Rep | Shreveport | 2019 |
| 39 | Gregory Tarver | Dem | Shreveport | 2011 |