# Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district

Louisiana's 2nd State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Ed Price since a 2017 special election to replace disgraced incumbent Democrat Troy Brown.

## Geography

District 2 stretches across a majority-Black swath of Acadiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, including parts of Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and West Baton Rouge Parishes. LaPlace, Thibodaux, Donaldsonville, and Gonzales are entirely or partially located within the district.
The district overlaps with Louisiana's 2nd and 6th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 29th, 51st, 55th, 57th, 58th, 60th, 81st, and 88th districts of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

## 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.

### 2019

2019 Louisiana State Senate election, District 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ed Price (incumbent) | 21,605 | 58.8 |
| | Democratic | Troy Brown | 15,114 | 41.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,719 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2017 special

2017 Louisiana State Senate special election, District 2 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Warren Harang III | 4,001 | 26.5 |
| | Democratic | Ed Price | 3,334 | 22.1 |
| | Democratic | Elton Aubert | 2,283 | 15.1 |
| | Republican | Wayne Brigalia | 1,051 | 7.0 |
| | Democratic | Albert "Ali" Burl III | 957 | 6.3 |
| | Democratic | Patrick Lawless | 699 | 4.6 |
| | Democratic | Edmond Jordan | 675 | 4.5 |
| | Democratic | Jerry Jones | 640 | 4.2 |
| | Democratic | Jamie Roussell | 489 | 3.2 |
| | Democratic | Shannon Comery, Sr. | 436 | 2.9 |
| | Independent | Thomas Lyons | 374 | 2.5 |
| | Democratic | Chris Delpit | 84 | 0.6 |
| | Independent | Willie Massey-Farve | 54 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,077 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ed Price | 9,224 | 62.6 |
| | Democratic | Warren Harang III | 5,507 | 37.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,731 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Troy Brown (incumbent) | 23,829 | 72.0 |
| | Democratic | Chris Delpit | 5,208 | 15.7 |
| | Independent | Eric Weil | 4,072 | 12.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,109 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 2 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Troy Brown | 12,082 | 34.2 |
| | Democratic | Elton Aubert | 10,932 | 31.0 |
| | Republican | Al Carter | 4,966 | 14.1 |
| | Democratic | Mike Bell | 4,519 | 12.8 |
| | Democratic | George Grace, Jr. | 2,198 | 6.2 |
| | Republican | Zaine Kasem | 584 | 1.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,281 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Troy Brown | 12,863 | 52.7 |
| | Democratic | Elton Aubert | 11,549 | 47.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,412 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 60.5–37.9% |
| 2019 | Governor (runoff) | Edwards 72.4–27.6% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 60.7–36.8% |
| 2015 | Governor (runoff) | Edwards 75.7–24.3% |
| 2014 | Senate (runoff) | Landrieu 68.7–31.3% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 63.9–35.1% |