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The Louisiana State Senate (French: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All Senators serve four year terms and are assigned multiple committees to work on. The Democratic Party currently holds a majority in the Senate and the Senate President is Democratic Senator Joel Chaisson from Destrehan, Louisiana.

1 Senate Officers
2 Composition
- 2.1 Current membership
3 Senate Committees
4 References
5 External links

Senate Officers

President of the Senate - Joel Chaisson
President Pro Tempore - Sharon Weston Broome
Secretary of the Senate - Glenn Koepp
Parliamentarian - Robert Marionneaux, Jr.

Composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	23	16	39	0

Begin	23	16	39	0
October 10, 2008^[1]	22		38	1
January 2009^[2]	23		39	0
January 3, 2009^[3]	23	15	38	1
January 4, 2009^[4]	22	15	37	2
April 4, 2009^[5]	22	16	38	1
May 18, 2009^[6]	23		39	0
June 30, 2009^[7]	22		38	1
August 29, 2009^[8]	23		39	0
Latest voting share	59%	41%

Current membership

District	Name	Party	Residence
1	A.G. Crowe	Rep	Slidell
2	Ann Duplessis	Dem	New Orleans
3	J.P. Morrell	Dem	New Orleans
4	Edwin R. Murray	Dem	New Orleans
5	Cheryl A. Gray Evans	Dem	New Orleans
6	Julie Quinn	Rep	Metairie
7	David Heitmeier	Dem	New Orleans
8	John A. Alario, Jr.	Dem	Westwego
9	Conrad Appel	Rep	Metairie
10	Daniel Martiny	Rep	Kenner
11	Jack Donahue	Rep	Covington
12	Ben Nevers	Dem	Bogalusa
13	Dale M. Erdey	Rep	Livingston
14	Yvonne Dorsey	Dem	Baton Rouge
15	Sharon Weston Broome	Dem	Baton Rouge
16	Dan Claitor	Rep	Baton Rouge
17	Rob Marionneuax, Jr.	Dem	Grosse Tete
18	Jody Amedee	Dem	Gonzales
19	Joel Chaisson	Dem	Destrehan
20	Norby Chabert	Dem	Houma
21	D.A. "Butch" Gautreaux	Dem	Morgan City
22	Troy Hebert	Dem	Jeanerette
23	Mike Michot	Rep	Lafayette
24	Elbert Guillory	Dem	Opelousas
25	Dan Morrish	Rep	Jennings
26	Nick Gautreaux	Dem	Meaux
27	Willie Mount	Dem	Lake Charles
28	Eric LaFleur	Dem	Ville Platte
29	Joe McPherson	Dem	Woodworth
30	John R. Smith	Dem	Leesville
31	Gerald Long	Rep	Natchitoches
32	Neil Riser	Rep	Columbia
33	Mike Walsworth	Rep	West Monroe
34	Francis C. Thompson	Dem	Delhi
35	Robert Kostelka	Rep	Monroe
36	Robert Adley	Rep	Benton
37	B.L. Shaw	Rep	Shreveport
38	Sherry Smith Cheek	Rep	Keithville
39	Lydia P. Jackson	Dem	Shreveport

Senate Committees

The Louisiana State Senate currently has over fifteen different committees in which the senators sit. These committees address a wide range of issues such as environmental quality, education, labor relations and more . A full list of the committees can be found at the senate committees page. Likewise, a full list of committee assignments (by member) can be found at the committee assignments page.

References

^ Democrat Derrick Shepherd (District 3) resigned after pleading guilty to a felony.
^ Democrat J.P. Morrell elected to succeed Shepherd.
^ Republican Bill Cassidy (District 16) resigned after being sworn in as a member of Congress.
^ Democrat Don Cravins, Jr. (District 24) resigned.
^ Republican Dan Claitor elected to succeed Cassidy.
^ Democrat Elbert L. Guillory (District 24) elected to succeed Cravins.
^ Democrat Reggie Dupre (District 20) resigned to become director of levees for Terrebonne Parish.
^ Democrat Norbert "Norby" Chabert elected to succeed Dupre.

External links

The Louisiana State Senate official government website
Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Louisiana

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Current members of the Louisiana Legislature

Louisiana State Senate (39 members)

President of the Senate: Joel Chaisson (D)
1^st District: Crowe (R) • 2^nd District: Duplessis (D) • 3^rd District: Morrell (D) • 4^th District: Murray (D) • 5^th District: Gray (D) • 6^th District: Quinn (R) • 7^th District: Heitmeier (D) • 8^th District: Alario (D) • 9^th District: Appel (R) • 10^th District: Martiny (R) • 11^th District: Donahue (R) • 12^th District: Nevers (D) • 13^th District: Erdey (R) • 14^th District: Dorsey (D) • 15^th District: Broome (D) • 16^th District: Dan Claitor (R) • 17^th District: Marionneaux (D) • 18^th District: Amedee (D) • 19^th District: Chaisson (D) • 20^th District: Dupre (D) • 21^st District: B. Gautreaux (D) • 22^nd District: Hebert (D) • 23^rd District: Michot (R) • 24^th District: Vacant • 25^th District: Morrish (R) • 26^th District: N. Gautreaux (D) • 27^th District: Mount (D) • 28^th District: LaFleur (D) • 29^th District: McPherson (D) • 30^th District: J. R. Smith (D) • 31^st District: Long (R) • 32^nd District: Riser (R) • 33^rd District: Walsworth (R) • 34^th District: Thompson (D) • 35^th District: Kostelka (R) • 36^th District: Adley (R) • 37^th District: Shaw (R) • 38^th District: Cheek (R) • 39^th District: L. Jackson (D)

Louisiana State House (105 members)

Speaker of the House: Jim Tucker (R)
1^st District: Morris (R) • 2^nd District: Burell (D) • 3^rd District: Norton (D) • 4^th District: Williams (D) • 5^th District: Waddell (R) • 6^th District: Carmody (R) • 7^th District: Burford (R) • 8^th District: J. H. Smith (R) • 9^th District: Burns (R) • 10^th District: Doerge (D) • 11^th District: Gallot (D) • 12^th District: Downs (R) • 13^th District: Fannin (D) • 14^th District: Little (R) • 15^th District: Hoffmann (R) • 16^th District: Katz (R) • 17^th District: R. Jones (D) • 18^th District: Thibaut (D) • 19^th District: Chaney (D) • 20^th District: Ellington (D) • 21^st District: Anders (D) • 22^nd District: Chandler (D) • 23^rd District: Nowlin (R) • 24^th District: Howard (R) • 25^th District: Roy (D) • 26^th District: Dixon (D) • 27^th District: Hazel (R) • 28^th District: R. Johnson (D) • 29^th District: Barrow (D) • 30^th District: Armes (D) • 31^st District: Landry (R) • 32^nd District: Hill (D) • 33^rd District: Danahay (R) • 34^th District: Franklin (D) • 35^th District: Geymann (R) • 36^th District: Kleckley (R) • 37^th District: Guinn (R) • 38^th District: LeBas (D) • 39^th District: B. Badon (D) • 40^th District: E. Guillory (D) • 41^st District: M. Guillory (D) • 42^nd District: Montoucet (D) • 43^rd District: Cortez (R) • 44^th District: Hardy (D) • 45^th District: Robideaux (I) • 46^th District: Mills (D) • 47^th District: Perry (R) • 48^th District: Barras (D) • 49^th District: Champagne (D) • 50^th District: S. Jones (D) • 51^st District: Harrison (R) • 52^nd District: Dove (R) • 53^rd District: Baldone (D) • 54^th District: Gisclair (D) • 55^th District: Richard (I) • 56^th District: G. Smith (D) • 57^th District: Monica (R) • 58^th District: Aubert (D) • 59^th District: Lambert (R) • 60^th District: St. Germain (D) • 61^st District: M. Jackson (D) • 62^nd District: McVea (R) • 63^rd District: Honey (D) • 64^th District: White (R) • 65^th District: Richardson (R) • 66^th District: Greene (R) • 67^th District: P. Smith (D) • 68^th District: S. Carter (R) • 69^th District: Ponti (R) • 70^th District: Foil (R) • 71^st District: Pope (R) • 72^nd District: Edwards (D) • 73^rd District: Pugh (R) • 74^th District: Simon (R) • 75^th District: Ritchie (D) • 76^th District: Pearson (R) • 77^th District: Schroder (R) • 78^th District: Talbot (R) • 79^th District: Ligi (R) • 80^th District: Lopinto (R) • 81^st District: LaBruzzo (R) • 82^nd District: Henry (R) • 83^rd District: Billiot (D) • 84^th District: Connick (D) • 85^th District: Templet (R) • 86^th District: Tucker (R) • 87^th District: G. Jackson (D) • 88^th District: Smiley (R) • 89^th District: Burns (R) • 90^th District: Cromer (R) • 91^st District: Leger (D) • 92^nd District: Willmott (R) • 93^rd District: Peterson (D) • 94^th District: Lorusso (R) • 95^th District: Hines (D) • 96^th District: LaFonta (D) • 97^th District: Vacant • 98^th District: Abramson (D) • 99^th District: Stiaes (D) • 100^th District: Badon (D) • 101^st District: Richmond (D) • 102^nd District: Arnold (D) • 103^rd District: Henderson (D) • 104^th District: Hutter (R) • 105^th District: Wooton (R)

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