The 2023 Louisiana State Senate election was held on October 14, 2023, with runoff elections held on November 18, 2023. All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Louisiana House of Representatives.
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. Going into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a two-thirds supermajority in both the Senate and the House.
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 + ↓ 28 11 Republican Democratic
Parties Candidates Votes Seats % Before After +/- Republican 45 416,502 82.37% 27 28 1 Democratic 20 85,619 16.93% 12 11 1 Independent 2 3,496 0.69% 0 0 Total 67 505,617 100.00% 39 39
Summary by district District Incumbent Party Elected senator Party 1stSharon Hewitt Rep Bob Owen Rep 2nd Ed Price Dem Ed Price Dem 3rd Joseph Bouie Dem Joseph Bouie Dem 4th Jimmy Harris Dem Jimmy Harris Dem 5th Royce Duplessis Dem Royce Duplessis Dem 6thBodi White Rep Rick Edmonds Rep 7th Gary Carter Jr. Dem Gary Carter Jr. Dem 8th Patrick Connick Rep Patrick Connick Rep 9th Cameron Henry Rep Cameron Henry Rep 10th Kirk Talbot Rep Kirk Talbot Rep 11th Patrick McMath Rep Patrick McMath Rep 12th Beth Mizell Rep Beth Mizell Rep 13thJ. Rogers Pope Rep Valarie Hodges Rep 14th Cleo Fields Dem Cleo Fields Dem 15th Regina Barrow Dem Regina Barrow Dem 16th Franklin Foil Rep Franklin Foil Rep 17th Caleb Kleinpeter Rep Caleb Kleinpeter Rep 18th Eddie J. Lambert Rep Eddie J. Lambert Rep 19thGary Smith Jr. Dem Gregory A. Miller Rep 20th Mike Fesi Rep Mike Fesi Rep 21stBret Allain Rep Robert Allain III Rep 22ndFred Mills Rep Blake Miguez Rep 23rdPage Cortez Rep Jean-Paul Coussan Rep 24th Gerald Boudreaux Dem Gerald Boudreaux Dem 25th Mark Abraham Rep Mark Abraham Rep 26th Bob Hensgens Rep Bob Hensgens Rep 27th Jeremy Stine Rep Jeremy Stine Rep 28th Heather Cloud Rep Heather Cloud Rep 29th Jay Luneau Dem Jay Luneau Dem 30th Mike Reese Rep Mike Reese Rep 31stLouie Bernard Rep Alan Seabaugh Rep 32nd Glen Womack Rep Glen Womack Rep 33rd Stewart Cathey Jr. Rep Stewart Cathey Jr. Rep 34th Katrina Jackson Dem Katrina Jackson Dem 35th Jay Morris Rep Jay Morris Rep 36th Robert Mills Rep Adam Bass Rep 37thBarrow Peacock Rep William Wheat Jr. Rep 38thBarry Milligan Rep Thomas Pressly Rep 39thGregory Tarver Dem Sam Jenkins Dem
Retirements Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election.
Democrats District 19: Gary Smith Jr. was term-limited. District 39: Gregory Tarver was term-limited.
Republicans District 1: Sharon Hewitt retired to run for governor. District 6: Bodi White was term-limited. District 13: J. Rogers Pope retired. District 21: Bret Allain was term-limited. District 22: Fred Mills was term-limited. District 23: Page Cortez was term-limited. District 31: Louie Bernard retired. District 37: Barrow Peacock was term-limited. District 38: Barry Milligan retired.
Incumbents defeated In primary election One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the October 14 jungle primary.
Republicans District 36: Robert Mills lost renomination to Adam Bass.
Results District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39__NOTOC__
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See also 2023 United States state legislative elections 2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election
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