Louisiana's 6th congressional district

Louisiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers a backslash-shaped region stretching from Shreveport in the northwest of the state, roughly following the Red River of the South and the Mississippi River to the state capital of Baton Rouge, encompassing most of the majority-Black areas in between.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Cleo Fields, who represented the 4th district from 1993 to 1997 when it was constituted as majority Black.

History For most of its existence, the 6th congressional district has contained a significant portion of Baton Rouge. Since its creation, its boundaries have migrated from a position astraddle the Mississippi River to completely east of the Mississippi River and subsequently, astraddle the river again.

For decades prior to 1972, the district was virtually coterminous with the Florida Parishes. In 1972, the district shed St. Tammany Parish to the 1st congressional district, and since then several redistrictings have incrementally moved the district's boundaries westward so that it has shed both Washington and Tangipahoa parishes (including Hammond, home of James H. Morrison, who represented the district for 24 years, the longest tenure of anyone ever to represent the district) to the 1st district.

For most of its existence, the district's lines generally followed parish lines. In the 1990s redistricting, however, most of the district's black voters were transferred to the black-majority 4th district. Those lines, however, were thrown out in 1995 when the 4th was ruled to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, and from 1996 to 2013, the 6th included all of Baton Rouge. After the 2010 redistricting, a gash in western Baton Rouge, including most of the city's black precincts, was transferred to the New Orleans–based 2nd district.

Following a court ruling striking down Louisiana's 2022 congressional map for violating the Voting Rights Act, a new map enacted by a special legislative session on January 22, 2024, significantly redrew the 6th. It now stretches from Caddo Parish in the northwest to East Baton Rouge Parish, and will include a majority African-American voting-age population. Most of Baton Rouge's whiter and wealthier portions, along with Louisiana State University (LSU), were shifted to the 5th district. Even without LSU, the district includes two state universities, Southern in Baton Rouge and Northwestern State in Natchitoches.

Parishes and communities For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following parishes and communities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST22/CD119_LA06.pdf

Avoyelles Parish (7)

Bunkie, Cottonport, Evergreen, Mansura (part; also 5th), Moreauville, Plaucheville, Simmesport Caddo Parish (1) Shreveport (part; also 4th)

DeSoto Parish (4)

Frierson, Gloster (part; also 4th), Mansfield, South Mansfield

East Baton Rouge Parish (7)

Baker, Baton Rouge (part; also 5th), Brownfields, Gardere, Merrydale, Monticello, Zachary (part; also 5th)

Lafayette Parish (3)

Carencro (part; also 3rd), Lafayette (part; also 3rd), Scott (part; also 3rd)

Natchitoches Parish (12)

All 12 communities

Pointe Coupee Parish (5)

All five communities Rapides Parish (8) Alexandria (part; also 4th), Ball, Boyce, Cheneyville, Deville, Echo, Lecompte, Pineville

St. Landry Parish (13)

All 13 communities

West Baton Rouge Parish (4)

All four communities

Election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentObama 58% - 40%2012 PresidentObama 60% - 40%2014 SenateLandrieu 61% - 39%2015 GovernorBel Edwards 73% - 27% Lt. GovernorHolden 67% - 33%2016 PresidentClinton 58% - 39% SenateCampbell 60% - 40%2019 GovernorBel Edwards 68% - 32% Lt. GovernorNungesser 51% - 49% Attorney GeneralJackson 51% - 49%2020 PresidentBiden 59% - 39%2023 Attorney GeneralCheek 53% - 47%2024 PresidentHarris 57% - 42%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history Location District created March 4, 1875 Charles E. Nash Republican March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Lost re-election. Edward White Robertson Democratic March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Lost renomination. Edward Taylor Lewis Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Elected to finish member-elect Andrew Herron's term.Lost renomination. Alfred Briggs Irion Democratic March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884.Lost renomination. Edward White Robertson Democratic March 4, 1887 –August 2, 1887 Elected in 1886.Died. Vacant August 2, 1887 –December 5, 1887 Samuel Matthews Robertson Democratic December 5, 1887 –March 3, 1907 Elected to finish his father's term.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Lost renomination. George Kent Favrot Democratic March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1909 Elected in 1906.Lost renomination. Robert Charles Wickliffe Democratic March 4, 1909 –June 11, 1912 Elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Died. Vacant June 11, 1912 –November 5, 1912 Lewis Lovering Morgan Democratic November 5, 1912 –March 3, 1917 Elected to finish Wickliffe's term.Also elected to the next full term.Re-elected in 1914.Retired. Jared Young Sanders Democratic March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1921 Elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Retired. George Kent Favrot Democratic March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1925 Elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Lost renomination. Bolivar E. Kemp Democratic March 4, 1925 –June 19, 1933 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Died. Vacant June 19, 1933 –May 1, 1934 Jared Y. Sanders Jr. Democratic May 1, 1934 –January 3, 1937 Elected to finish Kemp's term.Re-elected in 1934.Lost renomination. John K. Griffith Democratic January 3, 1937 –January 3, 1941 Elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Lost renomination. Jared Y. Sanders Jr. Democratic January 3, 1941 –January 3, 1943 Elected in 1940.Lost renomination. James H. Morrison(Hammond) Democratic January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1967 Elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Lost renomination. John Rarick(St. Francisville) Democratic January 3, 1967 –January 3, 1975 Elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Lost renomination. Henson Moore(Baton Rouge) Republican January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1987 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Retired to run for U.S. senator. Richard Baker(Baton Rouge) Republican January 3, 1987 –February 2, 2008 Elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Re-elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Resigned to take a lobbying position at the Managed Funds Association. 2003–2013 Vacant February 2, 2008 –May 3, 2008 Don Cazayoux(New Roads) Democratic May 3, 2008 –January 3, 2009 Elected to finish Baker's term.Lost re-election. Bill Cassidy(Baton Rouge) Republican January 3, 2009 –January 3, 2015 Elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 2013–2023 Garret Graves(Baton Rouge) Republican January 3, 2015 –January 3, 2025 Elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Retired due to redistricting. 2023–2025Cleo Fields(Baton Rouge) DemocraticJanuary 3, 2025 –presentElected in 2024.Retiring at the end of term to run for State Senate. 2025–present

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Louisiana's 6th congressional district

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