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 Democratic Senator Ed Price since a 2017 special election to replace disgraced incumbent Democrat Troy Brown.[3]

Louisiana's 2nd State Senate District
Senator	Ed Price D–Gonzales
Registration	63.1% Democratic 16.5% Republican 20.4% No party preference
Demographics	42% White 53% Black 3% Hispanic 0% Asian 1% Other
Population (2017)	114,367[1]
Registered voters	72,663[2]

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.[2]

The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 2 and 6, and with Louisiana House of Representatives districts 18, 29, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 81, and 88.[4]

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[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Price (incumbent)	21,605	58.8
	Democratic	Troy Brown	15,114	41.2
Total votes			36,719	100
	Democratic hold

2017 special

2017 Louisiana State Senate special election, District 2[5]

Primary election
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			15,077	100
General election
	Democratic	Ed Price	9,224	62.6
	Democratic	Warren Harang III	5,507	37.4
Total votes			14,731	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 2[5]

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			33,109	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 2[5]

Primary election
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			35,281	100
General election
	Democratic	Troy Brown	12,863	52.7
	Democratic	Elton Aubert	11,549	47.3
Total votes			24,412	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 2

Year	Office	Results[6]
2019	Governor (runoff)[7]	Edwards 72.4–27.6%
2016	President	Clinton 60.7–36.8%
2015	Governor (runoff)[8]	Edwards 75.7–24.3%
2014	Senate (runoff)	Landrieu 68.7–31.3%
2012	President	Obama 63.9–35.1%

References

1. "State Senate District 2, LA". Census Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
2. "Registration Statistics - Parish". Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin. September 2019.
3. "District - 2". Senator Edward J. "Ed" Price. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
5. "Louisiana State Senate District 2". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
7. @PrdNewEnglander. "Since I've gotten a request for it, here are the numbers and data for each state senate district. #lagov". Retrieved 21 November 2019.
8. @JMilesColeman. "My numbers for #LAGov by State Senate seat. Republicans sitting in @JohnBelforLA districts are highlighted. #lalege". Retrieved 11 September 2019.