Louisiana's 4th congressional district
| Louisiana's 4th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 | |
| Representative | |
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| Population (2023) | 757,390[2] |
| Median household income | $50,925[2] |
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| Cook PVI | R+26[3] |
Louisiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district is located in the northwestern part of the state and is based in Shreveport-Bossier City. It also includes the cities of Minden, DeRidder, and Natchitoches.
The district is currently represented by Republican Mike Johnson, who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+26, it is the most Republican district in Louisiana.[4]
History
[edit]The 4th congressional district was created in 1843, the first new district in the state in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 U.S. census.
For most of the next 150 years, the 4th was centered on Shreveport and northwestern Louisiana. However, in 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district, based on population figures. The state legislature shifted most of Shreveport's white residents into the 5th congressional district. Republican Jim McCrery ran for election in the new 5th and won, defeating Democrat Jerry Huckaby, who represented the old 5th for eight terms.
Meanwhile, the 4th was reconfigured as a 63-percent African American-majority district, stretching in a roughly "Z" shape from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. Democrat Cleo Fields was elected for two terms as the representative of the 4th congressional district. When the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the boundaries of the new 4th congressional district as unconstitutional, the Louisiana legislature redrew the district to encompass most of Northwest Louisiana, closely resembling its pre-1993 configuration. It is white majority. McCrery was elected in 1996 to this seat.
The 2024 Allen v. Milligan decision dictated a new map to be drawn to be African American-majority; as such, the 4th district contributes parts of Shreveport, half of DeSoto Parish, and most of Natchitoches and St Landry Parishes to the redrawn 6th district, while absorbing Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, and part of Rapides Parish from the 5th.[5] This also shifted the 4th from being the state's most competitive district with a Cook PVI of R+14 to the most solidly Republican with a PVI of R+26.
Parishes and communities
[edit]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.[6][7]
Allen Parish (5)
- All five communities
- All six communities
Bienville Parish (10)
- All ten communities
Bossier Parish (7)
- All seven communities
Calcasieu Parish (9)
- Carlyss (part; also 3rd), DeQuincy, Gillis, Lake Charles (part; also 3rd), Moss Bluff (part; also 3rd), Prien (part; also 3rd), Starks, Sulphur (part; also 3rd), Vinton
Caddo Parish (11)
- Belcher, Blanchard, Gilliam, Greenwood, Hosston, Ida, Mooringsport, Oil City, Rodessa, Shreveport (part; also 6th; shared with Bossier Parish), Vivian
Claiborne Parish (4)
- All four communities
DeSoto Parish (7)
- Gloster (part; also 6th), Grand Cane, Keachi, Logansport, Longstreet, Stanley, Stonewall
- All seven communities
Grant Parish (8)
- All eight communities
Jackson Parish (7)
- All seven communities
Lincoln Parish (6)
- All six communities
Ouachita Parish (4)
- Claiborne, Monroe (part; also 5th), Sterlington, West Monroe (part; also 5th)
Rapides Parish (5)
- Alexandria (part; also 6th), Forest Hill, Glenmora, McNary, Woodworth
Red River Parish (4)
- All four communities
Sabine Parish (9)
- All nine communities
Union Parish (8)
- All eight communities
Vernon Parish (10)
- All ten communities
Webster Parish (11)
- All 11 communities
Winn Parish (9)
- All nine communities
Recent election results from statewide races
[edit]| Year | Office | Results[8] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 71% - 27% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 73% - 27% |
| 2014 | Senate | Cassidy 72% - 28% |
| 2015 | Governor | Vitter 57% - 43% |
| Lt. Governor | Nungesser 68% - 32% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 73% - 24% |
| Senate | Kennedy 74% - 26% | |
| 2019 | Governor | Rispone 66% - 34% |
| Lt. Governor | Nungesser 79% - 21% | |
| Attorney General | Landry 80% - 20% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 74% - 25% |
| 2023 | Attorney General | Murrill 78% - 22% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 76% - 23% |
List of members representing the district
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Recent election results
[edit]2002
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim McCrery* | 114,649 | 71.61 | |
| Democratic | John Milkovich | 42,340 | 26.45 | |
| Libertarian | Bill Jacobs | 3,104 | 1.94 | |
| Total votes | 160,093 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim McCrery* | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim McCrery* | 77,078 | 57.40 | |
| Democratic | Artis R. Cash, Sr. | 22,757 | 16.95 | |
| Democratic | Patti Cox | 17,788 | 13.25 | |
| Republican | Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley | 16,649 | 12.40 | |
| Total votes | 134,272 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2008
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John C. Fleming | 44,501 | 48.07 | |
| Democratic | Paul Carmouche | 44,151 | 47.69 | |
| Independent | Chester T. "Catfish" Kelley | 3,245 | 3.51 | |
| Independent | Gerard J. Bowen | 675 | 0.73 | |
| Total votes | 92,572 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2010
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John C. Fleming* | 105,223 | 62.34 | |
| Democratic | David Melville | 54,609 | 32.35 | |
| Independent | Artis R. Cash, Sr. | 8,962 | 5.31 | |
| Total votes | 168,794 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John C. Fleming* | 187,894 | 75 | |
| Libertarian | Randall Lord | 61,637 | 25 | |
| Total votes | 249,531 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 67.8 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John C. Fleming* | 152,683 | 73 | |
| Libertarian | Randall Lord | 55,236 | 27 | |
| Total votes | 207,919 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 51 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marshall Jones | 80,593 | 28 | |
| Republican | Mike Johnson | 70,580 | 25 | |
| Republican | Ralph "Trey" Baucum | 50,412 | 18 | |
| Republican | Oliver Jenkins | 44,521 | 16 | |
| Republican | Elbert Guillory | 21,017 | 7 | |
| Republican | "Rick" John | 13,220 | 5 | |
| No Party | Mark David Halverson | 3,149 | 1 | |
| No Party | Kenneth J. Krefft | 2,493 | 1 | |
| Total votes | 285,985 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 66.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johnson | 87,370 | 65 | |
| Democratic | Marshall Jones | 46,579 | 35 | |
| Total votes | 138,433 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | 28.1 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johnson* | 139,326 | 64.2 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Trundle | 72,934 | 33.6 | |
| Independent | Mark David Halverson | 4,612 | 2.1 | |
| Total votes | 216,872 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johnson* | 185,265 | 60.43 | |
| Democratic | Kenny Houston | 78,157 | 25.49 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Trundle | 23,813 | 7.77 | |
| Republican | Ben Gibson | 19,343 | 6.31 | |
| Total votes | 306,578 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johnson* | Unopposed | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mike Johnson* | 262,821 | 85.8 | |
| Republican | Joshua Morott | 43,427 | 14.2 | |
| Total votes | 306,248 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "My Congressional District: Congressional District 4 (118th Congress), Louisiana". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ Hutchinson, Piper (January 19, 2024). "Graves to lose U.S. House seat under Louisiana redistricting plan that adds minority seat". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST22/CD119_LA04.pdf
- ^ Muller, Wesley (October 21, 2023). "Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana redistricting case creates uncertainty • Louisiana Illuminator". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
- ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::2ecbe5cd-461e-41e9-a954-2368bbe8b0a2
- ^ Roemer switched to the Republicans in 1991 while serving as governor. See ROEMER, Charles Elson (Buddy), III - Biographical Information.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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