Louisiana's 34th State Senate district

Louisiana's 34th State Senate district
Senator	Katrina Jackson D–Monroe
Registration	60.7% Democratic 17.2% Republican 22.1% No party preference
Demographics	30% White 67% Black 2% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Other
Population (2019)	110,461[1]
Registered voters	72,427[2]

Louisiana's 34th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Katrina Jackson since 2020.[3]

Geography

District 34 covers a majority-black swath of North Louisiana, including all of East Carroll, Madison Parishes, and Tensas Parishes, and parts of Concordia, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland Parishes. The district covers some or all of the towns of Lake Providence, Tallulah, Ferriday, Delhi, Rayville, Bastrop, Monroe, and Richwood.[2]

The district is located entirely within Louisiana's 5th congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, and 21st districts of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[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 34[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katrina Jackson	Unopposed	100
Total votes			Unopposed	100
	Democratic hold

2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 34[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis C. Thompson (incumbent)	Unopposed	100
Total votes			Unopposed	100
	Democratic hold

2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 34[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Francis C. Thompson (incumbent)	Unopposed	100
Total votes			Unopposed	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6]
2020	President[7]	Biden 65.9–32.6%
2019	Governor (runoff)[8]	Edwards 71.8–28.2%
2016	President	Clinton 65.3–33.1%
2015	Governor (runoff)[9]	Edwards 71.7–28.3%
2014	Senate (runoff)	Landrieu 67.3–32.7%
2012	President	Obama 68.3–31.0%

References

1. "State Senate District 34, LA". Census Reporter. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
2. "Registration Statistics - Parish". Louisiana Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin. September 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
3. "State Senator Katrina R. Jackson - Democrat District 34". Louisiana State Senate. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
5. "Louisiana State Senate District 34". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
8. @PrdNewEnglander. "Since I've gotten a request for it, here are the numbers and data for each state senate district. #lagov". Retrieved November 22, 2019.
9. @JMilesColeman. "My numbers for #LAGov by State Senate seat. Republicans sitting in @JohnBelforLA districts are highlighted. #lalege". Retrieved October 22, 2019.