New Orleans City Council members Helena Moreno and Oliver Thomas and retired Judge Arthur Hunter are vying to be mayor of Louisiana's signature city.

House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, Democrats will hold 215 seats. Arizona, Texas, and Virginia will hold special elections by November to replace deceased Democratic lawmakers.

Louisiana has become the first state in the country to adopt the federal government’s new voter maintenance database, known as DOGE

The campaign, sent to voters via the GOP fundraising platform WinRed, links concerns about voter eligibility to the escape of 10 inmates from a Louisiana jail.

UNION PARISH, La. (KNOE) - Attorney John Belton announced he will not seek re-election as District Attorney in Louisiana’s Third Judicial District. Belton’s decision comes after 33 years of service as a prosecutor and advocate. He was first elected as DA for the Third Judicial District in 2014 and re-elected in 2020 without opposition.

The 2024 election cycle was momentous for Black Louisianans — for the first time in nearly three decades, the state had two majority-Black districts.Though they make up a third of the state’s population,

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has blamed George Soros for the escape of 10 New Orleans jail inmates, while Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has suspended her reelection campaign and called the

Legislation to convert Louisiana’s insurance commissioner from an elected to an appointed office stalled on the state Senate floor Tuesday.