• 1968

  Long before the LLBC was formally organized, African-Americans served in the state legislature. In 1968, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, a New Orleans attorney, was elected to the House of Representatives. As the first African-American legislator since Reconstruction, he paved the way for other African-Americans to travel the hard road to Baton Rouge. Before his term expired, he sought and won a seat as a judge in New Orleans Juvenile Court. A special election was held to fill his unexpired term in 1971, which resulted in the election of Louisiana’s first African-American female legislator, Dorothy Mae Taylor, a New Orleans community leader.

• 1972

  Election of multiple African-American leaders In the immediate years to follow, other African-American leaders were elected to the Louisiana Legislature. In 1972, Alphonse Jackson of Shreveport; Richard Turnley, Jr. and Johnnie Jones of Baton Rouge; and Johnny Jackson, Jr., Theodore Marchand, Louis Charbonnet, III, and Nick Connors, all of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives. In addition, Dorothy Mae Taylor was successful in her bid for reelection.

   

• 1976

  More seats won by African-Americans In 1976, Johnnie Jones lost his bid for reelection and Theodore Marchand did not seek reelection, but more African-Americans won seats. Joseph Delpit of Baton Rouge and Thomas Jasper, Rev. Avery C. Alexander, and Diana E. Bajoie of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives. Sidney Barthelemy of New Orleans was elected to the Senate, earning a place in history as the first Black to serve in the Senate.

• 1977

  The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus (LLBC) is founded. Senator Barthelemy became the first chairman of the LLBC in 1977.

• 1978

  LLBC chairmanship transition In 1978, Henry Braden of New Orleans completed Barthelemy’s term when Barthelemy won an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council. Richard Turnley was elected as LLBC’s second chairman.

• 1980

  New legislators elected In 1980, Charles D. Jones of Monroe and Jon Johnson of New Orleans were elected to the House. In addition, William J. Jefferson of New Orleans won a bid for the Senate. Furthermore, in 1982 Lee Frazier of New Orleans was elected to the House of Representatives.

• 1984

  More new members and leadership transitions In 1984, Lee Frazier did not seek reelection and Louis Charbonnet and Nick Connors lost their bids for reelection. Willie J. Singleton of Shreveport; Wilford D. Carter of Lake Charles; Melvin Irvin, Jr. of Gonzales; Charles R. Jones and Arthur A. Morrell of New Orleans; and Jewel J. Newman and Louis Jetson of Baton Rouge were elected to the House of Representatives. Louis Jetson later died shortly after taking office and his son, Raymond A. Jetson, was elected to complete his late father’s term.

  Also in 1984, Richard Turnley was elected to the Louisiana Senate and William J. Jefferson was reelected. Dennis R. Bagneris of New Orleans and Gregory W. Tarver of Shreveport were elected to the Senate. Joseph A. Delpit was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives. William Jefferson then became LLBC’s third chairman.

• 1986

  Further electoral transitions In 1986, Representative Johnny Jackson, Jr. was elected to the New Orleans City Council and Naomi (Warren) Farve was elected to complete his unexpired term. Representative Jon D. Johnson was elected to the Senate and Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. was elected to complete his unexpired term in the House of Representatives.

• 1988

  New leadership emerges In 1988, Richard Turnley and Jewel J. Newman were not reelected. Instead, Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge was elected to the Senate and both Melvin “Kip” Holden of Baton Rouge and Irma Muse-Dixon of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives.

• 1989

  In 1989, Dennis Bagneris of New Orleans became the fourth chairman of the LLBC. Charles D. Jones of Monroe was elected the LLBC’s fifth chairman in 1990.

• 1991

  In 1991, William J. Jefferson was elected to the United States Congress from the Second Congressional District. Diana E. Bajoie of New Orleans replaced Jefferson in the Louisiana Senate, thus becoming the first Black woman to be elected to the Senate. Renee’ Gill Pratt was then elected to the House of Representatives to complete Bajoie’s unexpired term.

• 1992

  In 1992, Charles D. Jones of Monroe, Marc H. Morial of New Orleans, and Donald Cravins of Grand Couteau were elected to the Senate. John M. Guidry of Baton Rouge replaced Joseph A. Delpit, who did not seek reelection, in the House. Willie Hunter, Jr. replaced Charles D. Jones in the House. Additionally, Edwin R. Murray of New Orleans filled Charles R. Jones’ unexpired term in the House after Jones was elected as Judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Roy Quezaire replaced Melvin Irvin, Jr. of Gonzales. Also elected in 1992 from newly created House districts were Pinkie C. Wilkerson of Grambling, Dr. Charles I. Hudson of Opelousas, Wilfred Pierre of Lafayette, Dr. C. O. Simpkins of Shreveport, Israel B. Curtis of Alexandria, Sharon Weston of Baton Rouge, David Armstrong and Troy A. Carter of New Orleans and Kyle M. Green of Marrero. In 1992, Senator Dennis Bagneris became the first African American President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana Senate and Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. became the second African American Speaker Pro Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

• 1993

  In 1993, Cleo Fields was elected to the U. S. Congress from the 4th Congressional District and Representative John M. Guidry filled Field’s vacant seat in the Louisiana Senate. Yvonne (Dorsey) Welch was then elected to complete Guidry’s term in the House. In addition, Paulette R. Irons filled Irma Muse-Dixon’s vacant House seat after Muse-Dixon was elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Mr. Elcie Guillory of Lake Charles was elected to replace Wilford Carter in the House after Carter was elected as a district judge. After David Armstrong of New Orleans served just a small portion of his term, Cynthia Willard-Lewis was elected to complete his unexpired term.

• 1994

  In 1994, Senator Marc Morial was elected Mayor of New Orleans and Representative Troy Carter was elected to the New Orleans City Council, thus creating two vacancies. Paulette R. Irons replaced Marc Morial in the Senate and a non African-American was elected to fill her vacant seat. A non African-American was also elected to fill Troy Carter’s seat. Also, Senator Diana E. Bajoie was elected as the sixth chairman of the LLBC, thus becoming the first female chairman of the Caucus.

• 1996

  In 1996, Ernest Baylor was elected to fill the House seat formerly occupied by Willie Singleton, who did not seek reelection. Cedric B. Glover was elected to fill the house seat left vacant by Dr. C. O. Simpkins, who ran for another office. Wilson Fields, brother of Cleo Fields, was elected to the Senate filling a seat left vacant by a non African-American. Dennis R. Bagneris was elected to his second term as President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Raymond A. Jetson was elected as the Black Caucus’ seventh chairman.

• 1997

  In 1997, Sen. John Guidry was elected as judge, thereby creating a vacancy in the Senate. Former U.S. Congressman Cleo Fields was elected to fill the remaining term of Sen. Guidry. Also, Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. was elected as LLBC’s eighth chairman in 1997 and was re-elected to serve additional terms in 1998 and 1999.

• 1998

  In 1998, Senator Dennis Bagneris was elected as judge to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Lambert Boissiere, Jr. was elected to complete his term in 1999.

• 1999

  Also in 1999, Rev. Avery Alexander, one of the Caucus’ founding members, died following the LLBC Community Outreach Tour. Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. and Naomi Farve lost their bids for reelection and Rep. Danny Mitchell and Raymond A. Jetson did not seek reelection. During 1999 elections, Karen Carter of New Orleans was elected to Rev. Alexander’s vacant seat; Leonard Lucas and Cedric Richmond replaced Sherman Copelin and Naomi Farve, respectively; Lydia Jackson of Shreveport filled Danny Mitchell’s seat and Michael Jackson of Baton Rouge replaced Raymond Jetson. Senator Cleo Fields was elected as Black Caucus’ ninth chairman.

• 2000

  In 2000, Rep. Pinkie Wilkerson of House District 11 died in office and Rep. Richard “Rick” Gallot of Ruston, Louisiana was elected to complete her unexpired term. Also, in 2000 Rep. Cynthia Willard of House District 100 was elected to the New Orleans City Council and former Saints player, Patrick “Pat” Swilling was elected in 2001 to complete the remainder of the term. In addition, Rep. Arthur Morrell was elected as the LLBC’s tenth chairman.

• 2001

  In the fall of 2001 Sen. Wilson Fields was elected as Judge to the Nineteenth JDC in Baton Rouge thereby creating a vacancy in Senate District 15. Rep. Melvin “Kip” Holden was elected to fill the remaining term of Sen. W. Fields. In a special election, Avon R. Honey was elected to fill the vacancy created by Rep. Holden in House District 63.

• 2002

  In 2002, Rep. Renee Gill Pratt of House District 91 was elected to the New Orleans, City Council thereby creating a vacancy in House District 91. In a special election Rosalind Peychaud was elected to fill the remaining term of Rep. Pratt. 

• 2003

  In 2003, Sen. Jon D. Johnson, Reps. Leonard Lucas, Rosalind Peychaud and Patrick “Pat” Swilling all of New Orleans, lost their bids for re-election and Sen. Gregory “Greg” Tarver and Rep. Kyle Green did no seek re-elections During the 2003 elections, Ann Duplessis, Austin Jalila Jefferson-Bullock and Austin Badon replaced Leonard Lucas, Rosalind Peychaud and Patrick Swilling respectively; Rep. Lydia Jackson was elected in Shreveport to replace Sen. Gregory Tarver and Derrick Shepherd of Marrero, replaced Rep. Kyle Green and  Roy Burrell of Shreveport was elected to House District 2 (replacing  Rep. Lydia Jackson).  Also, the Caucus gained an additional member, Cheryl Gray of New Orleans in House District 98. Rep. Willie Hunter was elected as the LLBC’s eleventh chairman.  In 2003 Sen. Diana Bajoie and Rep. Sharon Weston Broome were both elected as the first African American women to serve as President Pro-Tempore (Senate) and Speaker Pro-Tempore (House) respectively.

• 2004

  In 2004 the caucus also saw the passing of dearly beloved State Representative Dr. Charles I. Hudson of Opelousas district 40. Donald Cravins, Jr., son of Senator Donald Cravins, Sr. was elected to complete his unexpired term. Furthermore, State Senator Paulette Irons from Senate District 4 was elected as a Civil District Court Judge in New Orleans and State Senator Melvin “Kip” Holden of House District 15 was elected as the first African American Major-President of East Baton Rouge Parish. After his inauguration in early 2005, Representative Sharon Weston Broome made a successful bid to replace him in the Senate in District 15. She resigned her post as Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives, and filled his unexpired term in the Louisiana Senate. Additionally, to fill the new vacancy in House District 29 Rep. Regina Ashford Barrow ran and won. Furthermore, in 2005, Representative Yvonne Dorsey of House District 67 was elected as the Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives.

• 2005

  2005 continued to see changes in the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus. Representative Murray was elected State Senator to replace Irons, and Senator Lambert Boissiere of New Orleans ran successfully for the Constable Seat in Orleans Parish, thereby creating a vacancy in Senate District 4. Representative Juan LaFonta of New Orleans successfully campaigned and filled the unexpired term left by Murray’s recent Senate election. Rep. Cedric Richmond was elected the Caucus’ 12th LLBC Chairman and Representative Derrick Shepherd ran successfully for Senator Boissiere’s unexpired term and was elected to the Louisiana Senate. Sen. Shepherd’s election created another vacancy in the House of Representatives. In June of 2005, Terrell Harris, of Marrero was elected to fill the vacancy in House District 87 created by Sen. Shepherd.

  Representative Cravins Jr., and Senator Cravins are the only father and son to serve in the legislature at the same time.

• 2006

  2006 brought new changes to the caucus as well. Rep. Arthur Morrell ran for and won election as the Clerk of Criminal Court in the Parish of Orleans thereby creating a vacancy in House District 97. A special election was called, and his son Jean-Paul “J.P.” Morrell was elected to fill his father’s unexpired term.

  Also in 2006 Senator Donald Cravins, Sr. ran for Mayor of Opelousas, which he won thereby creating a vacancy in the Senate. His son, Rep. Donald Cravins, Jr. ran to fill his father’s unexpired term. He won that election, and in 2006 was sworn into the office of State Senator representing the 24th Senate District.

• 2006 - 2007

  When Senator Donald Cravins, Jr. won the Senate race, it created a vacancy in House District 40. That seat was then filled by Elbert Guillory who took office in 2007.

  Rep. Glover ran for Mayor of Shreveport and in 2006 won the election and became the first African American Mayor of the City of Shreveport. His election as mayor created another vacancy in the House, and in March 2007, Patrick Williams ran and won the seat as State Representative for House District 4 thereby filling the unexpired term left by Cedric Glover.

A look into the past

• 

  1968

  1968

  Long before the LLBC was formally organized, African Americans served in the state legislature. In 1968, Ernest “Dutch” Morial, a New Orleans attorney, was elected to the House of Representatives. As the first African-American legislator since Reconstruction, he paved the way for other African-Americans to travel the hard road to Baton
  Rouge

• 

  1971

  Before Ernest Morial;s term expired, he sought and won a seat as a judge in New Orleans Juvenile Court. A special election was held to fill his unexpired term in 1971, which resulted in the election of Louisiana’s first African American female legislator, Dorothy Mae Taylor, a New Orleans community leader.

• 1972

  In the immediate years to follow, other African-American leaders were elected to the Louisiana Legislature. In 1972, Alphonse Jackson of Shreveport; Richard Turnley, Jr. and Johnnie Jones of Baton Rouge; and Johnny Jackson, Jr., Theodore Marchand, Louis Charbonnet, III, and Nick Connors, all of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives. In addition, Dorothy Mae Taylor was successful in her bid for reelection

• 

  1976

  In 1976, Johnnie Jones lost his bid for reelection and Theodore Marchand did not seek reelection, but more African-Americans won seats. Joseph Delpit of Baton Rouge and Thomas Jasper, Rev. Avery C. Alexander, and Diana E. Bajoie of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives. Sidney Barthelemy of New Orleans was elected to the Senate, earning a place in history as the first Black to serve in the Senate. In addition, Senator Barthelemy became the first chairman of the LLBC in 1977.

• 

  1978

  In 1978, Henry Braden of New Orleans completed Barthelemy’s term when Barthelemy won an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council. Richard Turnley was elected as LLBC’s second chairman.

• 

  1980

  In 1980, Charles D. Jones of Monroe and Jon Johnson of New Orleans were elected to the House. In addition, William J. Jefferson of New Orleans won a bid for the Senate. Furthermore, in 1982 Lee Frazier of New Orleans was elected to the House of Representatives.

   

• 

  1980+

  Willie J. Singleton of Shreveport; Wilford D. Carter of Lake Charles; Melvin Irvin, Jr. of Gonzales; Charles R. Jones and Arthur A. Morrell of New Orleans; and Jewel J. Newman and Louis Jetson of Baton Rouge were elected to the House of Representatives. Louis Jetson later died shortly after taking office and his son, Raymond A. Jetson, was elected to complete his late father’s term. Dennis R. Bagneris of New Orleans and Gregory W. Tarver of Shreveport were elected to the Senate.William Jefferson then became LLBC’s third chairman.

• 

  1986

  In 1986, Representative Johnny Jackson, Jr. was elected to the New Orleans City Council and Naomi (Warren) Farve was elected to complete his unexpired term. Representative Jon D. Johnson was elected to the Senate and Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. was elected to complete his unexpired term in the House of Representatives.

• 

  1988

  In 1988, Richard Turnley and Jewel J. Newman were not reelected. Instead, Cleo Fields of Baton Rouge was elected to the Senate and both Melvin “Kip” Holden of Baton Rouge and Irma Muse-Dixon of New Orleans were elected to the House of Representatives.

• 

  1989

  In 1989, Dennis Bagneris of New Orleans became the fourth chairman of the LLBC. Charles D. Jones of Monroe was elected the LLBC’s fifth
  chairman in 1990.

• 

  1991

  In 1991, William J. Jefferson was elected to the United States Congress from the Second Congressional District. Diana E. Bajoie of New Orleans replaced Jefferson in the Louisiana Senate, thus becoming the first Black woman to be elected to the Senate. Renee’ Gill Pratt was then elected to the House of Representatives to complete Bajoie’s unexpired term

The new house

• 1968

  1992

  In 1992, Charles D. Jones of Monroe, Marc H. Morial of New Orleans, and Donald Cravins of Grand Coteau were elected to the Senate. John M. Guidry of Baton Rouge replaced Joseph A. Delpit, who did not seek reelection, in the House. Willie Hunter, Jr. replaced Charles D. Jones in the House. Additionally, Edwin R. Murray of New Orleans filled Charles R. Jones’ unexpired term in the House after Jones was elected as Judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Roy Quezaire replaced Melvin Irvin, Jr. of Gonzales. Also elected in 1992 from newly created House districts were Pinkie C. Wilkerson of Grambling, Dr. Charles I. Hudson of Opelousas, Wilfred Pierre of Lafayette, Dr. C. O. Simpkins of Shreveport, Israel B. Curtis of Alexandria, Sharon Weston of Baton Rouge, David Armstrong and Troy A. Carter of New Orleans and Kyle M. Green of Marrero. In 1992, Senator Dennis Bagneris became the first African American President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana Senate and Sherman N. Copelin, Jr. became the second African American Speaker Pro Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

• 1993

  In 1993, Cleo Fields was elected to the U. S. Congress from the 4th Congressional District and Representative John M. Guidry filled Field’s vacant seat in the Louisiana Senate. Yvonne (Dorsey) Welch was then elected to complete Guidry’s term in the House. In addition, Paulette R. Irons filled Irma Muse-Dixon’s vacant House seat after Muse-Dixon was elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Mr. Elcie Guillory of Lake Charles was elected to replace Wilford Carter in the House after Carter was elected as a district judge.After David Armstrong of New Orleans served just a small portion of his term, Cynthia Willard-Lewis was elected to complete his unexpired term.

• 1994

  In 1994, Senator Diana E. Bajoie was elected as the sixth chairman of the LLBC, thus becoming the first female chairman of the Caucus.

• 1996

  In 1996, Wilson Fields, brother of Cleo Fields, was elected to the Senate filling a seat left vacant by a non African-American. Dennis R. Bagneris was elected to his second term as President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Raymond A. Jetson was elected as the Black Caucus’ seventh chairman. During 1999 elections, Karen Carter of New Orleans was elected to Rev. Alexander’s vacant seat. Lydia Jackson of Shreveport filled Danny Mitchell’s seat and Michael Jackson of Baton Rouge replaced Raymond Jetson. Senator Cleo Fields was elected as Black Caucus’ ninth chairman

• 2000

  In 2000, Rep. Pinkie Wilkerson of House District 11 passed away in office and Rep. Richard “Rick” Gallot of Ruston, Louisiana was elected to complete her unexpired term. In 2000 Rep. Cynthia Willard of House District 100 was elected to the New Orleans City Council and former Saints player, Patrick “Pat” Swilling was elected in 2001 to complete the remainder of the term. Rep. Arthur Morrell was elected as the LLBC’s tenth chairman.

• 

  2001

  In the fall of 2001 Sen. Wilson Fields was elected as Judge to the Nineteenth JDC in Baton Rouge thereby creating a vacancy in Senate District 15. Rep. Melvin “Kip” Holden was elected to fill the remaining term of Sen. W. Fields. In a special election, Avon R. Honey was elected to fill the vacancy created by Rep. Holden in House District 63. In 2002, Rep. Renee Gill Pratt of House District 91 was elected to the New Orleans City Council thereby creating a vacancy in House District 91. In a special election Rosalind Peychaud was elected to fill the remaining term of Rep. Pratt.

• 

  2003

  In 2003, Sen. Jon D. Johnson, Reps. Leonard Lucas, Rosalind Peychaud and Patrick “Pat” Swilling all of New Orleans, lost their bids for re-election and Sen. Gregory “Greg” Tarver and Rep. Kyle Green did not seek re-elections During the 2003 elections, Ann Duplessis, Austin Jalila Jefferson-Bullock and Austin Badon replaced Leonard Lucas, Rosalind Peychaud and Patrick Swilling respectively; Rep. Lydia Jackson was elected in Shreveport to replace Sen. Gregory Tarver and Derrick Shepherd of Marrero, replaced Rep. Kyle Green and Roy Burrell of Shreveport was elected to House District 2 (replacing Rep. Lydia Jackson). Also, the Caucus gained an additional member, Cheryl Gray of New Orleans in House District 98. Rep. Willie Hunter was elected as the LLBC’s eleventh chairman. In 2003 Sen. Diana Bajoie and Rep. Sharon Weston Broome were both elected as the first African American women to serve as President Pro-Tempore (Senate) and Speaker Pro-Tempore (House) respectively.

• 2004

  In 2004 the caucus also saw the passing of dearly beloved State Representative Dr. Charles I. Hudson of Opelousas district 40. Donald Cravins, Jr., son of Senator Donald Cravins, Sr. was elected to complete his unexpired term. Furthermore, State Senator Paulette Irons from Senate District 4 was elected as a Civil District Court Judge in New Orleans and State Senator Melvin “Kip” Holden of House District 15 was elected as the first African American Major-President of East Baton Rouge Parish.

• 2005

  After his inauguration in early 2005, Representative Sharon Weston Broome made a successful bid to replace him in the Senate in District 15. She resigned her post as Speaker ProTempore of the House of Representatives, and filled his unexpired term in the Louisiana Senate. Additionally, to fill the new vacancy in House District 29 Rep. Regina Ashford Barrow ran and won. Furthermore, in 2005, Representative Yvonne Dorsey of House District 67 was elected as the Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives.

• 2005+

  2005 continued to see changes in the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus. Representative Murray was elected State Senator to replace Irons, and Senator Lambert Boissiere of New Orleans ran successfully for the Constable Seat in Orleans Parish, thereby creating a vacancy in Senate District 4. Representative Juan LaFonta of New Orleans successfully campaigned and filled the unexpired term left by Murray’s recent Senate election. Rep. Cedric Richmond was elected the Caucus’ 12th LLBC Chairman and Representative Derrick Shepherd ran successfully for Senator Boissiere’s unexpired term and was elected to the Louisiana Senate. Sen. Shepherd’s election created another vacancy in the House of Representatives. In June of 2005, Terrell Harris, of Marrero was elected to fill the vacancy in House District 87 created by Sen. Shepherd.

• 

  Fun fact

  Representative Cravins Jr., and Senator Cravins are the only father and son to serve in the legislature at the same time.

• 2006

  2006 brought new changes to the caucus as well. Rep. Arthur Morrell ran for and won election as the Clerk of Criminal Court in the Parish of Orleans thereby creating a vacancy in House District 97. A special election was called, and his son Jean-Paul “J.P.” Morrell was elected to fill his father’s unexpired term. Also in 2006 Senator Donald Cravins, Sr. ran for Mayor of Opelousas, which he won thereby creating a vacancy in the Senate. His son, Rep. Donald Cravins, Jr. ran to fill his father’s unexpired term. He won that election, and in 2006 was sworn into the office of State Senator representing the 24th Senate District.

• 2007

  When Senator Donald Cravins, Jr. won the Senate race, it created a vacancy in House District 40. That seat was then filled by Elbert Guillory who took office in 2007.

Through the years

• 

  1968

  Representative Yvonne Dorsey of House District 67 was elected as the Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives.

• 

  Representative Edwin Murray was elected State Senator.

• 

  Representative Juan LaFonta of New Orleans successfully campaigned and filled the unexpired term left by Rep. Murray’s Senate election.

• 

  Congressman Cedric Richmond served as LLBC Chairman and then went on to Chair the Congressional Black Caucus from 2017-2019 and currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Democratic National Committee.

• 

  Senator Jimmy Harris District 99, the Chairman of the LLBC, along with Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson, and many other voices, urged Governor John Bel Edwards to minimize the number of people detained in jails and juvenile facilities throughout the state.

• 

   Mr. Edward “Ted” James served as Chairman of the LLBC while representing District 101 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

• 

  Mrs. Katrina Jackson Andrews is a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 34th distirct serving serving since 2020. From 2012 until 2020, she served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 16th district. Senator Jackson-Andrews previously served as Executive Director of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus.

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  Ms.Regina Ashford Barrow joined the Louisiana Legislature as the Louisiana State Representative for District 29 in 2005. She served three consecutive terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives. In 2015, Rep. Barrow was elected to serve District 15 as a Louisiana State Senator, where she is currently serving as President Pro-tempore of the Louisiana Senate.

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  The Honorable Troy A. Carter serves as Congressman for Louisiana’s 2nd District, representing New Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Lafourche, and the River Parishes, including St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Ascension, Assumption, and Iberville Parishes. In 1991, he made history as the first African American elected to represent Louisiana’s 102nd District in the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he also served as the youngest-ever floor leader for New Orleans. He was later elected as the first African American to represent New Orleans City Council’s District C. As a Louisiana State Senator for the 7th District, he served as Senate Minority Leader, becoming the first African American to represent the district. Now in his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Carter was first elected to the 117th Congress

• 

  he Honorable Cleo C. Fields serves as a Congressman representing Louisiana’s 6^th District. He previously represented Louisiana’s 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1997. With over three decades of public service, Congressman Fields has dedicated his career to improving the lives of Louisianans through leadership, vision, and action. At just 24, he made history as the youngest person ever elected to the Louisiana State Senate. In 1992, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the youngest member of the 103rd Congress. After a historic run for governor for Louisiana in 1995, Congressman Fields returned home to develop his law practice, The Fields Law Firm. However, he was re-elected to the State Senate in 1997-2012 and again in 2019.

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  Mr. Edmond Jordan is the current Chairman of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and serves as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 29.