Louisiana's 39th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the

Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees. Composition The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...

. It has been represented by Democrat Gregory Tarver since 2012, following his defeat of incumbent fellow Democrat

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Geography

District 39 covers the northern two-thirds of

Caddo Parish Caddo Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de Caddo'') is a parish located in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. The parish seat is Shreveport, which developed a ...

in Ark-La-Tex, including most of

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and all of

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and

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. The district is located entirely within Louisiana's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts of the

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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 The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resul ...

2019

2015

2011

Federal and statewide results

References

{{Louisiana State Senators Louisiana State Senate districts Caddo Parish, Louisiana