Louisiana's 4th congressional district is a

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. The district is located in the northwestern part of the state and is based in

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- Bossier City. It also includes the cities of

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, DeRidder, and Natchitoches. The district is currently represented by Republican

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, who has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023. With a

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rating of R+26, it is the most Republican district in Louisiana.

History

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 . 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

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. Democrat

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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. 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

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. Allen Parish (5) : All five communities Beauregard Parish (6) : 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,

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(part; also 3rd), Vinton Caddo Parish (11) : Belcher, Blanchard, Gilliam, Greenwood, Hosston, Ida, Mooringsport, Oil City, Rodessa,

(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,

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, Stonewall Evangeline Parish (7) : 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,

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(part; also 5th), Sterlington, West Monroe (part; also 5th) Rapides Parish (5) :

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(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

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

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References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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