Louisiana State House District 38

Next vote Sat, Oct 9, 2027 · Represented by Rhonda Butler Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

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Last result, older lines: Rhonda Butler (Republican) won by 33.5 points, 2019

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History (16 elections for this seat)

We don’t have results for the current lines (first used 2023).

Our source for older results, Carl Klarner’s State Legislative Election Returns, ends in 2022. The rows under History are from the older district with this number, which covered different territory.

Official results, Louisiana Secretary of State, Elections

Votes for listed candidates: 14,765
Election day: October 12, 2019
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 2019, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRhonda ButlerWon	Republican	8,88060.1%	60.1%
DemocraticPhilcowboy Lemoine	Democratic	3,92026.6%	26.6%
DemocraticTaranza Arvie	Democratic	1,96513.3%	13.3%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 2015, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticH. Bernard LebasWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 13,359
Election day: October 22, 2011
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 2011, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticH. Bernard LebasWon(incumbent)	Democratic	6,92351.8%	51.8%
RepublicanJulie Disotell Harrington	Republican	3,78728.4%	28.4%
RepublicanPeter Vidrine	Republican	2,64919.8%	19.8%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 2007, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticH. Bernard LebasWon	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 12,045
Election day: October 4, 2003
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 2003, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticEric LaFleurWon(incumbent)	Democratic	9,70980.6%	80.6%
OtherBrent Sanders	Other	2,33619.4%	19.4%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1999, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKenneth Eric LaFleurWon	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 15,942
Election day: October 21, 1995
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1995, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDirk DeVilleWon(incumbent)	Democratic	9,57360.0%	60.0%
DemocraticEric LaFleur	Democratic	6,36940.0%	40.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,437
Election day: November 16, 1991
Type: Runoff
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1991, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDirk DeVilleWon	Democratic	10,14952.2%	52.2%
DemocraticDanny Lemoine(incumbent)	Democratic	9,28847.8%	47.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,742
Election day: October 19, 1991
Outcome: No majority; went to a runoff on November 16, 1991, won by Dirk DeVille
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1991, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDanny Lemoine(incumbent)	Democratic	5,08328.6%	28.6%
DemocraticDirk DeVille	Democratic	4,23523.9%	23.9%
DemocraticJeff Guillory	Democratic	3,23018.2%	18.2%
DemocraticLamar Johnson	Democratic	2,33113.1%	13.1%
DemocraticRobert Thompson	Democratic	1,4017.9%	7.9%
DemocraticLiz LaFleur	Democratic	9335.3%	5.3%
RepublicanKarrel Ardoin	Republican	5293.0%	3.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,102
Election day: October 24, 1987
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1987, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDanny LemoineWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,19965.5%	65.5%
DemocraticHampton Dupre	Democratic	5,90334.5%	34.5%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDaniel LemoineWon	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 15,712
Election day: December 8, 1979
Type: Runoff
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Luke SoileauWon	Democratic	8,91056.7%	56.7%
DemocraticHoward B. Fontenot	Democratic	6,80243.3%	43.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,072
Election day: October 27, 1979
Outcome: No majority; went to a runoff on December 8, 1979, won by J. Luke Soileau
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJ. Luke Soileau	Democratic	7,12647.3%	47.3%
DemocraticHoward B. Fontenot	Democratic	4,43529.4%	29.4%
DemocraticRobert Dupre	Democratic	3,51123.3%	23.3%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1975, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn Larry VidrineWon	Democratic	2,741100.0%	100.0%

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJoseph Emile CoreilWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,488100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 10,676
Election day: February 6, 1968
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1968 to 1971)

Louisiana House of Representatives District 38, 1968 to 2019, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn S. Pickett Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	5,34850.1%	50.1%
DemocraticJoe CooperWon(incumbent)	Democratic	5,32849.9%	49.9%

1968 to 2019: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2019.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

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DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026