Louisiana State Senate District 30

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

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Last result, older lines: Mike Reese (Republican) won by 28.9 points, 2019

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History (15 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: 28,829
Election day: October 12, 2019
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2019, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike ReeseWon	Republican	14,62550.7%	50.7%
RepublicanBrett Geymann	Republican	6,29621.8%	21.8%
DemocraticJames K. Armes III	Democratic	5,97320.7%	20.7%
RepublicanRenee Hoffpauir-Klann	Republican	1,9356.7%	6.7%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2015, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn SmithWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 14,229
Election day: November 19, 2011
Type: Runoff
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2011, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn SmithWon(incumbent)	Republican	8,45759.4%	59.4%
RepublicanJames David Cain	Republican	5,77240.6%	40.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 22,340
Election day: October 22, 2011
Outcome: No majority; went to a runoff on November 19, 2011, won by John Smith
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2011, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn Smith(incumbent)	Republican	10,21645.7%	45.7%
RepublicanJames David Cain	Republican	6,62829.7%	29.7%
DemocraticTerry Fowler	Democratic	5,49624.6%	24.6%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2007, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn SmithWon	Democratic	9,32651.5%	51.5%
DemocraticClaude Leach Jr.	Democratic	8,77748.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,938
Election day: October 20, 2007
Outcome: No majority; went to a runoff on November 17, 2007, won by John Smith
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2007, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticClaude Leach Jr.	Democratic	10,21939.4%	39.4%
DemocraticJohn Smith	Democratic	9,22735.6%	35.6%
DemocraticTerry Fowler	Democratic	6,49225.0%	25.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 27,365
Election day: October 4, 2003
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 2003, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames D. CainWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,60971.7%	71.7%
DemocraticLloydell Mullican	Democratic	6,41123.4%	23.4%
OtherArnold Russell Williams	Other	1,3454.9%	4.9%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1999, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames D. CainWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 29,240
Election day: October 21, 1995
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1995, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames D. CainWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,27872.8%	72.8%
RepublicanMarion Garland Anthony	Republican	7,96227.2%	27.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,474
Election day: October 19, 1991
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1991, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames D. CainWon	Democratic	17,52755.7%	55.7%
DemocraticAllen Bradley	Democratic	13,94744.3%	44.3%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1987, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBryan A. PostonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 33,171
Election day: October 22, 1983
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1983, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBryan A. PostonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,43367.6%	67.6%
DemocraticW. Andreas	Democratic	6,63820.0%	20.0%
DemocraticPhillip K. Stokes	Democratic	4,10012.4%	12.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,003
Election day: October 27, 1979
District map: Older district map (1972 to 2022)

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1979, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBryan A. PostonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,44964.8%	64.8%
DemocraticPhillip K. Stokes	Democratic	6,89723.0%	23.0%
DemocraticWilliam W. Metlin	Democratic	3,65712.2%	12.2%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1975, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBryan A. PostonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	7,537100.0%	100.0%

Louisiana Senate District 30, 1972 to 2019, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBryan A. PostonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,796100.0%	100.0%

1972 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.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:la/sldu:30

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