- Lead
- 8,185
- Total
- 18,916
- vs nation
- D+44.7
Louisiana 29th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,893
- Total
- 23,363
- vs nation
- D+50.7
- Lead
- 11,450
- Total
- 21,498
- vs nation
- D+51.2
- Lead
- 11,667
- Total
- 21,448
- vs nation
- D+50.5
- Lead
- 10,952
- Total
- 20,326
- vs nation
- D+46.6
- Lead
- 9,341
- Total
- 17,611
- vs nation
- D+55.5
- Lead
- 9,366
- Total
- 16,611
- vs nation
- D+55.9
- Lead
- 11,753
- Total
- 17,465
- vs nation
- D+58.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,5442024 5-year
- Population density
- 746 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 59.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,7052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 73.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.8 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+13.4 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 34, LA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 29th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
98.4%
311 votes · D+96.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · 97.7%
Republican
Rutherford B. Hayes1876
56.7%
580 votes · R+13.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 35.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,932votes
76.8% of the vote · D+55.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 16,432 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,214votes
27.6% of the vote · D+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,039 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
+116.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+96.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +107.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−31.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+54.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −44.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 44.7%6,417 | 55.3%7,948 | 14,365 |
| 2018 | R | 49.7%6,737 | 50.3%6,821 | 13,558 |
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+43.3 in 2024, compared with D+53.9 in 2008. No racial group formed a majority of its residents in the 2024 ACS 5-year, with White residents at 45.7%.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.8 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 13.4 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.3 points.
A population of 44,544, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,705 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 34 and State House District 86.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Louisiana 29th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.