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RepublicanIn office since Oct 2019

Raymond Crews

Louisiana State Representative, District 8 since 2019. Next on the ballot in 2027.

Louisiana State Representative, District 8

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In office
7 yrs
Since 2019
Bills became law
10
22 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
8.6%
Chamber median 6.9%
With party
96%
On votes splitting the parties
Next election
2027
Nov 2, 2027

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Labor and Industrial Relations · chair
  • Health and Welfare
  • Homeland Security Select
  • Military and Veterans Affairs Special

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 22 sponsored · 10 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
HB 1228 HEARING AID DEALERS: Relative to the Louisiana Board of Hearing Aid Dealers
Became law Jun 2026
HB 797 BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Became law Jun 2026
HB 730 AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems (EN…
Became law Jun 2026
HB 1137 EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Prohibits intentional discrimination based on compelled speech with respect to…
Became law May 2026
HB 334 SUNSET LAW: Re-creates Louisiana Works and re-authorizes the Incumbent Worker Training Program
Became law May 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Crews sits in the Louisiana House of Representatives

Crews is closer to the center than 3% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianCrewsMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Rodney Schamerhorn, Danny McCormick, Phil Tarver

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:51 PM ET

With Crews’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills11%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Crews’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

DateBillCrewsRep. majorityDem. majorityResult
Jun 1, 2026SB 479: JUDGES: Provides for legislative address to the governor for the removal of certain judges…YesYesNoPassed 73–20
May 31, 2026HB 410: CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Requires notification of all parties to record in-person communicationNoYesNoFailed 46–38
May 31, 2026HB 719: DISTRICT ATTORNEYS/ASST: Provides relative to the number of assistant district attorneys…YesYesNoPassed 75–18
May 29, 2026HB 1194: AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Provides with respect to the Healthy Food Retail Act (EN NO…NoYesYesPassed 81–13
May 29, 2026SB 268: LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26)NoYesYesPassed 83–13

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Crews was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2019Louisiana House of Representatives, District 8Won—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Crews has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Crews

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET