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Louisiana House of Representatives seat · lines in effect since 2022

Louisiana House District 99

A district of about 44,000 people, 78% Black, 27% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+89.6 relative to the nation for president.

Candace Newell (D) · since Nov 16, 2019Next election Nov 2, 2027

2019 runoff

Nov 16, 2019
  1. Candace Newell (D) · won54.6%
  2. Adonis C. Expose (D)45.4%

Full results →

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

Where it sits among all 103 seats

Every Louisiana House of Representatives seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.

D+89.61st most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican52nd seat · the majority lineDistrict 99

Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET

Every election for this seat

18 races since 1972; the seat changed party 1 time. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2012
2019 runoffCandace Newell (D)Adonis C. Expose (D)9.2
2019No winner recordedCandace Newell (D)—
2015 runoffJimmy Harris (D)Ray Crawford (D)22.6
2015No winner recordedJimmy Harris (D)—
Lines first used in 2002
2011Wesley T. Bishop (D)Samuel Cowart (D)63.1
2007Charmaine Marchand (D)David Dajon (D)50.7
2003 runoffCharmaine Marchand (D)Leonard Lucas Jr. (D)38.3
2003No winner recordedCharmaine Marchand (D)—
Lines first used in 1992
1999 runoffLeonard Lucas Jr. (D)Sherman N. Copelin Jr. (D)3.9
1999No winner recordedSherman N. Copelin Jr. (D)—
1995Sherman N. Copelin Jr. (D)Isabell W. Moore (D)11.8
Lines first used in 1982
1991Sherman N. Copelin Jr. (D)Raymond Brown (I)68.6
1987Sherman N. Copelin Jr. (D)June Foster Sanchez (D)53.0
1983Jon D. Johnson (D)Allison L. Chapital (D)29.3
Lines first used in 1972
1979Lane Carson (R)FlipHap Glaudi (D)35.4
1975 runoffLane Carson (D)John J. Landry Jr. (D)7.2
1975No winner recordedJohn J. Landry Jr. (D)—
1972John J. Landry Jr. (D)Charles H. Erickson Jr. (R)51.1

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Districts that overlap District 99

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 99's area in each.

U.S. House
LA-2 100%
Louisiana State Senate
SD-3 73%, SD-4 27%

Who lives here, compared

Grey bars show the spread of all 103 seats. Small marks are other seats in Louisiana. The black marker is District 99.

Adults with a bachelor's degree27% 61st pct · 41st of 103 in LA

Higher than 61% of seats.

White adults without a degree6% 1st pct · 102nd of 103 in LA

Lower than 99% of seats.

Hispanic residents5% 40th pct · 62nd of 103 in LA

Lower than 60% of seats.

Black residents78% 99th pct · 2nd of 103 in LA

Higher than 99% of seats.

Asian residents1% 25th pct · 77th of 103 in LA

Lower than 75% of seats.

People per square mile1,925 81st pct · 20th of 103 in LA

Denser than 81% of seats.

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET

Seats most like this one

Nearest seats on demographics, density and lean.

District 61
71% Black · 23% college gradsD+71.9Not up in 2026District 97
65% Black · 39% college gradsD+82.4Not up in 2026District 102
68% Black · 32% college gradsD+66.7Not up in 2026District 34
67% BlackD+61.7Not up in 2026

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current lines; 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET