Louisiana's 26th State Senate district
Louisiana's 26th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Senator Bob Hensgens since a 2018 special election to succeed fellow Republican Jonathan Perry.Geography
District 26 covers all of Vermilion Parish and parts of Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry Parishes in Acadiana, including some or all of Abbeville, Kaplan, Erath, Scott, Rayne, Church Point, and Sunset.
The district overlaps with U.S. congressional districts 3 and 4, and with Louisiana House of Representatives districts 31, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, and 49.Louisiana uses a jungle primary system. If no candidate receives 50% in the first round of voting, when all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party, the top-two finishers advance to a runoff election.2019
2018 special
2015
2011
Federal and statewide results in District 26
