Louisiana's 35th State Senate district

Louisiana's 35th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Jay Morris since 2020.^[3]

Louisiana's 35th State Senate district
Senator	Jay Morris R–Monroe
Registration	48.1% Republican 24.8% Democratic 27.1% No party preference
Demographics	82% White 12% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Other
Population (2019)	112,012[1]
Registered voters	71,465[2]

Geography

District 35 covers parts of Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Rapides, and Winn Parishes in North Louisiana, including some or all of Monroe, West Monroe, Bawcomville, Brownsville, Claiborne, Ruston, Hodge, Ball, and Pineville.^[2]

The district is located entirely within Louisiana's 5th congressional district, and overlaps with the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 22nd, and 27th districts of the Louisiana House of Representatives.^[4]

Recent election results

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

2019 Louisiana State Senate election, District 35^[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Fannin (incumbent)	12,559	38.6
	Republican	Jay Morris	11,782	36.3
	Republican	Matt Parker	8,154	25.1
Total votes			32,495	100
General election
	Republican	Jay Morris	18,167	50.4
	Republican	James R. Fannin (incumbent)	17,894	49.6
Total votes			36,061	100
	Republican hold

2015

2015 Louisiana State Senate election, District 35^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Fannin	13,430	52.9
	Republican	Stewart Cathey, Jr.	11,956	47.1
Total votes			25,386	100
	Republican hold

2011

2011 Louisiana State Senate election, District 35^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Kostelka (incumbent)	14,644	52.0
	Republican	Jeff Guerriero	13,494	48.0
Total votes			28,138	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[6]
2020	President[7]	Trump 81.5–16.8%
2019	Governor (runoff)[8]	Rispone 73.1–26.9%
2016	President	Trump 81.4–15.1%
2015	Governor (runoff)[9]	Vitter 67.0–33.0%
2014	Senate (runoff)	Cassidy 81.5–18.5%
2012	President	Romney 81.7–16.6%