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Louisiana State Missed
Votes Scorecard

9%
In Louisiana, the average Senate missed 9% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
LA SD-39 D Gregory Tarver
40%
426 1052 1
LA SD-20 R Michael Fesi
21%
220 1052 2
LA SD-05 D Karen Peterson
17%
178 1052 3
LA SD-17 R Rick Ward
17%
174 1052 4
LA SD-04 D Jimmy Harris
16%
173 1052 5
LA SD-07 D Troy Carter
16%
44 271 6
LA SD-27 R Ronnie Johns
16%
170 1052 7
LA SD-18 R Eddie Lambert
15%
162 1052 8
LA SD-09 R Cameron Henry
14%
149 1052 9
LA SD-28 R Heather Cloud
13%
140 1052 10
LA SD-26 R Bob Hensgens
12%
131 1052 11
LA SD-21 R Bret Allain
11%
119 1052 12
LA SD-06 R Mack White
11%
118 1052 13
LA SD-38 R Barry Milligan
10%
103 1052 14
LA SD-16 R Franklin Foil
9%
95 1052 15
LA SD-34 D Katrina Jackson
9%
95 1052 15
LA SD-08 R Patrick Connick
9%
93 1052 17
LA SD-22 R Fred Mills
9%
91 1052 18
LA SD-33 R Stewart Cathey
9%
90 1052 19
LA SD-10 R Kirk Talbot
8%
89 1052 20
LA SD-30 R Mike Reese
8%
82 1052 21
LA SD-15 D Regina Barrow
6%
66 1052 22
LA SD-29 D W. Jay Luneau
6%
62 1052 23
LA SD-24 D Gerald Boudreaux
6%
61 1052 24
LA SD-35 R John Morris
6%
60 1052 25
LA SD-36 R Robert Mills
6%
59 1052 26
LA SD-13 R J. Rogers Pope
6%
58 1052 27
LA SD-32 R Glen Womack
5%
56 1052 28
LA SD-03 D Joseph Bouie
5%
54 1052 29
LA SD-25 R Mark Abraham
5%
52 1052 30
LA SD-14 D Cleo Fields
5%
50 1052 31
LA SD-12 R Beth Mizell
5%
49 1052 32
LA SD-31 R Louie Bernard
4%
45 1052 33
LA SD-01 R Sharon Hewitt
4%
44 1052 34
LA SD-11 R Patrick McMath
4%
43 1052 35
LA SD-02 D Edward Price
4%
42 1052 36
LA SD-37 R Barrow Peacock
4%
38 1052 37
LA SD-23 R Patrick Cortez
3%
32 1052 38
LA SD-19 D Gary Smith
3%
29 1052 39
LA SD-07 D Gary Carter
0%
0 5 40
Methodology

The 2021 Louisiana Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – LOUISIANA 2021 

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often Louisiana’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 1,052 votes in the Louisiana Senate and 1,050 votes in the Louisiana House during the 2021 regular and veto sessions. The votes were cast from 4/13/2021 – 7/21/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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