Louisiana's 4th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Louisiana
district number = 4

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representative = Jim McCrery
party = Republican
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population = 638,466
population year = 2000
median income = 31,085
percent white = 63.0
percent black = 33.5
percent asian = 0.7
percent native american = 0.8
percent hispanic = 2.0
percent other race = 0.1
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cpvi = R+7

The 4th Louisiana Congressional District contains northwestern Louisiana. It includes the cities of Shreveport, DeRidder, and Natchitoches. The seat is currently held by Jim McCrery, a Republican.

History

The district was created in 1843, the first new districts for Louisiana in 20 years. It was gained after the 1840 Census.

1990s redistricting

In 1993, Louisiana lost a congressional district and created a second majority- black district. The 4th district was thus reconfigured and connected Shreveport to Baton Rouge. The 4th district elected Cleo Fields and Jim McCrery defeated longtime incumbent Jerry Huckaby in the ushr|Louisiana|5|5th district. When the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated the new 4th district as unconstitutional, the Louisiana legislature redrew the 4th district again to encompass most of Northwest Louisiana and McCrery was again a representative of that district.

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