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District Office
Legislative Assistant : Charlotte Sobers
Email Carter Stephen F.
Phone: (225)362-5305
Fax: (225)362-5306
Address: 3115 Old Forge
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Map
Capitol House Switch Band: (225) 342-6945
Capitol House Fax: (225)342-8336
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- District #: House District 1
- Party: Republican
- Caucus Membership: Capital Region Legislative Delegation, Chairman
Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation - Occupation: Self employed
- Education: Louisiana State University, B.A.
- Spouse: Gloria
- Year Elected: 2007
- Last Year Eligible(Term Limit): 2020
- 2007 Election
Carter won the 2007 election by a slim margin of 87 votes, topping lobbyist Kyle Ardoin in a heated battle that played out in numerous direct mail pieces to the district.
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Registered Voters by Parish: East Baton Rouge 100.0%
Municipalities/Communities Represented: Baton Rouge, Oak Hills Place, Village St. George, Westminster
Economic: District 68 is made up of middle- to upper-middle class sections of south Baton Rouge. It is mostly residential but includes some retail businesses, including the Mall of Louisiana. District residents are primarily the city’s professional establishment: doctors, lawyers and business executives. Many LSU faculty and students live in the district.
Social: The district includes a few poorer, black areas, but mostly it is comprised of older neighborhoods, home to “silk-stocking” residents, around the LSU lakes and in the Garden District. The reconfigured district now includes newer high-priced developments along Highland Road and high-growth areas along Perkins Road. The district also includes a growing community of working class apartment dwellers in the Gardere Lane area.
Political: The district is conservative, with one of the higher percentages of Republican registration in the state. These voters have been called “enlightened” conservatives who will support taxes for schools and libraries, but they demand accountability in return for those tax dollars. The district may be growing more conservative, as it went heavily for Bobby Jindal in 2003 and 2007.
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- Republican Steve Carter, a newcomer to state politics, replaces longtime Rep. William Daniel. Carter inherits a district that has gained voters at twice the statewide rate, which should give the incoming freshman a slight edge over his contemporaries in the Baton Rouge delegation as it continues to organize in the coming years.
- As chairman of the Baton Rouge delegation, Carter is the go-to legislator on all things Red Stick. His policy focus, however, involves reforming local school boards. Carter, in partnership with good government groups, has pushed for changes in the past and has vowed to keep up the momentum until his term ends.
- As a former LSU employee – he was assistant athletic director – Carter will be a strong representative for the flagship university, which is in his district. As for public schools, Carter supports targeting topnotch principals as a way to improve education from the top down.
- On the fiscal front, he has said in the past that he favors a combination of fewer tax cuts and more reductions in state services; priorities he feels should be maintained if the state and lawmakers are serious about cutting its budget and saving money.
- But above all else, transportation and ethics reform topped Carter’s 2007 campaign platform an he joined scores of candidates to support the Blueprint Louisiana reform agenda during the campaign.
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