# Raymond Crews

Raymond Crews is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 8
- Serving since: 2017-05-07
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/126879ce-50c0-4741-a7e7-fb23fecb9d29

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/126879ce-50c0-4741-a7e7-fb23fecb9d29 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Crews sits at +0.84 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## What Crews says (LA 2025–26 session)

21 classified statements: 21 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Crews | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 9.5% | 31.9% | 702 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.8% | 12.7% | 567 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 50% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.84 (standard error 0.02), from 88 donors and 1,105 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 96.5% (89%). 193 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 23 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 80. 64.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 20 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 404: INFRASTRUCTURE: Urges and requests that Louisiana utilities assess their electric grids for vulnerabilities to ground induced currents (introduced, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR404/
- HCR 103: BUILDING CODES: Requests that certain state agencies study and consider reducing the frequency of inspections and testing of backflow prevention devices,… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HCR103/
- HB 1228: HEARING AID DEALERS: Relative to the Louisiana Board of Hearing Aid Dealers (became law, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1228/
- HB 1137: EMPLOYMENT/DISCRIMINATN: Prohibits intentional discrimination based on compelled speech with respect to using certain pronouns, names, or honorifics (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1137/
- HB 1212: INFRASTRUCTURE: Provides relative to the evaluation of transformers (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1212/
- HB 1109: VETERANS: Provides relative to the Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1109/
- HB 1094: PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides relative to expropriated property near a military base (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1094/
- HB 730: AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Provides relative to the use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast systems (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB730/
- HB 797: BANKS/BANKING: Creates the Bayou Gold Program (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) (became law, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB797/
- HB 819: WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the medical treatment schedule under workers' compensation (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note) (passed one chamber, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB819/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-08-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1952215437497831537
- 2025-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1928545071097414026
- 2025-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1925373398508503390
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1925269997586137161
- 2025-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1925270054704148771
- 2025-05-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1923164628185395679
- 2025-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1910413829722284485
- 2025-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1903389889187479616
- 2025-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1892691732254351782
- 2025-02-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/Crewsrj/status/1891205564413132817

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=8
- Campaign site: https://www.raymondcrews.com/
- X: https://x.com/Crewsrj
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raymond.crews.9
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaymondcrewsLA/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayjcrews
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-crews-9a620935/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/126879ce-50c0-4741-a7e7-fb23fecb9d29