# Les Farnum

Les Farnum is a Republican member of the Louisiana House for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 33
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/81379952-373b-4e6e-a29f-b9bb60e7593b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/81379952-373b-4e6e-a29f-b9bb60e7593b (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

100% of Farnum’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.02), from 103 donors and 966 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 97.4% (89%). 117 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 yea · 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 45. 45.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 57 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 961: TAX/AD VALOREM TAX: Extends eligibility to certain trusts for an ad valorem tax exemption for a property owner who is at least sixty-five years of age or… (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB961/
- HB 820: ENERGY/PIPELINES: Requires tracking of carbon dioxide transported by pipeline (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV) (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB820/
- HB 840: ENERGY: Estalishes notice and public hearing requirements prior to issuance of orders, permits, or certificates for carbon dioxide sequestration (OR INCREASE… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB840/
- HB 696: ELECTION CODE: Provides relative to early voting (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB696/
- HB 589: ENERGY/PIPELINES: Requires a five hundred foot setback for carbon dioxide pipelines (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB589/
- HB 514: TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes an additional ad valorem tax exemption for certain property owners aged sixty-five and older… (became law, 2026-05-25) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB514/
- HB 263: COURTS: Provides with respect to the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court and authority relative to specialty court programs (became law, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB263/
- HB 447: INDIGENT DEFENSE: Provides relative to the office of the state public defender (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF RV) (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB447/
- HB 416: REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Prohibits class action lawsuits from being brought against the Dept. of Revenue or the office of debt recovery within the Dept. of Revenue… (became law, 2025-06-20) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB416/
- HB 140: PROPERTY/IMMOVABLE: Provides relative to residential home improvements (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2025/HB140/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=33
- X: https://x.com/FarnumLes
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesfarnumstaterepresentative/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesfarnum_forstaterep_dist33
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/les-farnum-82961171/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/81379952-373b-4e6e-a29f-b9bb60e7593b