Steve Scalise
U.S. House · LA-1 · Republicans · since 2025
alsoCandidate for U.S. House · LA-1
Biography
Overview
Steve Scalise is a Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 1st congressional district, serving since 2008. He has held major House Republican leadership positions, including House Majority Whip (2014-2019), House Minority Whip (2019-2023), and House Majority Leader (2023-present). Before Congress, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and briefly in the Louisiana State Senate. He is known for strong conservative positions on issues including gun rights, opposition to the Affordable Care Act, and skepticism of climate science.
Career
As House Majority Leader since 2023, Scalise is the second-ranking House Republican. He was a key architect of the Republican Study Committee's conservative agenda as its chairman (2013-2014). He sponsored the Rescissions Act of 2025, which was enacted. Legislatively, he co-sponsored the STOP School Violence Act in 2018 and other security-focused measures. He opposed the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization in 2013. In a 2023 leadership race, he narrowly lost to Jim Jordan for the Speaker nomination (113-99) but retained his Majority Leader position. He returned to congressional duties in September 2017 after recovering from being shot during a baseball practice in June 2017.
Prior political experience
Scalise was elected to his first U.S. House special election on May 7, 2008, and was sworn in that day. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Democrat Jim Harlan 66% to 34%. In 2010, he defeated Democratic nominee Myron Katz and an Independent. In 2012, he won with 193,490 votes (66.6%) against four opponents, with Democrat M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza finishing second with 21.3% of the vote. Before Congress, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1995 with 61% in a three-way race, and was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. He was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 2007 with 61% of votes in a three-way contest.
Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ideology
Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)
Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)
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| Term | Seat | Term dates | Termination | Predecessor | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2025–present | In progress | Steve Scalise | — |
| 9th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2023–2025 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 8th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2021–2023 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 7th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2019–2021 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 6th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2017–2019 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 5th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2015–2017 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 4th | U.S. House LA-1 | 2013–2015 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 3rd | U.S. House LA-1 | 2011–2013 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 2nd | U.S. House LA-1 | 2009–2011 | Term ended | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise |
| 1st | U.S. House LA-1 | 2008–2009 | Term ended | — | Steve Scalise |
Current term legislation
Bills sponsored this term1
Bills cosponsored this term3
- H.R. 7296
SAVE America Act
Jan 30, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 6963
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic".
Jan 7, 2026IN_COMMITTEE - H.R. 21
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Jan 3, 2025IN_COMMITTEE
Elections
| Year | Seat | Result | Vote share | Field |
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| — | — | Pending | — | — |