Selders, a social worker who runs a substance abuse clinic and an affordable housing development firm, has represented Baton Rouge in the Louisiana House since 2019.

Voters in Baton Rouge and Lafayette chose new members of the Louisiana Senate in a special election Saturday, elevating current members of the state House of Representatives to both open seats.

In a special election held Saturday, Baton Rouge and Lafayette residents voted in new members of the state Senate. According to state data, in the race for the state senator seat for the 14th District,

Myers is a state representative and senior executive at LHC Group, a national home health care business. He was elected to the House in 2023.

A Feb. 15 special primary election was called to fill the two vacancies in the Legislature after Cleo Fields, a Baton Rouge Democrat, won election to the U.S. House and after Jean-Paul Coussan, a Lafayette Republican, won his race for the Louisiana Public Service Commission in November.