Phillip DeVillier

Phillip DeVillier (Republican Party) is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 41. He assumed office on January 11, 2016. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.

DeVillier (Republican Party) won re-election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 41 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the primary and general election were canceled.

DeVillier became speaker of the state House on January 8, 2024.^[1]

DeVillier was born and raised in Eunice, Louisiana.^[2] According to The Louisiana Illuminator's Julie O'Donoghue, DeVillier and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R)'s "older brothers hung out together when DeVillier was younger."^[3] DeVillier received a bachelor's degree in business management from Louisiana State University.^[2] His professional experience included owning DeVillier Home Movers.^[2]

DeVillier was first elected to represent District 41 in the state house in 2015 after receiving 56% of the vote in a field of three candidates. On why he decided to run for public office, DeVillier said, “I ran because I had a hope for my children. I was concerned with my friends leaving the state, problems of crime, education, our infrastructure, tax policies, our economy and to be a voice for those who did not have one.”^[1] He was re-elected in 2019 and 2023 after running unopposed.

During his tenure in the state house, DeVillier worked on legislation related to education, infrastructure, and fiscal responsibility.^[4] The Advocate’s Tyler Bridges and James Finn wrote that DeVillier has also “been a major supporter of the oil and gas industry.”^[5]

In October 2023, DeVillier and five other Republican state representatives met with Landry, who was at the time governor-elect, to discuss how to select a lawmaker for the speakership.^[6] Bridges and Finn wrote that the meeting was "an attempt to leave behind the political infighting that snarled House Republicans' priorities over the past few years."^[6]

In the weeks following the meeting, the other lawmakers who were in the running for the speakership endorsed DeVillier who officially assumed office as speaker on January 8, 2024.^[5][7] According to Bridges and Finn, DeVillier was the first speaker to be “elected without significant opposition in at least 12 years.”^[5]

DeVillier said he wanted to become speaker to bring the chamber together: “The first thing I realized when I was elected was you have 105 House members...and all those members, whether we agree with their politics or not, are good people.”^[8]

Biography

Phillip DeVillier, as of March 2020, lived in Eunice, Louisiana. He graduated from St. Edmund Catholic School. DeVillier earned a degree in business management from Louisiana State University. His career experience includes working as the owner of Devillier House Movers.^[9]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

DeVillier was assigned to the following committees:

• House Retirement Committee, Chairman
• Ways and Means Committee
• Joint Capital Outlay Committee

2021-2022

DeVillier was assigned to the following committees:

• Natural Resources and Environment Committee
• Ways and Means Committee
• Joint Capital Outlay Committee

2019-2020

DeVillier was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Capital Outlay Committee
• Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development Committee
• Natural Resources and Environment Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2023

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Phillip DeVillier (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for DeVillier in this election.

2019

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.^[10]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Phillip DeVillier (R) defeated Germaine Simpson (D) and Greg Fruge (R) in the October 24 blanket primary.^[11][12]

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 41 Primary Election, 2015
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Phillip DeVillier	55.8%	6,308
	Republican	Greg Fruge	26.9%	3,036
	Democratic	Germaine Simpson	17.3%	1,956
Total Votes	11,300

Scorecards

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Phillip DeVillier did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Phillip DeVillier did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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See also

• Louisiana House of Representatives
• Louisiana House of Representatives District 41
• Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015
• Louisiana State Legislature

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