Cleo Fields is a U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District, elected in 2024 and serving since 2025. Born on November 22, 1962, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he is married to Debra Fields with two sons, Brandon and Christopher, and is a member of Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church. Fields has over three decades of public service, marked by historic "firsts": at age 24, the youngest ever elected to the Louisiana State Senate ; at age 29, the youngest member of the 103rd U.S. Congress . Notable achievements include authoring the Delta Initiatives Act, founding the Congressional Classroom for youth leadership, chairing the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, and chairing Senate committees on Education, Local and Municipal Affairs, and Senate & Governmental Affairs. He ran for Louisiana governor in 1995, becoming the first African American since Reconstruction to reach the runoff, and founded The Fields Law Firm in 1998.

Education and Political Experience

Education:

Graduated from McKinley High School ; Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, Southern University ; Juris Doctorate, Southern University Law Center .

Political Experience:

- U.S. House of Representatives: Louisiana District 6 ; District 4 .

- Louisiana State Senate, District 14: 1987-1992, 1998-2008, 2020-2024 .

- Key roles: Chair, Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee; Chair, Legislative Black Caucus ; former member of Finance, Labor and Industrial Relations, and other committees.

- Other: 1995 gubernatorial candidate; founder/attorney, The Fields Law Firm .