United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2016

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives


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Last election	5	1	0

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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

District 1

The incumbent is Republican Steve Scalise, who has represented the district since 2008. He was re-elected with 78% of the vote in 2014.

In late 2014, Scalise became embroiled in a controversy over a speech he had given to the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization, which was founded by David Duke, in 2002. After it emerged that earlier in his career, Scalise has compared himself to Duke, Scalise distanced himself from Duke. This prompted Duke to say that he may run against Scalise in 2016 because Scalise had been "elected on false pretenses" and had "betrayed" the voters by "suggesting that they're racist because they supported my views".^[1]^[2]^[3] In July 2016, Duke said he is considering running against Scalise.^[4]^[5]

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Steve Scalise, Incumbent, House Majority Whip

Declined

David Duke, former State Representative, candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 1991, and former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard (running for U.S. Senate)^[6]^[7]

Democratic

Declared

Lee Ann Dugas
Danil Faust
Joe Swider, psychiatrist^[8]

Libertarian

Declared

Howard Kearney^[8]

Green

Declared

Eliot Barron

Independent

Declared

Chuemai Yang^[8]

Louisiana's 1st Congressional district election, 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Scalise (inc.)	243,645	74.56
	Democratic	Lee Ann Dugas	41,840	12.80
	Democratic	Danil Faust	12,708	3.89
	Libertarian	Howard Kearney	9,405	2.88
	Democratic	Joe Swider	9,237	2.83
	Green	Eliot Barron	6,717	2.06
	Independent	Chuemai Yang	3,236	0.99
Total votes			326,788	100
	Republican hold

District 2

Democratic incumbent Cedric Richmond has represented the 2nd district since 2011. He was re-elected in 2014 with 69% of the vote.

Candidates

Democratic

Declared

Kenneth Cutno^[10]
Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2015^[11]
Cedric Richmond, incumbent U.S. Representative^[12]

Libertarian

Declared

Samuel Davenport, Libertarian Candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in 2014

Louisiana's 2nd Congressional district election, 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cedric Richmond (inc.)	198,289	69.75
	Democratic	Kip Holden	57,125	20.10
	Democratic	Kenneth Cutno	28,855	10.15
Total votes			284,269	100
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Charles Boustany, who has represented the 3rd district since 2013, and previously represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2013, is running for the United States Senate.^[13]

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Scott Angelle, Public Service Commissioner, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana and candidate for Governor in 2015^[14]
Bryan Barrilleaux, physician and candidate in 2012 and 2014^[8]
Greg Ellison, energy executive, retired Lt. Col.^[15]
Brett Geymann, state representative^[16]^[17]
Clay Higgins, deputy marshal of Lafayette, former public information officer and captain of St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office^[18]
Gus Rantz, businessman^[19]
Grover Rees, III, former United States Ambassador to East Timor^[20]
Herman Vidrine, retired state employee^[21]

Withdrawn

Erick Knezek, Lafayette School Board member^[22]^[23]

Democratic

Declared

Jacob "Dorian Phibian" Hebert, artist and musician^[8]^[24]
Larry Rader, 2011 Democratic candidate for District 49 of the Louisiana House of Representatives^[8]

Libertarian

Declared

Guy McLendon, Texarkana Regional Director of the Gary Johnson 2016 campaign for President, and previously served on the Libertarian Party National Committee, Texas Vice-Chair, Chair of Harris County, Texas, Louisiana Vice-Chair, and four terms on the LP National Platform Committees – 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014^[8]

Independent

Declared

Kenny P. Scelfo Sr., Candidate for Mayor of Franklin in 2014, Franklin City Councilman, Franklin Mayor Pro tempore^[8]

Endorsements

Scott Angelle
Charles Boustany, incumbent U.S. Representative^[25]

Grover Rees
John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations^[26] Dud Lastrapes, former Mayor of Lafayette^[27]

Jungle primary

Louisiana's 3rd Congressional district election, 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Angelle	91,532	28.56
	Republican	Clay Higgins	84,912	26.50
	Democratic	Jacob "Dorian Phibian" Hebert	28,385	8.86
	Democratic	Larry Rader	27,830	8.68
	Republican	Gus Rantz	25,662	8.01
	Republican	Greg Ellison	24,882	7.76
	Republican	Brett Geymann	21,607	6.74
	Republican	Bryan Barrilleaux	6,223	1.94
	Libertarian	Guy McLendon	2,937	0.92
	Independent	Kenny P. Scelfo, Sr.	2,670	0.83
	Republican	Grover Rees, III	2,457	0.77
	Republican	Herman Vidrine	1,357	0.42
Total votes			320,454	100

Runoff

Louisiana's 3rd Congressional district election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Angelle
	Republican	Clay Higgins
Total votes			'	'
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, is running for the United States Senate.^[28]

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Trey Baucum, Shreveport cardiologist^[29]
Elbert Guillory, former State Senator from Opelousas and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2015^[30]
Oliver Jenkins, Shreveport City Councilman^[31]
Rick John, attorney^[32]
Mike Johnson, State Representative^[33]

Declined

Jim Morris, State Representative^[17]^[34]
Barrow Peacock, State Senator^[16]
Mike Reese, businessman^[31]
Rocky Rockett, President of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation^[17]^[34]^[35]
Alan Seabaugh, State Representative^[16]

Democratic

Declared

Marshall Jones, attorney and candidate in 1988^[36]

Declined

Cedric Glover, State Representative and former Mayor of Shreveport^[16]^[34]
Keith Hightower, former Mayor of Shreveport^[37]
Patrick Jefferson, State Representative^[17]^[34]
LaLeshia Walker Alford, former Shreveport City Court Judge and candidate for Caddo Parish District Attorney in 2015^[38]
LaBrisha Almond, real estate agent and candidate for congress in 2000

Independent

Declared

Mark Halverson^[10]
Kenneth Kreft^[10]

Endorsements

Mike Johnson
Gun Owners of America^[39]

Jungle primary

Louisiana's 4th Congressional district election, 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marshall Jones	80,593	28.18
	Republican	Mike Johnson	70,580	24.68
	Republican	Trey Baucum	50,412	17.63
	Republican	Oliver Jenkins	44,521	15.57
	Republican	Elbert Guillory	21,017	7.35
	Republican	Rick John	13,220	4.62
	Independent	Mark Halverson	3,149	1.10
	Independent	Kenneth Kreft	2,493	0.87
Total votes			285,985	100

Runoff

Louisiana's 4th Congressional district election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Johnson
	Democratic	Marshall Jones
Total votes			'	'

District 5

The incumbent is Republican Ralph Abraham, who has represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 64% of the vote in the 2014 runoff election.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Ralph Abraham, incumbent U.S. Representative^[40]
Billy Burkette

Louisiana's 5th Congressional district election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham (inc.)	208,545	81.57
	Republican	Billy Burkette	47,117	18.43
Total votes			255,662	100
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Garret Graves, who has represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 62% of the vote in the 2014 runoff election over former four-term governor and convicted felon Edwin Washington Edwards, who represented the now-defunct 7th district from 1965 until his first election as governor in 1972.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Bob Bell, retired Navy captain and candidate in 2014
Garret Graves, Incumbent

Democratic

Declared

Richard Lieberman, real estate broker and candidate in 2014^[8]

Libertarian

Declared

Richard Fontanesi

Independent

Declared

Devin Graham^[8]

Louisiana's 6th Congressional district election, 2016^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Garret Graves (inc.)	207,483	62.67
	Democratic	Richard Lieberman	49,380	14.91
	Republican	Bob Bell	33,592	10.15
	Democratic	Jermaine Sampson	29,822	9.01
	Libertarian	Richard Fontanesi	7,603	2.30
	Independent	Devin Graham	3,218	0.97
Total votes			331,098	100
	Republican hold

References

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↑ Andrew Kaczynski; Megan Apper (January 29, 2015). "David Duke Says He Might Run For Congress Against "Sell Out" Steve Scalise". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
↑ Sam Levine (January 29, 2015). "Former KKK Leader David Duke Says He May Run Against Steve Scalise". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
↑ David Duke May Run for Congress Against Steve Scalise
↑ Former Klan wizard Duke flirts with run for Congress
↑ Resnick, Gideon (July 12, 2016). "David Duke Plans to Run for Congress". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (July 22, 2016). "UPDATE: Former Klansman David Duke plans to enter U.S. Senate race at noon". The News-Star. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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↑ O'Donoghue, Julia (July 20, 2016). "Cedric Richmond, Kip Holden will face each other in congressional race". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Burgess, Richard (December 14, 2015). "Boustany, saying he 'refuses to peddle the politics of fear, obstruction, division,' announces run for David Vitter's U.S. Senate seat". The Advocate. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
↑ "Angelle announces campaign for Congress". KATC.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (January 5, 2016). "Lafayette's Ellison makes 3rd District bid". The News-Star. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Yokley, Eli (December 9, 2015). "After Vitter's Loss, Louisiana Republicans Seeking Promotions". Roll Call. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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↑ "Clay Higgins announces run for Louisiana third congressional district seat". KATC. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (February 16, 2016). "Field grows for 3rd District race". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (January 23, 2016). "Sidelined Angelle lets others in race". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (July 21, 2016). "Acadiana's 3rd Congressional District field grows to 11". The News-Star. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ McElfresh, Amanda (January 19, 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: Knezek running for Congress". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (July 7, 2016). "Knezek drops out of congressional race". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
↑ Mader, Christiaan (June 10, 2016). "Captain Clay shows his softer side". The Independent. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (May 7, 2016). "Boustany endorses Angelle for Congress". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (June 13, 2016). "Ex-UN ambassador ensorses Grover Rees". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Stickney, Ken (April 12, 2016). "Lastrapes endorses Rees for House seat". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ O'Donoghue, Julia (December 7, 2015). "Louisiana Congressman John Fleming launches bid for David Vitter's Senate seat". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (February 3, 2016). "Shreveport cardiologist to run for 4th District seat". The News-Star. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
↑ "Elbert Guillory announces bid for Congressional Seat". KATC Channel 3. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
1 2 Alford, Jeremy (January 29, 2016). "'LaPolitics': Democratic side of Senate race still unknown". Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (February 22, 2016). "Shreveport Attorney enters 4th District Race". The News-Star. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (February 9, 2016). "State Rep. Johnson makes 4th District race". The News-Star. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Hilburn, Greg (January 6, 2016). "4th District field inches toward gate". The News-Star. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
↑ Alford, Jeremy (February 26, 2016). "Rocky Rockett has decided NOT to run in the 4th Congressional District". Twitter. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
↑ Hilburn, Greg (July 20, 2016). "Baucum, Jenkins, John, Jones qualify for 4th District seat". The News-Star. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
↑ Alford, Jeremy (December 30, 2015). "Holden among many Louisiana politicians being urged to run for congressional seat". Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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