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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 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 those of other federal and state offices, including the United States Senate.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. If no candidate received 50 percent plus one vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on December 6, 2014, between the top two candidates in the primary.

Overview

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana by district:

District 1

Republican incumbent Steve Scalise, who has represented the 1st district since 2008, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election. He faced Democrats Lee A. Dugas and M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza and Libertarian Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford in the election.

Predictions

District 2

Democratic incumbent Cedric Richmond, who has represented the 2nd district since 2011, ran for re-election. He faced Democrat Gary Landrieu, Libertarian Samuel Davenport and Independent David Brooks in the election. Democrat Rufus H. Johnson had filed to run, but was disqualified following a lawsuit from Richmond's campaign.

Predictions

District 3

Republican incumbent Charles Boustany, who has represented the 3rd district since 2013, and previously represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2013, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election. He faced Republican Bryan Barrilleaux and Independent Russell Richard in the election.

Predictions

District 4

Republican incumbent John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election. He faced Libertarian Randall Lord in the election. Democrat Justin Ansley had been running, but withdrew from the race.

Predictions

District 5

The incumbent is Republican Vance McAllister, who had represented the district since winning a special election in 2013. In early April 2014, following the release of a video that showed the married McAllister kissing a female staffer who was the wife of a friend, McAllister faced calls for him to resign, which he resisted. Though he initially said that he planned to run for re-election, on April 28, 2014, he announced that he would serve out his term and not run for re-election. However, he later changed his mind and ran for re-election. He did not survive the "top two" primary and was eliminated from the runoff election on December 6.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Withdrew

  • Jeff Guerriero, attorney

Declined

Democratic

Declared

Declined

Libertarian

Declared

  • Charles Saucier

Withdrew

  • Clay Grant, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012

Green

Declared

  • Eliot Barron, realtor, Red Cross volunteer and veteran

Jungle primary

Polling

Jungle primary with McAllister and Riser<br />

Jungle primary without McAllister<br />

Results

Runoff

Polling

  • * Internal poll for the Ralph Abraham campaign

Neither having received 50% in the primary, Mayo and Abraham will face each other in the runoff.

Predictions

Results

District 6

Incumbent Republican Bill Cassidy, who had represented the 6th district since 2009, ran for the United States Senate seat then held by Mary Landrieu.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

  • Bob Bell, Tea Party activist and retired U.S. Navy captain
  • Dan Claitor, state senator
  • Norm Clark, disabled veteran and Ph.D. candidate in LSU's political science program
  • Paul Dietzel, businessman
  • Garret Graves, former adviser to Governor Bobby Jindal
  • Craig McCulloch, physical therapist and businessman
  • Charles "Trey" Thomas, LSU Tigers football player
  • Lenar Whitney, state representative

Withdrew

  • Cassie Felder, attorney (endorsed Dan Claitor)

Declined

Democratic

Declared

Declined

  • Quentin Anderson, resource development campaign manager for the Capital Area United Way
  • Ted James, state representative

Libertarian

Declared

  • Rufus Holt Craig Jr., attorney, Democratic candidate for the seat in 2004 and Libertarian candidate for the seat in 2012

Jungle primary

Polling

Results

Runoff

Neither having achieved 50% of the popular in the primary, Edwards and Graves contested in a runoff election.

Predictions

Results

See also

References

External links