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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

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All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 1 Seats won 5 1 Seat change Popular vote 1,031,270 406,186 Percentage 65.74% 25.89% Swing 1.28% 4.83%
Republican   60–70%   70–80% Democratic   60–70%

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:

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District 1

2014 Louisiana's 1st congressional district election

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Candidate Steve Scalise M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza Lee A. Dugas Party Republican Democratic Democratic Popular vote 189,250 24,761 24,844 Percentage 77.6% 10.1% 8.7%

Parish results Scalise:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Steve Scalise Republican Elected U.S. Representative Steve Scalise Republican

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.

District 2

2014 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district election

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Candidate Cedric Richmond Gary Landrieu Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 152,201 37,805 Percentage 68.7% 17.0%   Candidate David Brooks Samuel Davenport Party Independent Libertarian Popular vote 16,327 15,237 Percentage 7.4% 6.9%

Parish results Richmond:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Cedric Richmond Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond Democratic

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.

District 3

2014 Louisiana's 3rd congressional district election

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Candidate Charles Boustany Russell Richard Bryan Barrilleaux Party Republican Independent Republican Popular vote 185,867 28,342 22,059 Percentage 78.7% 12.0% 9.3%

Parish results Higgins:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Charles Boustany Republican Elected U.S. Representative Charles Boustany Republican

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.

District 4

2014 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

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Candidate John Fleming Randall Lord Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 152,683 55,236 Percentage 73.4% 26.6%

Parish results Fleming:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election John Fleming Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Fleming Republican

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.

District 5

2014 Louisiana's 5th congressional district election

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Candidate Ralph Abraham Jamie Mayo Zach Dasher Party Republican Democratic Republican First round 55,489 23.2% 67,611 28.2% 53,628 22.4% Runoff 134,616 64.2% 75,006 35.8% Eliminated   Candidate Vance McAllister Clyde C. Holloway Party Republican Republican First round 26,606 11.1% 17,877 7.5% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

First round parish results Runoff parish resultsAbraham:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Mayo:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Dasher:     20–30%      30–40%

U.S. Representative before election Vance McAllister Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham Republican

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

• Ralph Abraham, Mangham physician
• Harris Brown, Monroe businessman and son of former State Senator William Denis Brown, III
• Zach Dasher, pharmaceutical representative and first cousin of the Robertson family
• Clyde C. Holloway, Public Service Commissioner, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the seat in 2013
• Vance McAllister, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Ed Tarpley, Alexandria lawyer and former Grant Parish District Attorney and candidate for Louisiana Attorney General in 1995

Withdrew

• Jeff Guerriero, attorney

Declined

• Rodney Alexander, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. Representative
• Charles "Bubba" Chaney, state representative
• Elbert Guillory, state senator
• Chris Hazel, state representative
• Frank A. Hoffmann, state representative
• Jay Morris, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013
• Neil Riser, state senator and candidate for the seat in 2013
• Adam Terry, McAllister's chief of staff
• Mike Walsworth, state senator

Democratic

Declared

• Jamie Mayo, Mayor of Monroe and candidate for the seat in 2013

Declined

• Marcus Hunter, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013
• Bob Johnson, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013
• Jacques Roy, Mayor of Alexandria

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

Jungle primary without McAllister

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.

Results

District 6

2014 Louisiana's 6th congressional district election

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Candidate Garret Graves Edwin Edwards Paul Dietzel Party Republican Democratic Republican First round 70,715 27.4% 77,866 30.1% 35,024 13.5% Runoff 139,209 62.4% 83,781 37.6% Eliminated   Candidate Dan Claitor Lenar Whitney Party Republican Republican First round 26,524 10.3% 19,151 7.4% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

First round parish results Runoff parish resultsGraves:      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Edwards:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Bill Cassidy Republican Elected U.S. Representative Garret Graves Republican

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

• Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for U.S. Senate)
• Hunter Greene, state representative
• Ryan Heck, Baton Rouge Metro Councilman
• Shelley Hendrix, autism awareness advocate
• Jeff Landry, former U.S. Representative (running for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2015)
• Erich Ponti, state representative
• Chas Roemer, president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Democratic

Declared

• Edwin Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana and former U.S. Representative
• Richard Dean Lieberman, real estate broker
• Peter Williams

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.

Results

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections

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External links

• U.S. House elections in Louisiana, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets

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• 2014 Louisiana elections