Austin Lawson

Austin Lawson

Democratic Party

Candidate, Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5

Elections and appointments

Next election

May 16, 2026

Education

High school

Airline High School

Personal

Profession

Customer Service

Contact

Campaign website

Austin Lawson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission to represent District 5. Lawson declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 16, 2026.

Lawson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Austin Lawson earned a high school diploma from Airline High School and attended Bossier Parish Community College. Lawson's career experience includes working in customer service.

Elections

2026

See also: Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 2026

Beginning in the 2026 elections, Louisiana elections for U.S. Congress, the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Public Service Commission, and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education use a closed partisan primary and primary runoff system. Candidates for those offices no longer run in majority-vote system primaries.

General election

The primary will occur on May 16, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5

James Green (D) and Austin Lawson (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5 on May 16, 2026.

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5

John Atkins (R) and Aiden Joyner (R) are running in the Republican primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5 on May 16, 2026.

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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Austin Lawson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lawson's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Austin Lawson. I'm a working class man who has lived in North Louisiana for his entire life, and i'm running to save the people of Louisiana money, to fight corruption on the Public Service Commission, and to fight big tech and their data centers.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• SAVING YOU MONEY Via various policy, including introducing a PIPP rate, eliminating prison call rates, and forcing energy monopolies to reimburse you when our already inconsistent power goes out. I will also work to introduce a consumer advocacy group within the PSC, their primary job of while will be to argue and advocate for the community, bringing a long needed representative of the people into this bureaucratic institution.
• FIGHTING CORRUPTION I have committed to not take a dime of corporate money, and will challenge all fellow Commissioners to do the same. I will not sign an NDA from these companies, and will publicly leak any information the corporate monopolies, ESPECIALLY if its something that is going around to other Commissioners as well.
• FIGHTING DATA CENTERS The push for data centers in north Louisiana has been rushed and will be destructive. The institutions made to advocate on our behalf have been bought out by big tech, in an attempt to allow them to pillage our communities of tax dollars, labor, electricity, and clean water. Data centers are BIG consumers of electricity, which is why I will work to set a custom rate for them, that changes based on the amount of power they use, minimizing the effects on average peoples electricity bills. We will also force them, and the energy monopolies, to foot the bill of any infrastructure upgrades the data centers necessitate.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Economic, Consumer Protection, and Anti-Corruption.

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