Chad Lauga
Chad Lauga (Democratic Party) is running in a special election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 3. He is on the ballot in the special primary on February 7, 2026.[source]
Lauga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2026
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
The primary will occur on February 7, 2026. The general election will occur on March 14, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Nonpartisan primary
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Special Nonpartisan primary election for Louisiana State Senate District 3
Kenn Barnes (D), Sidney Barthelemy II (D), Jon Johnson (D), and Chad Lauga (D) are running in the special primary for Louisiana State Senate District 3 on February 7, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Kenn Barnes (D) | ||
| Sidney Barthelemy II (D) | ||
| Jon Johnson (D) | ||
 | Chad Lauga (D)  | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arthur Morrell (D)
Endorsements
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2011
Lauga ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 103. He faced Cullen Tonry (D), Michael Bayham (R) and Ray Garofalo (R) in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. However, since no candidate reached this threshold, a general election took place on November 19, 2011 between Garofalo and Lauga.[1] Garofalo defeated Lauga to win the seat.[2]
| Louisiana House of Representatives District 103 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Ray Garofalo |
53.3% | 7,153 | |
| Democratic | Chad Lauga | 46.7% | 6,262 | |
| Total Votes | 13,415 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 103 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ray Garofalo |
31.4% | 4,249 | |
| Democratic | Chad Lauga |
27.4% | 3,714 | |
| Republican | Michael Bayham | 24% | 3,255 | |
| Democratic | Cullen Tonry | 17.2% | 2,325 | |
| Total Votes | 13,543 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chad Lauga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lauga's responses.
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- My plan to Lower Insurance Cost:
1) fully fund the Fortified Roof Program. as a legislature we can't mandate people get a fortified roof. We have to help people fortify their roof. 2) permanently eliminate the 10% premium for Citizens insurance. This gives insurance companies an unfair advantage. We need to make Citizens more competitive with insurance companies.
3) We must get serious about rebuilding our coast. We all know that the more land between the levees and the Gulf, the better our levee system will perform as designed. - Affordability. there is a lot that goes into affordability. As your next State Senator I will: 1) implement my plan to decrease insurance premiums. 2) Create a state minimum wage 3) Raise teachers pay to the National average
- Port of New Orleans/Corps of Engineers: I am firmly against ANY state or federal agency, bullying its way into a community and not address any of the concerns of the residents that live there. This includes the LIT terminal in St Bernard Parish as well as the Grain Terminal in the lower 9th ward. I would also not be afraid to speak up against the Corps of Engineers lock widening project which affects the 7th and 9th wards.
Southeastern Louisiana Building and Construction Trades
United Teachers of New Orleans
St Bernard Democratic Executive Committee
St Bernard Sherriff James Pohlmann
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana State Senate District 3 |
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Footnotes
