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Christy Lynch
Christy Lynch (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. She lost in the primary on November 5, 2024.
Lynch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Christy Lynch earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Orleans in 1990 and a master's degree from the University of New Orleans in 2010. Her career experience includes working as an adjunct professor, certified public accountant, certified fraud examiner, auditor, and business executive. She has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1][2]
- Louisiana Federation of Republican Women
- Louisiana Republican State Central Committee
- Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee
- Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors
- Greater New Orleans Republican Women
- Huntlee Village Neighborhood Association
- Algiers Kiwanis
Elections
2024
See also: Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2
Incumbent Troy Carter won election outright against Christy Lynch, Devin Lance Graham, Devin Davis, and Shondrell Perrilloux in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Troy Carter (D) | 60.3 | 184,009 |
 | Christy Lynch (R)  | 13.6 | 41,641 | |
 | Devin Lance Graham (R) | 12.8 | 39,174 | |
 | Devin Davis (D) | 10.6 | 32,482 | |
 | Shondrell Perrilloux (R) | 2.6 | 7,878 | |
| Total votes: 305,184 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lynch in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Christy Lynch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lynch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Government should be from the bottom up not the top down.
I have been an accounting professor for the last 14 years at universities and community colleges. I know our people can succeed.
Before becoming a professor, I was an executive and auditor as a CPA (now inactive) as well as a certified fraud examiner (also inactive).
I have witnessed diligence, excellence, and integrity provide avenues for success for people and companies. I apply these principles to my life each day.- We are on the verge of a Louisiana Renaissance, and I want to be a part of seeing our economy and opportunities grow for each citizen in this district. Louisiana now has a new Department of Economic Development. I will work closely with this department and our trade schools/community colleges as well as universities to see Louisiana prosper and join its place in the southern economic revival.
- We must close our border to illegal immigration. Citizens have a right to know who lives among them, and if any criminals have entered our country. Our jobs should be available first to citizens who are funding and sustaining illegal immigration.
- It is not fair for our citizens who have invested so much in tax dollars to be vulnerable to any criminal element. We must protect our citizens and our police from repeat offenders. Our courts must protect our citizens.
Ending inflation by controlling governmental overspending.
Making Louisiana energy dominant.
Bringing manufacturing jobs to Louisiana.
No sexual conversations with students in K-12.
Secure our elections by requiring proof of citizenship.
No men in women’s spaces.
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Campaign website
Lynch’s campaign website stated the following:
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Crime I will work diligently with Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill to ensure our policing and prosecution protect our citizens. They have paid far too much into a system that fails them. Deport illegal aliens who are criminals. I believe firmly in our Second Amendment rights and know that America will not be America without our Second Amendment. Federal Overreach and Spending I will never forget that Congress spends YOUR money. End Federal Overreach! People yearn for freedom–for opportunity to be what they were meant to be. Let people realize their God-Given Potential. Close the Border. Our citizens deserve to know who lives among them. Current and former US Presidents should always have Secret Service Protection. Any funding to a foreign government should always have pristine governmental oversight preferably through a loan. We must reduce inflation by reducing governmental spending. If a governmental bureaucracy is not living up to its promise, it should be reviewed for viability. The government is not a neutral body with an inherently benign character best suited to allocate money. End inflation. Our citizens should keep as much of the money they earn as possible. We trust our citizens to pay taxes. We should spend their money. Citizens first. Only when our citizens are safe and financially secure should we extend their money to others. Make Louisiana and America the dominant energy producers. Supporting the Petro-Chemical industry does not mean we cannot have clean air. Louisiana natural gas! Citizen Economic Independence Bring back manufacturing jobs to America Economic development to foster citizen independence. I will work with our trade schools and community colleges and the newly formed Louisiana Department of Economic Development. I have taught in our universities and colleges for years. Our students are capable. Our citizens are capable. We should unleash the potential of our populace. No tax on tips. Adhere to the Supreme Court ruling on student loans. Seniors and Children End taxing social security for our seniors. Workers paid taxes on wages while working. Employers paid taxes on wages. Our seniors should not pay taxes on the social security benefits they are receiving. Eliminate the Social Security penalty for government retirees like teachers, police, firefighters, state workers, and their spouses. House Resolution 82. Protect Social Security and Medicare–no cuts. No sexualized conversations with our children. No mutilation of our children’s bodies. School Choice for our children Protect Women’s Rights No men in spaces meant for women. Ask me! I know what a woman is. Men’s Rights Don’t cancel our men. Let us focus on Diligence, Excellence, and Integrity to drive social change and the economy and nothing else. Elections Secure our elections. Require proof of citizenship for all voters. Paper ballots as evidence of voter intent. [3] |
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| —Christy Lynch’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Christy Lynch US House LA Dist 2 – Nov 5, "Personal," accessed September 23, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 23, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Christy Lynch’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed September 23, 2024
