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Devin Lance Graham
Devin Lance Graham (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the primary on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Graham is the owner of Zydeco Electric, LLC and a licensed real estate broker in Louisiana.[1]
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 Graham in this election.
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2022
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. Senate Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Neely Kennedy (R) | 61.6 | 851,568 |
 | Gary Chambers (D) | 17.9 | 246,933 | |
 | Luke Mixon (D) | 13.2 | 182,887 | |
 | Syrita Steib (D) | 2.3 | 31,568 | |
| Devin Lance Graham (R) | 1.8 | 25,275 | |
 | M.V. Mendoza (D) | 0.9 | 11,910 | |
 | Beryl Billiot (Independent) | 0.7 | 9,378 | |
 | Salvador Rodriguez (D) | 0.6 | 7,767 | |
 | Bradley McMorris (Independent) | 0.4 | 5,388 | |
 | Aaron Sigler (L) | 0.4 | 4,865 | |
 | Xan John (Independent) | 0.2 | 2,753 | |
 | W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,676 | |
| Thomas Wenn (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,322 | ||
| Total votes: 1,383,290 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Albert Kyder (R)
2018
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 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Justin DeWitt, Andie Saizan, and Devin Lance Graham in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Garret Graves (R) | 69.5 | 186,553 |
 | Justin DeWitt (D) | 20.5 | 55,089 | |
 | Andie Saizan (D) | 8.1 | 21,627 | |
| Devin Lance Graham (Independent) | 2.0 | 5,256 | |
| Total votes: 268,525 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Garret Graves (R) won re-election, defeating Robert Lamar Bell (R), Richard Lieberman (D), Jermaine Sampson (D), Richard Fontanesi (L), and Devin Lance Graham (Other) in the primary election on November 8, 2016.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Garret Graves Incumbent |
62.7% | 207,483 | |
| Democratic | Richard Lieberman | 14.9% | 49,380 | |
| Republican | Robert Bell | 10.1% | 33,592 | |
| Democratic | Jermaine Sampson | 9% | 29,822 | |
| Libertarian | Richard Fontanesi | 2.3% | 7,603 | |
| Other | Devin Graham | 1% | 3,218 | |
| Total Votes | 331,098 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Devin Lance Graham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Lance’s campaign website stated the following:
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Serving the People First Before Party or Foreign Country Politicians have forgotten their main job, serve the people that elect them into the seat. We need a representative that will be a voice for the People of Louisiana first. A person to bring to the Congress the needs of the People and Louisiana. We need a representative that will fight to bring back the taxes we send to D.C. to build new roads and ports, start dredging projects, maintain levees and coastal projects, bring new bridges to cross the Mississippi, and open up opportunities for the present and the future. A person who will fight to keep and bring back jobs that have been pushed away by an anti-energy administration. A person that will protect the jobs that will be the USA back to being energy independent. We need a person who does not just blame the past for the troubles of today, all while not planning to solve the problems of the future. We need a person who has a future themselves to worry about, not a representative that is at the end of their career age. What we need is a representative that believes in the ideas of not just America, someone that has Louisiana's values as well. Someone who understands more than the New Orleans community. We need a representative that understands the bayous, the swamps, the rivers, canals and the coast. We need to know the fisheries and the land. We need someone who travels the roads and understand the inconveniences of poor infrastructure, road designs and the poor condition of our roads bridges. We need a person who will listen to the school boards, the principles , the parents and students. We need someone who understands the people of the communities, the district, the parishes and the state. Working with President Trump for Louisiana There is too much proof that the incumbent will not work with President Trump. Louisiana needs a president that can serve the people and the best way to ensure that, give him allies in the Congress. We can look back and see that District 2 in the past does not support the Republican's candidate for the presidency. He voted to strip Secret Service from Mr. Trump the courts were to sentence him. We all have learned that the prison system is not a safe place for people who's goal it is to change the government. We have to have a voice that will support our next administration. IT WOULD BE AN HONOR Louisiana is not unknown to Mr. Trump. In 2016, a lot of the state faced flooding issues. In St. Amant, Mr. Trump was on the ground handing out lunches at The Church at St. Amant. He was listening to the stories of the people who were fighting the flood waters until their sandbags failed. Mr. Trump and Mr. Graves together funded Louisiana's largest flood control project since the Amite Diversion Project in the 1950's. Trump New Orleans was a plan before the Katrina changed everything for us. Mr. Trump sent his son, Don, to witness Jeff Landry become governor. There is no doubt that discussing ideas to make Louisiana strong again will be an issue. Our Congressional delegation is powerful at this time, we have the Speaker, the leader and we have a Trump friendly Senator from just across the Lake. We need a Congressional representative that wants Louisiana to be the Port of America. Our Mississippi River runs through our City and through our Capitol City. We have the original interstate of our country. We should have millions of jobs on both sides of the river. We must steer our policy to bring more cargo in and out of our delta. The plan is to discuss with President Trump a policy to invest in the Americas and move oversea manufacturing back to our country and our side of the globe. The best part, we can bring the goods right up our river and ship them all the way up the Mississippi, Ohio, Red, Missouri and all the other paths to the American consumers. For the environment, we need a policy that allows the capital investments that exist in Louisiana to be able to move up river and away from the disappearing coast line and out of the levee circles that hold the waters back. We can create thousands of construction jobs by having companies relocate up river, build safer and eco friendly facilities while getting an insensitive to reinvest in the state. Then those lands can be reintroduced to nature and the ecosystem to rebuild the river banks, coast and deltas. This idea provides us with three major policies: Job creation, environmental protection and coastal restoration. Its a win, win. A bridge across the Mississippi. I know that explaining to President Trump the importance of bridges will be easy. He is a New Yorker. They believe in Bridges. Asking for one is important and explaining the use of Interstate 10 in the winter months for cross country commerce transportation will be easy to explain. What the biggest part of this plan, showing him that Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge is a disaster and DOTD's plans are not a solution within this decade. We need a West Bank Express way from Interstate 10 in W. Baton Rouge Parish to 310, the completion of Interstate 49 and tie into the newly named Interstate 910. The better plan would be to connect all of the Mississippi River bridges to this freeway style highway. That would be a major step forward to serve all of us in the region. Let's Make Louisiana Strong Again. A powerhouse of Commerce, Industry and Shipping Protecting Our American Values, Rights, Independence, & Prosperity The freedoms protected by our Bill of Rights are the very fabric that makes Our Republic grand. It shall always be the sole mission of any representative, of any state, to protect the Constitution and those rights, no matter the change in bureaucratic and media opinion. American values shall always be about self governance, protection of human rights, blessings of freedom and liberty, and our posterity. However, these items are all based on being an American nation. United as a people. Understanding and protecting all Americans' values, beliefs, and rights. Being independent, able to tend and care for ourselves and guarantee all Americans their pursuit of happiness. My Goals, Values, and Thoughts Goals Term Limits on Congress House of Representatives and the Senate Second Amendment Protect Citizens' Right to Bear Arms Bridge Gets the funds for a bridge in the GBR region NO WAR Keep America out of the Wars of the East CRAFT Act Caribbean Region Agreement of Fair Trade Invest in the West Values Protect Freedoms and Rights for All U.S. Citizens deserves their freedoms and rights Pro Second Amendment Shall not be Infringed. American Jobs Real Jobs that create middle class families Capitalism with Social Structure Free Market economy and funding the community Invest at Home First Build your life, then help your neighbor Energy Independent Freedom means non- dependent Do Not Pass on Debt Your purchases are yours, not the grandchild's Thoughts Invest in the West Create Jobs in the Americas Build Infrastructure We need to update all of our transportation routes Community Transportation Invest in regional railways and transportation Keep the Capital and Aid Stop building the economies of the enemies U.S. Quinquennial Dictionary Public Publish Dictionary for Governing Terms Public Health We need to return public hospitals for all care |
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| —Devin Lance Graham’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
2022
Devin Lance Graham did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Graham's campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
Serving the People First. Before party, business or foreign country Politicians have forgotten their main job, serve the people that elect them into the seat. We need a representative that will be a voice for the People of Louisiana first. Bring to the Senate the needs of the People and the state. Bringing back the taxes we send to D.C. to build new roads and ports, start dredging projects and open up opportunities for the present and the future. Bring back jobs that have been pushed away by an anti energy administration, and protecting the jobs that we have that is in jeopardy due to the mismanaged Army Corp levees and destruction of the coast.
Louisiana is a gift to this country. We hold the most valuable asset, the Mississippi River and her delta. However, the current representatives in the Senate have forgotten our importance. They have allowed us to be washed away, literally. Our people are being forced from their homes with every day erosion, every storm that comes in from the gulf, every time a stroke of a pen reduces our way of life and kills our jobs. Our culture is being left behind as the people have to move to find a new way of life. And what we leave behind is being taken in the waters or being forgotten by the people. We need to preserve what makes us, not a
The freedoms protected by our Bill of Rights are the very fabric that makes Our Republic grand. It shall always be the sole mission of any representative, of any state, to protect the Constitution and those rights, no matter the change in public opinion. American values shall always be about self governance, protection of human rights, blessings of freedom and liberty and our posterity. However, these items are all based on being an American nation. United as a people. Understanding and protecting all Americans' values, beliefs, and rights. Being independent, able to tend and care for ourselves and guarantee all Americans prosperity.[3] |
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| —Devin Lance Graham's campaign website (2022)[5] | ||
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Devin Lance Graham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Graham's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Term limits for Congress, Re-investment of infrastructure, and Government financials are the top three. Not having term limits for Congress has left our great nation at a stalemate. With term limits we the people would have new representation, and new representation leads to a better Congress, Government, and Country. The lack of re-investment in our infrastructure has left our Nation behind, creating huge backlogs in traffic. This has created problems that we all have had to endure. Government financials to incorporate a balanced budget Amendment, which is a must have in our Constitution; repealing the 16th Amendment to accompany a balanced budget and consumption tax, giving us the right to audit the Federal reserve.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I would have to say protecting the Bill of Rights, and the people. Which can be accomplished and ensured if we limit the Federal governments overreach, and bring it back down to the small agency it once was. This would allow the States to handle all issues not defined in our Constitution as they see fit.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on October 8, 2018
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Devin Lance Graham’s campaign website, “The Platform,” accessed September 23, 2024
- ↑ Devin Lance Graham, “Home,” accessed August 8, 2022
