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Horace Melton
Horace Melton (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 5th Congressional District. Melton lost in the special primary on March 20, 2021.
Elections
2021
See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District special election, 2021
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
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5 on March 20, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julia Letlow (R) | 64.9 | 67,203 |
 | Candy Christophe (D) | 27.3 | 28,255 | |
 | Chad Conerly (R)  | 5.3 | 5,497 | |
 | Robert Lansden (R) | 0.9 | 929 | |
 | Allen Guillory Sr. (R) | 0.4 | 464 | |
| Jim Davis (Independent) | 0.4 | 402 | ||
| Sancha Smith (R) | 0.3 | 334 | ||
 | M.V. Mendoza (Independent) | 0.2 | 236 | |
 | Jaycee Magnuson (R) | 0.1 | 131 | |
| Richard Pannell (R) | 0.1 | 67 | ||
 | Horace Melton (R) | 0.1 | 62 | |
| Errol Victor (R) | 0.0 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 103,616 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2021
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Campaign website
Melton’s campaign website stated the following:
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I was asked as a guest speaker to bring a message on "Sanctity of Life Sunday". What a blessing being able to share my love of others and dedication to help others.
Water is essential for Life. But for far too long, Louisianans water supply has been plagued by Bacteria & Contamination.
For the past two decades, I have been working with at-risk youth teaching them primarily in an agrarian lifestyle. Such as supporting them as they have been active in 4-H. Watching someone help raise a new born animal, has been such a blessing. As they learn to care for something that is solely dependent upon them for there care and nutrition. Teaching them a good work-ethic as we spend the day in the field picking up square bales of hay, or planting a garden.
Laws & Policies need to be implemented in a thoughtful and well researched approach. We need direction that ensures our economic future. Not destroying entire industries.
I strongly support the second amendment rights of Americans. I also believe we need to support resources and training programs that educate the safe use and storage of guns.
Education of Americas sons & daughters has always been a priority of mine. For the past two decades, I have been able to do this both in and out of a classroom. The students that were under my care for two+ years, even though they came into my care on average two years behind in school not only completed their high school requirements, but went on to pursue higher educational training. In the education of my two biological children, my wife and I have used a combination of public schools along with home-school curriculum. Both our now in their Junior & Senior years in College.
We need policies that encourage all to improve their every day life. Policies that do not hinder &/or discourage the betterment of Americans. [1] |
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| —Horace Melton’s campaign website (2021)[2] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Horace Melton’s campaign website, “What I Believe,” accessed March 17, 2021
