Lee Ann Dugas
Lee Ann Dugas (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 1st Congressional District. She lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Dugas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lee Ann Dugas was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her professional experience includes building U.S. Navy Seabees. She is involved with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion, and the IWO. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1990 to 1994.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
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 1
Incumbent Steve Scalise won election outright against Lee Ann Dugas and Howard Kearney in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Scalise (R) | 72.2 | 270,330 |
 | Lee Ann Dugas (D)  | 25.3 | 94,730 | |
 | Howard Kearney (L) | 2.5 | 9,309 | |
| Total votes: 374,369 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Robert Badger (Independent Conservative Democratic Party)
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 1
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Scalise (R) | 71.5 | 192,555 |
 | Tammy Savoie (D) | 16.4 | 44,273 | |
| Lee Ann Dugas (D) | 6.9 | 18,560 | |
 | Jim Francis (D) | 3.2 | 8,688 | |
| Howard Kearney (L) | 1.0 | 2,806 | |
| Frederick Jones (Independent) | 0.9 | 2,443 | ||
| Total votes: 269,325 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. A total of seven candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Steve Scalise (R) defeated Lee Ann Dugas (D), Danil Ezekiel Faust (D), Joe Swider (D), Howard Kearney (L), Eliot Barron (G), and Chuemai Yang (I) to win the election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Steve Scalise Incumbent |
74.6% | 243,645 | |
| Democratic | Lee Ann Dugas | 12.8% | 41,840 | |
| Democratic | Danil Faust | 3.9% | 12,708 | |
| Libertarian | Howard Kearney | 2.9% | 9,405 | |
| Democratic | Joe Swider | 2.8% | 9,237 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 2.1% | 6,717 | |
| Independent | Chuemai Yang | 1% | 3,236 | |
| Total Votes | 326,788 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Dugas ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 1st District.<ref name="run">Louisiana Elections and Voting, "Candidate list," accessed August 27, 2014</ref Dugas ran as a Democratic candidate in the election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Scalise Incumbent |
77.56% | 189,250 | |
| Democratic | Lee Dugas | 8.72% | 21,286 | |
| Democratic | Vinny Mendoza | 10.15% | 24,761 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Sanford | 3.57% | 8,707 | |
| Total Votes | 244,004 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lee Ann Dugas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dugas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Restore Our Constitution, & Rule of Law
- Protect ACA, Pass Hero's Act,
- Renew the Founding Promises of our Constitution, ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL. & Begin the Healing
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 19, 2020
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
