Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Cedric Richmond (D), who was first elected in 2010, defeated multiple challengers for his seat in the primary election. He won re-election in 2012 with 55% of the vote.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by October 6, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was November 5, 2014.[4][5]
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Cedric Richmond (D), who was first elected in 2010.
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District includes all of St. James Parish and portions of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and West Baton Rouge parishes in southern Louisiana.[6]
Candidates
Disqualified
Elections
General election results
The 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Cedric Richmond (D) defeated challengers Gary Landrieu (D), Samuel Davenport (L) and David Brooks (I) in the primary election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Cedric Richmond Incumbent |
68.7% | 152,201 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 17.1% | 37,805 | |
| Libertarian | Samuel Davenport | 6.9% | 15,237 | |
| Independent | David Brooks | 7.4% | 16,327 | |
| Total Votes | 221,570 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[8] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[9] Cedric Richmond voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[10]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[11] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Cedric Richmond voted for HR 2775.[12]
Campaign contributions
Cedric Richmond
| Cedric Richmond (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[13] | April 15, 2013 | $15,411.75 | $136,625.00 | $(26,482.85) | $125,553.90 | ||||
| July Quarterly[14] | July 15, 2013 | $125,553.90 | $190,532.57 | $(80,247.08) | $235,839.39 | ||||
| October Quarterly[15] | October 13, 2013 | $235,839.39 | $180,100.68 | $(60,761.79) | $355,178.28 | ||||
| Year-end[16] | January 31, 2014 | $355,178 | $123,744 | $(100,445) | $378,477 | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 15, 2014 | $378,477 | $107,553 | $(103,598) | $382,431 | ||||
| July Quarterly | July 15, 2014 | $382,431 | $192,891 | $(90,673) | $484,649 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $931,446.25 | $(462,207.72) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Cedric Richmond (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Landrieu , Dwayne Bailey, Josue Larose and Caleb Trotter in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Cedric Richmond Incumbent |
55.2% | 158,501 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 25% | 71,916 | |
| Republican | Dwayne Bailey | 13.5% | 38,801 | |
| Republican | Josue Larose | 3.9% | 11,345 | |
| Libertarian | Caleb Trotter | 2.4% | 6,791 | |
| Total Votes | 287,354 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Cedric Richmond won election to the United States House. He defeated Anh "Joseph" Cao (R), Anthony Marquize (Independent) and Jack Radosta (Independent).
| U.S. House, Louisiana District 2 Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Cedric Richmond |
64.6% | 83,705 | |
| Republican | Anh "Joseph" Cao | 33.5% | 43,378 | |
| Independent | Anthony Marquize | 1.4% | 1,876 | |
| Independent | Jack Radosta | 0.5% | 645 | |
| Total Votes | 129,604 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Register to Vote," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Search Election Dates," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Louisiana Elections and Voting, "Candidate list," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
