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Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

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Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District

General Election Date
December 10, 2016

Primary Date
November 8, 2016

December 10 Election Winner:
Clay Higgins Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Charles Boustany Jr. Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid R[1]
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2]
Rothenberg & Gonzales: Safe R[3]

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2016 U.S. Senate Elections

2016 U.S. House Elections

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The 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on December 10, 2016.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. The seat was open following incumbent Charles Boustany Jr.'s decision to run for Senate. A total of 12 candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. Of those 12, Scott Angelle (R) and Clay Higgins (R) advanced to the general election on December 10, 2016. Higgins subsequently defeated Angelle in the general election.[4]

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
July 22, 2016
November 8, 2016
December 10, 2016



Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Charles Boustany Jr. (R), who was first elected in 2004. Boustany did not seek re-election in 2016. He instead ran for Louisiana's U.S. Senate seat.

Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District is located in southern Louisiana and stretches from the Texas border to the center of the state. Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermillion parishes along with portions of St. Landry Parish lie within the district. [5]

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Louisiana District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngClay Higgins 56.1% 77,671
     Republican Scott Angelle 43.9% 60,762
Total Votes 138,433
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

Primary election

U.S. House, Louisiana District 3 Primary Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngScott Angelle 28.6% 91,532
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngClay Higgins 26.5% 84,912
     Democratic Dorian Phibian 8.9% 28,385
     Democratic Larry Rader 8.7% 27,830
     Republican Gus Rantz 8% 25,662
     Republican Greg Ellison 7.8% 24,882
     Republican Brett Geymann 6.7% 21,607
     Republican Bryan Barrilleaux 1.9% 6,223
     Libertarian Guy McLendon 0.9% 2,937
     Independent Kenny Scelfo 0.8% 2,670
     Republican Grover Rees 0.8% 2,457
     Republican Herman Vidrine 0.4% 1,357
Total Votes 320,454
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

Candidates

General election candidates:

Republican Party Scott Angelle
Republican Party Clay Higgins Approveda

Primary candidates:

Democratic Party Dorian Phibian[6]
Democratic Party Larry Rader[7]
Republican Party Greg Ellison - Businessman[8]
Republican Party Gus Rantz - Businessman[9]
Republican Party Grover Rees - Former U.S. ambassador[10]
Republican Party Brett Geymann - Former state rep.[11]
Republican Party Scott Angelle - Public service commissioner[12] Approveda
Republican Party Clay Higgins[13] Approveda
Republican Party Bryan Barrilleaux[14]
Republican Party Herman Vidrine[4]
Libertarian Party Guy McLendon[4]
Grey.png Kenny Scelfo[15]

Not running:

Charles Boustany Jr. (R) - Incumbent[4]

Withdrew:
Erick Knezek (R) - Lafayette Parish School Board member[16][4]


Endorsements

Scott Angelle

  • Outgoing incumbent Charles Boustany - "I am proud to support Scott Angelle for the Third Congressional District. I've worked with Scott to support our farmers, our ports, and to restore our coastline. We fought together against the Obama administration in the wake of the Gulf drilling moratorium and won. I'm supporting Scott because he's the best candidate to stop Washington's war on oil, repeal Obamacare, and secure our border."[17]

Media

Scott Angelle

"Back the Badge" - Angelle first ad, released July 2016

Gus Rantz

"Rock Solid Conservative" - Rantz campaign ad, released September 2016

District history

2014

See also: Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) defeated Bryan Barrilleaux (R) and Russell Richard (I) of candidates in the primary election.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 3 Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Boustany Incumbent 78.67% 185,867
     Republican Bryan Barrilleaux 9.34% 22,059
     Independent Russell Richard 12.0% 28,342
Total Votes 236,268
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

2012

See also: Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) won the election in the district.[18]

U.S. House, Louisiana District 3 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Boustany Jr. Incumbent 60.9% 58,820
     Republican Jeff Landry Incumbent 39.1% 37,764
Total Votes 96,584
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election".

Important dates and deadlines

See also: Louisiana elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Louisiana in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
Deadline Event type Event description
September 8, 2015 Campaign finance "180th day prior to primary report" due
December 2, 2015 Ballot access Qualifying period opens for presidential preference and municipal primaries
December 4, 2015 Ballot access Qualifying period closes for presidential preference and municipal primaries
December 7, 2015 Campaign finance "90th day prior to primary report" due
February 4, 2016 Campaign finance "30th day prior to primary report" due
February 24, 2016 Campaign finance "10th day prior to primary report" due
March 5, 2016 Election date Presidential preference primary and municipal primary elections
March 15, 2016 Campaign finance "Election Day expenditures report" due
March 23, 2016 Campaign finance "10th day prior to general report" due
April 2, 2016 Election date Municipal general election
April 12, 2016 Campaign finance "Election Day expenditures report" due
May 12, 2016 Campaign finance "40th day after general report" due
May 12, 2016 Campaign finance "180th day prior to primary report" due
July 20, 2016 Ballot access Qualifying period opens for open primary election
July 22, 2016 Ballot access Qualifying period closes for open primary election
August 10, 2016 Campaign finance "90th day prior to primary report" due
October 11, 2016 Campaign finance "30th day prior to primary report" due
October 29, 2016 Campaign finance "10th day prior to primary report" due
November 8, 2016 Election date Open primary election
November 18, 2016 Campaign finance "Election Day expenditures report" due
November 30, 2016 Campaign finance "10th day prior to general report" due
December 10, 2016 Election date Open general election
December 20, 2016 Campaign finance "Election Day expenditures report" due
January 19, 2017 Campaign finance "40th day after general report" due
February 15, 2017 Campaign finance "Annual report" due
Sources: Louisiana Secretary of State, "2016 Elections," June 2014
Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Schedule of Reporting and Filing Dates for Candidates and PACs Supporting or Opposing Candidates, Primary Election–March 5, 2016, General Election–April 2, 2016," accessed June 30, 2015
Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Schedule of Reporting and Filing Dates for Candidates and PACs Supporting or Opposing Candidates, Primary Election–November 8, 2016, General Election–December 10, 2016

See also

Footnotes


For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!


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