Louisiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

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Louisiana's 5th Congressional District

General Election Date December 10, 2016

Primary Date November 8, 2016

November 8 Election Winner: Ralph Abraham

Incumbent prior to election: Ralph Abraham

Race Ratings Cook Political Report: Solid R Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R Rothenberg & Gonzales: Safe R

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2016 U.S. Senate Elections

2016 U.S. House Elections

The 5th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 8, 2016.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ralph Abraham (R) defeated Billy Burkette (R) in the primary election on November 8, 2016.

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 Ralph Abraham (R), who was first elected in 2014.

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District includes the northeastern portion of the state. The parishes of Avoyelles, Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, Washington, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn are included in the district. Portions of East Feliciana, St. Helena, St. Landry and Tangipahoa parishes are also part of the district.

Election results

Primary election

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Primary Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ralph Abraham Incumbent	81.6%	208,545
	Republican	Billy Burkette	18.4%	47,117
Total Votes				255,662
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

Candidates

Primary candidates:

Ralph Abraham - Incumbent a
Billy Burkette

District history

2014

See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Ralph Abraham (R) defeated Jamie Mayo (D) gained enough votes to participate in a general election. Abraham defeated Mayo in the general election on December 6, 2014.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	64.2%	134,616
	Democratic	Jamie Mayo	35.8%	75,004
Total Votes				209,620
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Primary Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vance McAllister Incumbent	11.11%	26,606
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	23.16%	55,489
	Republican	Harris Brown	4.13%	9,890
	Republican	Zach Dasher	22.39%	53,628
	Republican	Clyde Holloway	7.46%	17,877
	Republican	Ed Tarpley Jr.	1.92%	4,594
	Democratic	Jamie Mayo	28.22%	67,611
	Libertarian	Charles Saucier	0.92%	2,201
	Green	Eliot Barron	0.69%	1,655
Total Votes				239,551
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

2012

See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Rodney Alexander (R) won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Primary Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rodney Alexander Incumbent	77.8%	202,536
	None	Ron Ceasar	14.4%	37,486
	Libertarian	Clay Steven Grant	7.8%	20,194
Total Votes				260,216
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

• United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2016
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2016

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Louisiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bill Cassidy (R)

John Kennedy (R)

Representatives

District 1

Steve Scalise (R)

District 2

Troy Carter (D)

District 3

Clay Higgins (R)

District 4

Mike Johnson (R)

District 5

Julia Letlow (R)

District 6

Cleo Fields (D)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (2)