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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: July 19, 2024 |
| Primary: November 5, 2024 General: December 7, 2024[1] |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Tuesday elections) 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections) |
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Cleo Fields (D) defeated Elbert Guillory (R), Quentin Anthony Anderson (D), and two other candidates in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R), who was first elected in 2014, did not run for re-election. This was one of 19 seats that changed partisan control due to the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives elections.
The election took place under a new congressional map established after the 2022 elections. A May 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocked a lower court ruling striking down the new maps. Before the election, Verite News' Michelle Liu wrote that the new congressional map "shifts the demographics of the 6th district from a whiter, Republican stronghold based in south Baton Rouge and its suburbs to a mostly Black district that spans from north Baton Rouge to Shreveport."[2]
Before the election, The Associated Press' Sara Cline wrote, "Democrats are looking to capitalize on the redrawn district—especially given that voting patterns in Louisiana point toward a mostly Black district more likely to send a Democrat to Congress—seeing an attainable opportunity to flip a reliably red seat blue. Republicans, who have held the seat for most of the last five decades, are fighting to preserve the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives."[3]
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and the candidate who gets more than 50% of the vote wins the election outright. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Before the election, four major election forecasters differed in their ratings for the general election, with two rating it Safe Democratic, one rating it Likely Democratic, and one rating it Solid Democratic.
Fields, Anderson, and Guillory led in campaign finance and media attention.
Fields had represented District 14 in the Louisiana Senate since 2020. He previously represented the district in the state Senate from 1986 to 1992 and 1997 to 2007.[4] Fields also represented the 4th Congressional District from 1993 to 1997.[4] In 1995, Fields ran unsuccessfully for governor.[4] Fields' professional experience included working as a lawyer for his own firm, The Fields Law Firm.[4]
According to Fields' campaign website, his priorities included increasing the federal minimum wage, education, and economic development.[5] Fields said his past congressional experience would help him represent the district successfully. He said, "We actually start with four years of seniority. I think that's a good thing for Louisiana. And I want to finish what I started."[6]
Anderson was, at the time of the election, the executive chairman of The Justice Alliance, the director of communications for the Appleseed Network, Chief Communications Officer of The Black Business Bureau of Baton Rouge, and the founder and creative director of Anderson Creative Strategies, LLC.[7] In 2020, Anderson ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 10.
Anderson's priorities included public safety, infrastructure, and increasing the federal minimum wage.[8] Anderson said, "[I]t is important that we have representatives that are independent. I mean, I'm a Democrat, but all that means is I have a north star about how I view government working. But at the end of the day, all of my positions are informed by my perspective, my experience of talking to people."[9]
Guillory represented District 24 in the state Senate from 2009 to 2016 and District 40 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.[8] He ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2015 and 2023 and for the 4th Congressional District in 2016. In addition to his work as a lawyer and a law professor, Guillory also worked at multiple state government agencies.[10] He also served in the U.S. Navy.[10]
According to Guillory's campaign website, his priorities included public safety, border security, inflation, and education.[11] Guillory said he was running to help preserve the Republican majority in the House. He said, "We cannot risk losing this progress due to political gamesmanship from out of touch special interest groups. Those same special interests have continued to place our values in the crosshairs while championing some elitists' extreme agendas."[12]
Peter Williams (D) and Wilken Jones Jr. (D) also ran in the nonpartisan primary.
Based on third quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Anderson raised $34,075 and spent $33,334, Field raised $1 million and spent $832,987, and Guillory raised $131,472 and spent $62,341. To review all the campaign finance figures in full detail, click here.
The primary was Nov. 5, 2024. The Dec. 7, 2024 general was canceled because Fields won the election outright after receiving more than 50% of the vote. As a result, under Louisiana's majority-vote system, the second round of voting was not needed. The filing deadline was July 19, 2024.
The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[13] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[14] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 80.4%-13.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 59.0%-39.3%.[15]
Louisiana conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in Louisiana and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.
To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Candidates and election results
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 6
Cleo Fields won election outright against Elbert Guillory, Quentin Anthony Anderson, Peter Williams, and Wilken Jones Jr. in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cleo Fields (D) | 50.8 | 150,323 |
 | Elbert Guillory (R) | 37.7 | 111,737 | |
 | Quentin Anthony Anderson (D)  | 8.0 | 23,811 | |
 | Peter Williams (D) | 2.1 | 6,252 | |
| Wilken Jones Jr. (D) | 1.3 | 3,910 | ||
| Total votes: 296,033 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Garret Graves (R)
- Scott Sonnier (R)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Candidate comparison
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a regular guy. I'm not a career politician or some legacy candidate - my last name's not Kennedy or LeBlanc or Boudreaux. I'm a small business owner, a non-profit advocate, and a bit of nerd. I'm a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and LSU Law Center (both of which i am still paying for to this day). My first full time job was as a field organizer for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential primary. I worked at the local homeless one-stop center as a legal extern doing intake of clients during my last year of law school and then worked at United Way after I graduated, raising money for organizations like the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and the American Heart Association. I organized climate voters during the 2014 midterms out in La Plata County, Colorado, which sparked an interest in not only environmental protection policy, but environmental & climate justice policy. In 2015, I led a successful legislative advocacy campaign in Illinois to get comprehensive school-to-prison pipeline reform legislation passed in the state legislature - and signed into law by a Republican governor. I led communications for a solar nonprofit in DC that was trying to figure out how to bring working families into the green economy, whether they were climate justice champions or not. I founded a nonprofit called The Justice Alliance which organizes a social justice summit annually in Baton Rouge. And most importantly, I have a 3 year old Beagle named Geronimo Lewis."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 in 2024.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- Louisiana State Senate, District 14 (Assumed office: 2019)
- Louisiana State Senate, District 14 (1997-2007)
- U.S. House of Representatives, District 4 (1993-1997)
- Louisiana State Senate, District 14 (1986-1992)
Biography: Fields received a bachelor's degree and a J.D. from Southern University. His professional experience included working as a lawyer for his own firm, The Fields Law Firm.
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- Louisiana State Senate, District 24 (2009-2016)
- Louisiana House of Representatives, District 40 (2007 to 2009)
Biography: Guillory received a J.D. from Rutgers University and served in the U.S. Navy. In addition to his work as a lawyer and a law professor, Guillory also worked at multiple state government agencies.
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Campaign advertisements
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Quentin Anderson
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Election competitiveness
Polls
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Race ratings
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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[16]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[17][18][19]
| Race ratings: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | Likely Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Endorsements
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Election spending
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quentin Anthony Anderson | Democratic Party | $35,640 | $40,108 | $-6,030 | As of November 25, 2024 |
| Cleo Fields | Democratic Party | $1,245,925 | $1,208,485 | $37,440 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Wilken Jones Jr. | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Peter Williams | Democratic Party | $21,825 | $0 | $71,825 | As of November 15, 2024 |
| Elbert Guillory | Republican Party | $192,851 | $189,512 | $3,340 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
- See also: Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[20][21]
If available, satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. FEC links include totals from monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports. OpenSecrets.org compiles data from those reports as well as 24- and 48-hour reports from the FEC.[22]
Details about satellite spending of significant amounts and/or reported by media are included below those links. The amounts listed may not represent the total satellite spending in the election. To notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.
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District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below is the district map used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.
2022
2024
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Louisiana.
| Louisiana U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested top-two primaries[23] | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | |||||
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 4 | 80.0% | |||||
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 4 | 66.7% | |||||
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 5 | 100.0% | |||||
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 6 | 100.0% | |||||
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 3 | 75.0% | |||||
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | 3 | 60.0% | |||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Louisiana in 2024. Information below was calculated on September 2, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
This was the first election to take place after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Jan. 22, 2024. On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an April 30 ruling by the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana striking down the state's congressional map. As a result, the map was used for Louisiana’s 2024 congressional elections. For information about redistricting in Louisiana after the 2020 census, click here.
Twenty-four candidates—10 Democrats, 13 Republicans, and one unaffiliated candidate—ran for Louisiana's six U.S. House districts. That's four candidates per district. There were 3.67 candidates per district in 2022, 5.00 candidates per district in 2020, and 4.67 in 2018.
The number of candidates who ran in 2024 is also the second-fewest of any other year in the last 10 years. Twenty-two candidates ran in 2022, the fewest in the last 10 years. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 30.8 candidates ran each election year.
The 6th Congressional District was the only open district, meaning no incumbents filed to run. Between 2022 and 2014, an average of 0.8 primaries were contested each year.
Incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R-6th) did not run for re-election. Graves said he decided to not run for re-election because of the revised congressional maps.[24]
The 1st, 2nd, and 6th Congressional Districts were tied for the most candidates who ran for a seat in Louisiana in 2024. Five candidates ran in each district.
All six primaries were contested in 2024. Between 2022 and 2014, an average of 5.2 primaries were contested each year.
Five incumbents—one Democrat and four Republicans—were in contested primaries in 2024. Between 2022 and 2014, an average of 4.2 incumbents were in contested primaries each year.
The 4th Congressional District was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats appeared on the ballot. Republicans filed to run in every congressional district, meaning none were guaranteed to Democrats.
Instead of conducting a true primary election, Louisiana employed a majority-vote system, which Ballotpedia called the Louisiana majority-vote system. If a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for an office, he or she wins outright. If no candidate reaches that threshold, a second round of voting is held between the top two vote-getters.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Louisiana's 6th the 141st most Democratic district nationally.[25]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Louisiana's 6th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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| Joe Biden
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Donald Trump
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| 59.0% | 39.3% | |||
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[26] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
| Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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| Democratic Baseline
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Republican Baseline
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Difference | ||
| 33.3 | 64.9 | R+31.7 | ||
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Louisiana, 2020
Louisiana presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 17 Democratic wins
- 12 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Louisiana's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Louisiana | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 8 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Louisiana's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Louisiana, May 2024 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Jeff Landry
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| Lieutenant Governor | Billy Nungesser
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| Secretary of State | Nancy Landry
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| Attorney General | Liz Murrill
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State legislature
Louisiana State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 11 | |
| Republican Party | 28 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | |
Louisiana House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 32 | |
| Republican Party | 73 | |
| Independent | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 105 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2024
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Election context
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Louisiana in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Louisiana, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required[29] | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Louisiana | U.S. House | Democratic or Republican | 1,000 | $900.00 | 7/19/2024 | Source |
| Louisiana | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | $600.00 | 7/19/2024 | Source |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
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 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Rufus Craig and Brian Belzer in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Garret Graves (R) | 80.4 | 189,684 |
 | Rufus Craig (L) | 13.0 | 30,709 | |
 | Brian Belzer (R) | 6.6 | 15,535 | |
| Total votes: 235,928 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaqueline Blaney (D)
- Scott Sonnier (R)
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 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Dartanyon Williams, Shannon Sloan, and Richard Torregano in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Garret Graves (R) | 71.0 | 265,706 |
 | Dartanyon Williams (D) | 25.5 | 95,541 | |
 | Shannon Sloan (L) | 2.6 | 9,732 | |
 | Richard Torregano (Independent) | 0.8 | 3,017 | |
| Total votes: 373,996 | |||
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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 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Justin DeWitt, Andie Saizan, and Devin Lance Graham in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Garret Graves (R) | 69.5 | 186,553 |
 | Justin DeWitt (D) | 20.5 | 55,089 | |
 | Andie Saizan (D) | 8.1 | 21,627 | |
 | Devin Lance Graham (Independent) | 2.0 | 5,256 | |
| Total votes: 268,525 | |||
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2024 battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
This was a battleground election. Other 2024 battleground elections included:
- California's 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)
- New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)
- New York's 18th Congressional District election, 2024
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The December 7, 2024 general was canceled because a second round of voting was not needed.
- ↑ Verite News, "Louisiana has a new majority-Black congressional district. Here’s what you need to know," September 16, 2024
- ↑ The Associated Press, "Louisiana congressional races attract newcomers and incumbents vying for seats," July 19, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Cleo Fields," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ Cleo Fields campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ BRProud / WGMB / WVLA, "Meet the candidates running for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District," accessed August 16, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Quentin Anthony Anderson," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Louisiana Illuminator, "2 Democrats, Republican join race for Louisiana’s new majority-Black congressional district," July 17, 2024
- ↑ KALB News Channel 5, "Quentin Anthony Anderson emerges as newest candidate for La. Congressional District 6," March 18, 2024
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Elbert Guillory campaign website, "About Elbert Guillory," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ Elbert Guillory campaign website, "Priorities," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ X, "Elbert Guillory on July 4, 2024," accessed September 22, 2024
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ Amee LaTour, Email correspondence with the Center for Responsive Politics, August 5, 2022
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlaprimexp - ↑ NBC News, "Louisiana Republican Garret Graves says he won't seek re-election after Supreme Court ruling on redistricting," June 14, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
