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2022
Louisiana's 1st Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: July 19, 2024
Primary: November 5, 2024
General: December 7, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Tuesday elections)

7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections)
Voting in Louisiana

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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Louisiana elections, 2024
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U.S. House elections, 2024

All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana, held elections in 2024. The primary was November 5, 2024. The general election was December 7, 2024. 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.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 72.8%-25.2%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 68.1%-30.0%.[3]

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 1

Incumbent Steve Scalise won election outright against Mel Manuel, Randall Arrington, Ross Shales, and Frankie Hyers in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise (R)
 
66.8
 
238,842
Image of Mel Manuel
Mel Manuel (D) Candidate Connection
 
24.0
 
85,911
Image of Randall Arrington
Randall Arrington (R) Candidate Connection
 
5.0
 
17,856
Image of Ross Shales
Ross Shales (R) Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
8,330
Image of Frankie Hyers
Frankie Hyers (Unaffiliated) Candidate Connection
 
1.9
 
6,781

Total votes: 357,720
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Louisiana

Election information in Louisiana: Dec. 7, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 6, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 6, 2024
  • Online: Nov. 16, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Dec. 3, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Dec. 3, 2024
  • Online: Dec. 3, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Dec. 6, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Dec. 6, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Nov. 22, 2024 to Nov. 30, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CT)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Steve Scalise Republican Party $14,732,239 $15,253,286 $4,131,153 As of December 31, 2024
Mel Manuel Democratic Party $74,559 $74,539 $0 As of November 27, 2024
Randall Arrington Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Ross Shales Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Frankie Hyers Unaffiliated $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

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."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

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.[4]
  • 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.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
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.

Ballot access

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
State Office Party Signatures required[8] 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 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

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2024

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Louisiana.

Louisiana U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested top-two primaries[9] % 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.[10]

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

See also: The Cook Political Report's 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 R+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Louisiana's 1st the 28th most Republican district nationally.[11]

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 1st based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
30.0% 68.1%

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.[12] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
27.5 71.0 R+43.4

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
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D SR[13] D R D R AI[14] R D R R R D D R R R R R R
See also: Party control of Louisiana state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Louisiana's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Louisiana
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
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Jeff Landry
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Billy Nungesser
Secretary of State Republican Party Nancy Landry
Attorney General Republican Party Liz Murrill

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
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

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 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 1

Incumbent Steve Scalise won election outright against Katie Darling and Howard Kearney in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise (R)
 
72.8
 
177,670
Image of Katie Darling
Katie Darling (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.2
 
61,467
Image of Howard Kearney
Howard Kearney (L)
 
2.0
 
4,907

Total votes: 244,044
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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
Image of Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise (R)
 
72.2
 
270,330
Image of Lee Ann Dugas
Lee Ann Dugas (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.3
 
94,730
Image of Howard Kearney
Howard Kearney (L)
 
2.5
 
9,309

Total votes: 374,369
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 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
Image of Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise (R)
 
71.5
 
192,555
Image of Tammy Savoie
Tammy Savoie (D)
 
16.4
 
44,273
Image of Lee Ann Dugas
Lee Ann Dugas (D)
 
6.9
 
18,560
Image of Jim Francis
Jim Francis (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.2
 
8,688
Image of Howard Kearney
Howard Kearney (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
2,806
Frederick Jones (Independent)
 
0.9
 
2,443

Total votes: 269,325
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See also

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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
  9. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named laprimexp
  10. NBC News, "Louisiana Republican Garret Graves says he won't seek re-election after Supreme Court ruling on redistricting," June 14, 2024
  11. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  12. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  13. States' Rights Democratic Party
  14. American Independent Party


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