Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

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Louisiana's 6th Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: July 22, 2022
Primary: November 8, 2022
General: December 10, 2022
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 Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+19
Cook Political Report: Solid 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, 2022
See also
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Louisiana elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Louisiana, held elections in 2022. The general election was on December 10, 2022. The primary was scheduled for November 8, 2022. The filing deadline was July 22, 2022.

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.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 33.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 64.3%.[1]

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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

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
✔
Image of Garret Graves
Garret Graves (R)
 
80.4
 
189,684
Image of Rufus Craig
Rufus Craig (L)
 
13.0
 
30,709
Image of Brian Belzer
Brian Belzer (R) Candidate Connection
 
6.6
 
15,535

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 235,928
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates


Voting information

See also: Voting in Louisiana

Election information in Louisiana: Dec. 10, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 9, 2022
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 9, 2022
  • Online: Nov. 19, 2022

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

No

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

  • In-person: Dec. 6, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Dec. 6, 2022
  • Online: Dec. 6, 2022

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

  • In-person: Dec. 9, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Dec. 9, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Nov. 26, 2022 to Dec. 3, 2022

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?

N/A


Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[2] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[3] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Garret Graves Republican Party $2,010,468 $1,516,898 $2,520,479 As of December 31, 2022
Brian Belzer Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Rufus Craig Libertarian Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. 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 6th Congressional District election, 2022
Race trackerRace ratings
November 8, 2022November 1, 2022October 25, 2022October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid 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 requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Louisiana in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Louisiana, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required[8] Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Louisiana U.S. House Democratic or Republican 1,000 $900.00 7/22/2022 Source
Louisiana U.S. House Unaffiliated 1,000 $600.00 7/23/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

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

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Louisiana in 2022. Information below was calculated on October 26, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-two candidates filed to run for Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts, a decade-low. The candidates included six Democrats, 12 Republicans, one independent, and three libertarians. That’s 3.7 candidates per district, fewer than the five candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.7 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Louisiana was apportioned six districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.

The 22 candidates who filed to run this year were six fewer than the 30 candidates who ran in 2020, and four fewer than the 28 candidates who ran in 2018. Thirty-nine candidates ran in 2016, thirty-five ran in 2014, and 23 ran in 2012.

No seats were open this year. One seat was open in 2020, no seats were open in 2018, two seats were open in 2016, and one seat was open in 2014.

There were five contested primaries this year, one fewer than in 2020 and 2018, and the same number as in 2016 and 2014. Four Republican incumbents and a Democratic one ran in contested primaries. That number was the same as in 2020, when five incumbents faced contested primaries as well. There were six incumbents in contested primaries in 2018 and three in 2016 and 2014.

One Republican incumbent, Mike Johnson, did not face any primary challengers. The fourth and sixth districts were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Louisiana's 6th the 42nd most Republican district nationally.[9]

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 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
33.9% 64.3%

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[10] D R D R AI[11] R D R R R D D R R R R R R


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Louisiana and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Louisiana
Louisiana United States
Population 4,657,757 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 43,210 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 61.2% 70.4%
Black/African American 32.2% 12.6%
Asian 1.7% 5.6%
Native American 0.6% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 1.6% 5.1%
Multiple 2.7% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 5.2% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 85.9% 88.5%
College graduation rate 24.9% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $50,800 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 18.6% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Louisiana's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Louisiana, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 1 1
Republican 2 5 7
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 November 2022.

State executive officials in Louisiana, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party John Bel Edwards
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Billy Nungesser
Secretary of State Republican Party Kyle Ardoin
Attorney General Republican Party Jeff Landry

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Louisiana State Legislature as of November 2022.

Louisiana State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 11
     Republican Party 26
     Vacancies 2
Total 39

Louisiana House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 34
     Republican Party 68
     Independent 3
     Vacancies 0
Total 105

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Louisiana was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2022
Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Five 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
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
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
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

District history

2020

See also: Louisiana's 6th 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 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
✔
Image of Garret Graves
Garret Graves (R)
 
71.0
 
265,706
Image of Dartanyon Williams
Dartanyon Williams (D)
 
25.5
 
95,541
Image of Shannon Sloan
Shannon Sloan (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
9,732
Image of Richard Torregano
Richard Torregano (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.8
 
3,017

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 373,996
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2018

See also: Louisiana's 6th 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 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
✔
Image of Garret Graves
Garret Graves (R)
 
69.5
 
186,553
Image of Justin DeWitt
Justin DeWitt (D) Candidate Connection
 
20.5
 
55,089
Image of Andie Saizan
Andie Saizan (D)
 
8.1
 
21,627
Image of Devin Lance Graham
Devin Lance Graham (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
5,256

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 268,525
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2016

See also: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Garret Graves (R) won re-election, defeating Robert Lamar Bell (R), Richard Lieberman (D), Jermaine Sampson (D), Richard Fontanesi (L), and Devin Lance Graham (Other) in the primary election on November 8, 2016.[12]

U.S. House, Louisiana District 6 Primary Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGarret Graves Incumbent 62.7% 207,483
     Democratic Richard Lieberman 14.9% 49,380
     Republican Robert Bell 10.1% 33,592
     Democratic Jermaine Sampson 9% 29,822
     Libertarian Richard Fontanesi 2.3% 7,603
     Other Devin Graham 1% 3,218
Total Votes 331,098
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

2014

See also: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 6th Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Garret Graves (R) and Edwin Edwards (D) gained enough votes to participate in a general election. Graves defeated Edwards in the general election on December 6, 2014.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 6 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGarret Graves 62.4% 139,209
     Democratic Edwin Edwards 37.6% 83,781
Total Votes 222,990
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State
U.S. House, Louisiana District 6 Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Bob Bell 2.0% 5,182
     Republican Dan Claitor 10.26% 26,524
     Republican Norm Clark 0.71% 1,848
     Republican Paul Dietzel 13.55% 35,024
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGarret Graves 27.36% 70,715
     Republican Craig McCulloch 2.25% 5,815
     Republican Trey Thomas 0.56% 1,447
     Republican Lenar Whitney 7.41% 19,151
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEdwin Edwards 30.12% 77,866
     Democratic Richard Lieberman 2.83% 7,309
     Democratic Peter Williams 1.56% 4,037
     Libertarian Rufus Holt Craig Jr. 1.38% 3,561
Total Votes 258,479
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  2. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  3. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 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. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  10. ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
  11. ↑ American Independent Party
  12. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016


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