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United States House elections in Louisiana, 2020 (November 3 primaries)
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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Louisiana took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected six candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. This page focuses on the elections that took place in Louisiana on November 3, 2020.
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Louisiana does not conduct true primary elections. Instead, the state employs a majority-vote system. If a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for an office, they win outright. If, however, no candidate reaches that threshold, a second round of voting is held between the top two vote-getters. Any registered voter can participate in both the first-round and second-round elections. Louisiana's election system is sometimes classified as a top-two, jungle, or blanket primary system. Ballotpedia refers to the state's election system as the Louisiana majority-vote system.[1][2]
Beginning in 2026, Louisiana will use a semi-closed primary for congress, justice of the supreme court, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Public Service Commission. In these primaries, only unaffiliated voters and voters registered with a party may vote in that party's primary. For all other statewide offices—including state senator and representative—Louisiana will continue to use the majority-vote system.[1][2]
Candidates
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District 1
Primary candidates
- Steve Scalise (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lee Ann Dugas (Democratic Party)
- Howard Kearney (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
Primary candidates
- Cedric Richmond (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Glenn Harris (Democratic Party)
- David Schilling (Republican Party)
- Sheldon Vincent Sr. (Republican Party)
- Belden Batiste (Independent)
- Colby James (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
Primary candidates
- Clay Higgins (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Rob Anderson (Democratic Party)
- Braylon Harris (Democratic Party)
- Brandon LeLeux (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
Primary candidates
- Mike Johnson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Kenny Houston (Democratic Party)
- Ryan Trundle (Democratic Party)
- Ben Gibson (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 5
Primary candidates
- Candy Christophe (Democratic Party)
- Jesse Lagarde (Democratic Party)
- Martin Lemelle (Democratic Party)
- Phillip Snowden (Democratic Party)
- Allen Guillory Sr. (Republican Party)
- Lance Harris (Republican Party) ✔
- Matt Hasty (Republican Party)
- Luke Letlow (Republican Party) ✔
- Randall Scott Robinson (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 6
Primary candidates
- Garret Graves (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Dartanyon Williams (Democratic Party)
- Shannon Sloan (Libertarian Party)
- Richard Torregano (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Louisiana. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
See also
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2018
Footnotes
