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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

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All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 1
Seats won 5 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,031,270 406,186
Percentage 65.74% 25.89%
Swing Decrease 1.28% Increase 4.83%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with those of other federal and state offices, including the United States Senate.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. If no candidate received 50 percent plus one vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on December 6, 2014, between the top two candidates in the primary.[1]

Overview

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Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana by district:[2]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 189,250 77.56% 46,047 18.87% 8,707 3.57% 244,004 100.0% Republican hold
District 2 0 0.00% 190,006 85.75% 31,564 14.25% 221,570 100.0% Democratic hold
District 3 207,926 88.00% 0 0.00% 28,342 12.00% 236,268 100.0% Republican hold
District 4 152,683 73.43% 0 0.00% 55,236 26.57% 207,919 100.0% Republican hold
District 5 247,211 75.81% 75,006 23.00% 3,856 1.18% 326,073 100.0% Republican hold
District 6 234,200 70.35% 95,127 28.58% 3,561 1.07% 332,888 100.0% Republican hold
Total 1,031,270 65.74% 406,186 25.89% 131,266 8.37% 1,568,722 100.0%

District 1

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2014 Louisiana's 1st congressional district election

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Candidate Steve Scalise M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza Lee A. Dugas
Party Republican Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 189,250 24,761 24,844
Percentage 77.6% 10.1% 8.7%

Parish results
Scalise:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve Scalise
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Scalise
Republican

Republican incumbent Steve Scalise, who has represented the 1st district since 2008, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.[3] He faced Democrats Lee A. Dugas and M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza and Libertarian Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford in the election.[4]

Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Scalise (incumbent) 189,250 77.6
Democratic M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza 24,761 10.1
Democratic Lee A. Dugas 21,286 8.7
Libertarian Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford 8,707 3.6
Total votes 244,004 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

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2014 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district election

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Candidate Cedric Richmond Gary Landrieu
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 152,201 37,805
Percentage 68.7% 17.0%

 
Candidate David Brooks Samuel Davenport
Party Independent Libertarian
Popular vote 16,327 15,237
Percentage 7.4% 6.9%

Parish results
Richmond:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Cedric Richmond
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Cedric Richmond
Democratic

Democratic incumbent Cedric Richmond, who has represented the 2nd district since 2011, ran for re-election.[3] He faced Democrat Gary Landrieu, Libertarian Samuel Davenport and Independent David Brooks in the election.[4] Democrat Rufus H. Johnson had filed to run, but was disqualified following a lawsuit from Richmond's campaign.[6]

Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cedric Richmond (incumbent) 152,201 68.7
Democratic Gary Landrieu 37,805 17.0
Independent David Brooks 16,327 7.4
Libertarian Samuel Davenport 15,237 6.9
Total votes 221,570 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

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2014 Louisiana's 3rd congressional district election

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Candidate Charles Boustany Russell Richard Bryan Barrilleaux
Party Republican Independent Republican
Popular vote 185,867 28,342 22,059
Percentage 78.7% 12.0% 9.3%

Parish results
Higgins:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Charles Boustany
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Charles Boustany
Republican

Republican incumbent Charles Boustany, who has represented the 3rd district since 2013, and previously represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2013, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.[3] He faced Republican Bryan Barrilleaux and Independent Russell Richard in the election.[4]

Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Boustany (incumbent) 185,867 78.7
Independent Russell Richard 28,342 12.0
Republican Bryan Barrilleaux 22,059 9.3
Total votes 236,268 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

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2014 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election

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Candidate John Fleming Randall Lord
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 152,683 55,236
Percentage 73.4% 26.6%

Parish results
Fleming:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

John Fleming
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

John Fleming
Republican

Republican incumbent John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.[7] He faced Libertarian Randall Lord in the election. Democrat Justin Ansley had been running, but withdrew from the race.[4]

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Fleming (incumbent) 152,683 73.4
Libertarian Randall Lord 55,236 26.6
Total votes 207,919 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

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2014 Louisiana's 5th congressional district election

 
Candidate Ralph Abraham Jamie Mayo Zach Dasher
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round 55,489
23.2%
67,611
28.2%
53,628
22.4%
Runoff 134,616
64.2%
75,006
35.8%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Vance McAllister Clyde C. Holloway
Party Republican Republican
First round 26,606
11.1%
17,877
7.5%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Abraham:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Mayo:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Dasher:     20–30%      30–40%

U.S. Representative before election

Vance McAllister
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ralph Abraham
Republican

The incumbent is Republican Vance McAllister, who had represented the district since winning a special election in 2013. In early April 2014, following the release of a video that showed the married McAllister kissing a female staffer who was the wife of a friend, McAllister faced calls for him to resign, which he resisted.[8][9] Though he initially said that he planned to run for re-election,[10] on April 28, 2014, he announced that he would serve out his term and not run for re-election.[11][12] However, he later changed his mind and ran for re-election.[11][13] He did not survive the "top two" primary and was eliminated from the runoff election on December 6.

Candidates

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Republican

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Declared

Withdrew

  • Jeff Guerriero, attorney[21]

Declined

Democratic

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Declared

Declined

Libertarian

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Declared

Withdrew

  • Clay Grant, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012[25][4]

Green

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Declared

Jungle primary

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ralph
Abraham (R)
Eliot
Barron (G)
Harris
Brown (R)
Zach
Dasher (R)
Clay
Grant (L)
Jeff
Guerriero (R)
Clyde C.
Holloway (R)
Jamie
Mayo (D)
Vance
McAllister (R)
Charles
Saucier (L)
Ed
Tarpley (R)
Other Undecided
Glascock Group[29] October 2014 501 25% 2% 7% 15% 10% 18% 16% 2% 6%
Glascock Group[30] October 2014 20% <1% 6% 11% 6% 18% 24% <1% 2% 12%
Cygnal[31] September 22–24, 2014 504 ± 4.36% 11% 5% 13% 8% 19% 17% 2% 3%[32] 22%
JMC Analytics*[33] September 13, 2014 17% 22% 13%
Glascock Group[34] August 2014 466 22% 4% 11% 7% 4% 9% 15% 20% 2% 6%
Glascock Group[34] August 2014 519 18% 6% 14% 5% 21% 27% 9%
Hypothetical polling

Jungle primary with McAllister and Riser

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ralph
Abraham (R)
Harris
Brown (R)
Clay
Grant (L)
Robert
Johnson (D)
Jamie
Mayo (D)
Vance
McAllister (R)
Neil
Riser (R)
Ed
Tarpley (R)
Undecided
Glascock Group[35][36][37] June 2014 13% 2.8% 3.8% 8.5% 13.5% 26.1% 25.6% 6.8% 34.8%

Jungle primary without McAllister

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Harris
Brown (R)
Zach
Dasher (R)
Clay
Grant (L)
Robert
Johnson (D)
Jamie
Mayo (D)
Jay
Morris (R)
Neil
Riser (R)
Ed
Tarpley (R)
Glascock Group[38] May 5–9, 2014 503 ± ? 9% 8% 2% 9% 14% 6% 48% 5%

Results

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Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Mayo 67,611 28.2
Republican Ralph Abraham 55,489 23.2
Republican Zach Dasher 53,628 22.4
Republican Vance McAllister (incumbent) 26,606 11.1
Republican Clyde C. Holloway 17,877 7.5
Republican Harris Brown 9,890 4.1
Republican Ed Tarpley 4,594 1.9
Libertarian Charles Saucier 2,201 0.9
Green Eliot Barron 1,655 0.7
Total votes 239,551 100.0

Runoff

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Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Vance
McAllister (R)
Neil
Riser (R)
Undecided
Glascock Group[35][36][37] June 2014 ? ± ? 49% 51%
Glascock Group[39] April 14, 2014 1,300 ± ? 44% 56%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Vance
McAllister (R)
Chris
Hazel (R)
Undecided
Glascock Group[39] April 14, 2014 1,300 ± ? 48% 52%
  • * Internal poll for the Ralph Abraham campaign

Neither having received 50% in the primary, Mayo and Abraham will face each other in the runoff.[40]

Results

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Louisiana's 5th congressional district runoff, 2014[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Abraham 134,616 64.2
Democratic Jamie Mayo 75,006 35.8
Total votes 209,622 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

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2014 Louisiana's 6th congressional district election

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Candidate Garret Graves Edwin Edwards Paul Dietzel
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round 70,715
27.4%
77,866
30.1%
35,024
13.5%
Runoff 139,209
62.4%
83,781
37.6%
Eliminated

 
Candidate Dan Claitor Lenar Whitney
Party Republican Republican
First round 26,524
10.3%
19,151
7.4%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Graves:      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Edwards:      20–30%      30–40%     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Bill Cassidy
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Garret Graves
Republican

Incumbent Republican Bill Cassidy, who had represented the 6th district since 2009, ran for the United States Senate seat then held by Mary Landrieu.[42]

Candidates

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Republican

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Declared

Withdrew

  • Cassie Felder, attorney (endorsed Dan Claitor)[43][48]

Declined

Democratic

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Declared

Declined

  • Quentin Anderson, resource development campaign manager for the Capital Area United Way[43]
  • Ted James, state representative[49]

Libertarian

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Declared

  • Rufus Holt Craig Jr., attorney, Democratic candidate for the seat in 2004 and Libertarian candidate for the seat in 2012[4]

Jungle primary

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bob
Bell (R)
Dan
Claitor (R)
Paul
Dietzel (R)
Edwin
Edwards (D)
Cassie
Felder (R)
Garret
Graves (R)
Richard
Lieberman (D)
Craig
McCulloch (R)
Charles
Thomas (R)
Lenar
Whitney (R)
Other Undecided
Jefferson Research (R-Whitney)[52] September 23–24, 2014 4,885 11% 14% 35% 1% 10% 2% 4% 1% 16% 6%
Glascock Group[53] September 2014 4% 19% 19% 32% 3% 7% 1% 2% 1% 11% 40%
JMC Analytics (R-Dietzel)[54] July 26, 2014 576 ±4.1% 9% 13% 35% 3% 40%
Glascock Group[55] June 2014 687 ±3% 16% 16% 32% 36%
JMC Analytics[56] April 10–12, 2014 621 ±3.9% 11% 11% 32% 2% 2% 1% 10%[57] 30%
Glascock Group[58] March 2014 718 ±3% 20% 19% 43% 4% 4% 2% 4% 3% 25%

Results

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Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edwin Edwards 77,866 30.1
Republican Garret Graves 70,715 27.4
Republican Paul Dietzel 35,024 13.5
Republican Dan Claitor 26,524 10.3
Republican Lenar Whitney 19,151 7.4
Democratic Richard Dean Lieberman 7,309 2.8
Republican Craig McCulloch 5,815 2.2
Republican Bob Bell 5,182 2.0
Democratic Peter Williams 4,037 1.6
Libertarian Rufus Holt Craig, Jr. 3,561 1.4
Republican Norm Clark 1,848 0.7
Republican Charles "Trey" Thomas 1,447 0.6
Total votes 254,918 100.0

Runoff

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Garrett
Graves (R)
Edwin
Edwards (D)
Undecided
JMC Analytics[59] November 17, 2014 793 ± 3.5% 61% 35% 4%
Glascock Group[58] March 2014 718 ± 3% 53% 47%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Dan
Claitor (R)
Paul
Dietzel (R)
Undecided
JMC Analytics[60] February 24–25, 2014 581 ± 4.1% 17% 18% 65%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Dan
Claitor (R)
Edwin
Edwards (D)
Undecided
Glascock Group[53] September 2014 ? ±? 59% 41%
Glascock Group[58] March 2014 718 ± 3% 52.3% 47.7%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Paul
Dietzel (R)
Edwin
Edwards (D)
Undecided
Glascock Group[53] September 2014 ? ±? 60% 40%
JMC Analytics[56] April 10–12, 2014 621 ± 3.9% 48% 39% 13%
JMC Analytics[60] February 24–25, 2014 581 ± 4.1% 43% 34% 23%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Lenar
Whitney (R)
Edwin
Edwards (D)
Undecided
Glascock Group[53] September 2014 ? ±? 55% 45%

Neither having achieved 50% of the popular in the primary, Edwards and Graves contested in a runoff election.[40]

Results

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Louisiana's 6th congressional district runoff, 2014[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garret Graves 139,209 62.4
Democratic Edwin Edwards 83,781 37.6
Total votes 222,990 100.0
Republican hold

See also

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References

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