Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Louisiana
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Raised for this seat
$143K
Through July 18, 2026
Cash on hand
$12K
Through July 18, 2026
In this race
5 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, 2 of them with a funded campaign. The nominees for November are not on record yet.
U.S. House uses the November 3 majority-vote election (runoff December 12). The full field, the money behind it, and the outside spending on the seat are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 39%$55K
- Large donors
- 60%$85K
- PACs
- 1%$1K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 1%$1K
- Other
- <1%$180
Receipts reported through July 18, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Louisiana
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 30 days before the election (20 days before if registering online).
The district they want to represent
- People
- 772K
- Median household income
- $78K
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.4%
- Without health insurance
- 7.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Steve Scalise$11M
- Lauren Jewettthis page$143K
In their own words
What Jewett's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Jewett's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Skyrocketing Insurance Costs”
- “Defend Social Security”
- “Stronger Education for Every Child and Adult”
- “Hold Congress Accountable”
- “Protect the Right to Vote”
- “Immigration”
- “Public Safety”
- “Quality Healthcare is a Human Right for Every Community”
- “Affordable Housing, Stronger Communities”
- “Support Local Agriculture and Seafood”
- “Infrastructure That Works for Everyone”
- “Promote Clean Energy, Protect Our Coast and Environment”
Quoted from laurenjewett.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Jewett has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.