Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Louisiana

Stewart Cathey Jr.

Republican On the November 3 open primary ballot

In the open primary

Cathey is one of 9 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat, every party on one ballot.

This seat is decided in an open primary. A candidate who wins a majority is elected; if no one does, the top two meet in an open general election on December 12, 2026. The 8 other candidates and the money behind the field are on the race page.

Official candidate list: Louisiana Secretary of State, as recorded September 21, 2026.

The whole field

Where the money comes from

-from small donors

Small donors: --
Large donors: 100%$14K
PACs: --
Party: --
Self-funding: --
Other: --

Separately, $100K in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.

Receipts reported through July 18, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Louisiana

Open primaryNovember 3, 2026
Open general, if neededDecember 12, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 779K
Median household income: $62K
Unemployment: 6.2%
Living below the poverty line: 19.5%
Without health insurance: 6.8%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$100K

Hometown Freedom Action Network$100K

Spending to oppose them

No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 8, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.

Record in office

Cathey does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Stewart Cathey Jr.: Louisiana House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-LA-05/H6LA05184

The citation names the source data used for this record.