Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Louisiana
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Raised for this seat
$3.0M
Through July 18, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.1M
Through July 18, 2026
In this race
15 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, 8 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
- <1%$3K
- Large donors
- 17%$506K
- PACs
- <1%$14K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 82%$2.4M
- Other
- 1%$26K
Separately, $100K in independent expenditures was reported for and against 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
- 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
- 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.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Misti Cordell$556K
- Michael Echolsthis page$3.0M
- Michael Firment$49K
- Dan McKay$90K
- Dixon McMakin$63K
- Tania Nyman$33K
- Samuel Wyatt$299K
Spending to support them
$100K- Louisiana Growth and Future Fund$81K
- GOPAC Election Fund$19K
Spending to oppose them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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
Echols 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.
What the campaign says, on michaelechols.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.