Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Louisiana
Dan McKay
Democrat Running for an open seat
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Raised for this seat
$90K
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
- 26%$24K
- Large donors
- 27%$25K
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 44%$39K
- Other
- 3%$2K
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.
Record in office
McKay 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.