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Louisiana Senate race

William Cassidy holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Jamie Davis and Julia Letlow are competing for it.

The November ballot

Letlow
$6.2M
Davis
$2.0M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

William Cassidy

Republican · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in Louisiana

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election (20 days before if registering online).

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How they won the primary

First round · 344,838 votes

  • Jamie Davis47.4%163,549
  • Gary Crockett26.3%90,791
  • Nicholas Albares26.2%90,498

The runoff · 196,212 votes

  • Jamie DavisWon79.9%156,789
  • Gary Crockett20.1%39,423

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$37M
Outside money
$24M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Letlow$11M
Opposing Letlow$11M
Supporting Davis-
Opposing Davis-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

86%$1.7MSmall donors$128K2%
14%$270KLarge donors$1.3M20%
--PACs$762K12%
--Party$62K<1%
<1%$10KSelf-funding--
<1%$4.4KOther$4M65%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 15 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 15 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

19 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+40 in 2020

  • "Bill" CassidyWon59.3%
  • Adrian Perkins19%

2,071,543 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.