The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Louisiana Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Bill Cassidy
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 69
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Louisiana
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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 Davis: 47.4% 163,549
- Gary Crockett: 26.3% 90,791
- Nicholas Albares: 26.2% 90,498
The runoff · 196,212 votes
- Jamie Davis Won: 79.9% 156,789
- Gary Crockett: 20.1% 39,423
Primary source: Louisiana Secretary of State official congressional primary results. Runoff source: Louisiana Secretary of State official congressional primary-runoff results.
First round · 401,174 votes
- Julia Letlow: 44.8% 179,903
- John Fleming: 28.3% 113,437
- Bill Cassidy: 24.8% 99,496
- Mark Spencer: 2.1% 8,338
The runoff · 316,593 votes
- Julia Letlow Won: 56.9% 180,002
- John Fleming: 43.1% 136,591
Primary source: Official election results. Runoff source: Louisiana Secretary of State official congressional primary-runoff results.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $35M
- Outside money
- $25M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $2.1M of the race's $25M was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Julia Letlow $4.0M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
19 filed- Bill CassidyRepublican$14M
- Nicholas AlbaresDemocrat$143K
- Gary CrockettDemocrat$350K
- Julie EmersonRepublican$729K
- John FlemingRepublican$12M
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 Cassidy Won: 59.3%
- Adrian Perkins: 19.0%
2,071,543 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 21.7%. 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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 7, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.