2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana
All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 60–69% 70–79%	Democratic 60-69%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including the United States Senate.

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party. If no candidate received 50 percent plus one vote during the primary election, a runoff election will be held on December 6, 2014, between the top two candidates in the primary.^[1]

Overview[]

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana by district:^[2]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	189,250	77.56%	46,047	18.87%	8,707	3.57%	244,004	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 2	0	0.00%	190,006	85.75%	31,564	14.25%	221,570	100.0%	Democratic Hold
District 3	207,926	88.00%	0	0.00%	28,342	12.00%	236,268	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 4	152,683	73.43%	0	0.00%	55,236	26.57%	207,919	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 5	247,211	75.81%	75,006	23.00%	3,856	1.18%	326,073	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 6	234,200	70.35%	95,127	28.58%	3,561	1.07%	332,888	100.0%	Republican Hold
Total	1,031,270	65.74%	406,186	25.89%	131,266	8.37%	1,568,722	100.0%

District 1[]

Republican incumbent Steve Scalise, who has represented the 1st district since 2008, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.^[3] He faced Democrats Lee A. Dugas and M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza and Libertarian Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford in the election.^[4]

Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Scalise (incumbent)	189,250	77.6
	Democratic	M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza	24,761	10.1
	Democratic	Lee A. Dugas	21,286	8.7
	Libertarian	Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford	8,707	3.6
Total votes			244,004	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2[]

Democratic incumbent Cedric Richmond, who has represented the 2nd district since 2011, ran for re-election.^[3] He faced Democrat Gary Landrieu, Libertarian Samuel Davenport and Independent David Brooks in the election.^[4] Democrat Rufus H. Johnson had filed to run, but was disqualified following a lawsuit from Richmond's campaign.^[6]

Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cedric Richmond (incumbent)	152,201	68.7
	Democratic	Gary Landrieu	37,805	17.0
	Independent	David Brooks	16,327	7.4
	Libertarian	Samuel Davenport	15,237	6.9
Total votes			221,570	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3[]

Republican incumbent Charles Boustany, who has represented the 3rd district since 2013, and previously represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2013, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.^[3] He faced Republican Bryan Barrilleaux and Independent Russell Richard in the election.^[4]

Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Boustany (incumbent)	185,867	78.7
	Independent	Russell Richard	28,342	12.0
	Republican	Bryan Barrilleaux	22,059	9.3
Total votes			236,268	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[]

Republican incumbent John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, considered running for the U.S. Senate, but instead ran for re-election.^[7] He faced Libertarian Randall Lord in the election. Democrat Justin Ansley had been running, but withdrew from the race.^[4]

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Fleming (incumbent)	152,683	73.4
	Libertarian	Randall Lord	55,236	26.6
Total votes			207,919	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5[]

The incumbent is Republican Vance McAllister, who had represented the district since winning a special election in 2013. In early April 2014, following the release of a video that showed the married McAllister kissing a female staffer who was the wife of a friend, McAllister faced calls for him to resign, which he resisted.^[8]^[9] Though he initially said that he planned to run for re-election,^[10] on April 28, 2014, he announced that he would serve out his term and not run for re-election.^[11]^[12] However, he later changed his mind and ran for re-election.^[11]^[13] He did not survive the "top two" primary and was eliminated from the runoff election on December 6.

Candidates[]

Republican[]

Declared

Ralph Abraham, Mangham physician^[14]
Harris Brown, Monroe businessman and son of former State Senator William Denis Brown, III^[15]
Zach Dasher, pharmaceutical representative and first cousin of the Robertson family^[16]^[17]
Clyde C. Holloway, Public Service Commissioner, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the seat in 2013^[18]^[19]^[4]
Vance McAllister, incumbent U.S. Representative^[11]^[13]
, Alexandria lawyer and former Grant Parish District Attorney and candidate for Louisiana Attorney General in 1995^[20]

Withdrew

Jeff Guerriero, attorney^[21]

Declined

Rodney Alexander, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. Representative^[22]^[23]
Charles "Bubba" Chaney, state representative^[8]
Elbert Guillory, state senator^[8]^[24]
, state representative^[25]
, state representative^[8]
Jay Morris, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013^[18]
, state senator and candidate for the seat in 2013^[18]^[26]
Adam Terry, McAllister's chief of staff^[18]
, state senator^[8]

Democratic[]

Declared

Jamie Mayo, Mayor of Monroe and candidate for the seat in 2013^[27]

Declined

Marcus Hunter, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013^[8]
Bob Johnson, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013^[8]
Jacques Roy, Mayor of Alexandria^[28]

Libertarian[]

Declared

Charles Saucier^[21]^[4]

Withdrew

Clay Grant, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012^[25]^[4]

Green[]

Declared

Eliot Barron, realtor, Red Cross volunteer and veteran^[25]^[4]

Jungle primary[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ralph Abraham (R)	Eliot Barron (G)	Harris Brown (R)	Zach Dasher (R)	Clay Grant (L)	Jeff Guerriero (R)	Clyde C. Holloway (R)	Jamie Mayo (D)	Vance McAllister (R)	Charles Saucier (L)	Ed Tarpley (R)	Other	Undecided
Glascock Group	October 2014	501	—	25%	2%	7%	15%	—	—	10%	18%	16%	2%	6%	—	—
Glascock Group	October 2014	—	—	20%	<1%	6%	11%	—	—	6%	18%	24%	<1%	2%	—	12%
Cygnal	September 22–24, 2014	504	± 4.36%	11%	—	5%	13%	—	—	8%	19%	17%	—	2%	3%^[29]	22%
JMC Analytics*	September 13, 2014	—	—	17%	—	—	—	—	—	—	22%	13%	—	—	—	—
Glascock Group Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine	August 2014	466	—	22%	4%	11%	7%	—	4%	9%	15%	20%	2%	6%	—	—
Glascock Group Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine	August 2014	519	—	18%	—	6%	14%	5%	—	—	21%	27%	—	9%	—	—

Hypothetical polling

Jungle primary with McAllister and Riser

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ralph Abraham (R)	Harris Brown (R)	Clay Grant (L)	Robert Johnson (D)	Jamie Mayo (D)	Vance McAllister (R)	Neil Riser (R)	Ed Tarpley (R)	Undecided
Glascock Group^[30]^[31]^[32]	June 2014	—	—	13%	2.8%	3.8%	8.5%	13.5%	26.1%	25.6%	6.8%	34.8%

Jungle primary without McAllister

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Harris Brown (R)	Zach Dasher (R)	Clay Grant (L)	Robert Johnson (D)	Jamie Mayo (D)	Jay Morris (R)	Neil Riser (R)	Ed Tarpley (R)
Glascock Group	May 5–9, 2014	503	± ?	9%	8%	2%	9%	14%	6%	48%	5%

Results[]

Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Mayo	67,611	28.2
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	55,489	23.2
	Republican	Zach Dasher	53,628	22.4
	Republican	Vance McAllister (incumbent)	26,606	11.1
	Republican	Clyde C. Holloway	17,877	7.5
	Republican	Harris Brown	9,890	4.1
	Republican	Ed Tarpley	4,594	1.9
	Libertarian	Charles Saucier	2,201	0.9
	Green	Eliot Barron	1,655	0.7
Total votes			239,551	100.0

Runoff[]

Polling[]

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vance McAllister (R)	Neil Riser (R)	Undecided
Glascock Group^[30]^[31]^[32]	June 2014	?	± ?	49%	51%	—
Glascock Group	April 14, 2014	1,300	± ?	44%	56%	—

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vance McAllister (R)	Chris Hazel (R)	Undecided
Glascock Group	April 14, 2014	1,300	± ?	48%	52%	—

* Internal poll for the Ralph Abraham campaign

Neither having received 50% in the primary, Mayo and Abraham will face each other in the runoff.^[33]

Results[]

Louisiana's 5th congressional district runoff, 2014^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	134,616	64.2
	Democratic	Jamie Mayo	75,006	35.8
Total votes			209,622	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6[]

Incumbent Republican Bill Cassidy, who had represented the 6th district since 2009, ran for the United States Senate seat then held by Mary Landrieu.^[35]

Candidates[]

Republican[]

Declared

Bob Bell, Tea Party activist and retired U.S Navy captain^[36]
, state senator^[36]
Norm Clark, disabled veteran and Ph.D. candidate in LSU's political science program^[37]
Paul Dietzel, businessman^[38]
Garret Graves, former adviser to Governor Bobby Jindal^[39]
Craig McCulloch, physical therapist and businessman^[37]
Charles "Trey" Thomas, LSU Tigers football player^[36]
Lenar Whitney, state representative^[40]

Withdrew

Cassie Felder, attorney (endorsed Dan Claitor)^[36]^[41]

Declined

, state representative^[42]
Ryan Heck, Baton Rouge Metro Councilman^[37]
Shelley Hendrix, autism awareness advocate^[36]
Jeff Landry, former U.S. Representative (running for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2015)^[43]
, state representative^[42]
, president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education^[42]

Democratic[]

Declared

Edwin Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana and former U.S. Representative^[44]
Richard Dean Lieberman, real estate broker^[36]
Peter Williams^[4]

Declined

Quentin Anderson, resource development campaign manager for the Capital Area United Way^[36]
Ted James, state representative^[42]

Libertarian[]

Declared

Rufus Holt Craig, Jr., attorney, Democratic candidate for the seat in 2004 and Libertarian candidate for the seat in 2012^[4]

Jungle primary[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bob Bell (R)	Dan Claitor (R)	Paul Dietzel (R)	Edwin Edwards (D)	Cassie Felder (R)	Garret Graves (R)	Richard Lieberman (D)	Craig McCulloch (R)	Charles Thomas (R)	Lenar Whitney (R)	Other	Undecided
Jefferson Research (R-Whitney)	September 23–24, 2014	4,885	—	—	11%	14%	35%	1%	10%	2%	4%	1%	16%	6%	—
Glascock Group	September 2014	—	—	4%	19%	19%	32%	3%	7%	1%	2%	1%	11%	40%
JMC Analytics (R-Dietzel)	July 26, 2014	576	±4.1%	—	9%	13%	35%	—	3%	—	—	—	—	40%
Glascock Group	June 2014	687	±3%	—	16%	16%	32%	—	—	—	—	—	—	36%
JMC Analytics	April 10–12, 2014	621	±3.9%	—	11%	11%	32%	2%	2%	—	1%	—	—	10%^[45]	30%
Glascock Group	March 2014	718	±3%	—	20%	19%	43%	4%	4%	2%	4%	3%	—	—	25%

Results[]

Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin Edwards	77,866	30.1
	Republican	Garret Graves	70,715	27.4
	Republican	Paul Dietzel	35,024	13.5
	Republican		26,524	10.3
	Republican	Lenar Whitney	19,151	7.4
	Democratic	Richard Dean Lieberman	7,309	2.8
	Republican	Craig McCulloch	5,815	2.2
	Republican	Bob Bell	5,182	2.0
	Democratic	Peter Williams	4,037	1.6
	Libertarian	Rufus Holt Craig, Jr.	3,561	1.4
	Republican	Norm Clark	1,848	0.7
	Republican	Charles "Trey" Thomas	1,447	0.6
Total votes			254,918	100.0

Runoff[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Garrett Graves (R)	Edwin Edwards (D)	Undecided
JMC Analytics	November 17, 2014	793	± 3.5%	61%	35%	4%
Glascock Group	March 2014	718	± 3%	53%	47%	—

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Claitor (R)	Paul Dietzel (R)	Undecided
JMC Analytics	February 24–25, 2014	581	± 4.1%	17%	18%	65%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Claitor (R)	Edwin Edwards (D)	Undecided
Glascock Group	September 2014	?	±?	59%	41%	—
Glascock Group	March 2014	718	± 3%	52.3%	47.7%	—

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Paul Dietzel (R)	Edwin Edwards (D)	Undecided
Glascock Group	September 2014	?	±?	60%	40%	—
JMC Analytics	April 10–12, 2014	621	± 3.9%	48%	39%	13%
JMC Analytics	February 24–25, 2014	581	± 4.1%	43%	34%	23%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lenar Whitney (R)	Edwin Edwards (D)	Undecided
Glascock Group	September 2014	?	±?	55%	45%	—

Neither having achieved 50% of the popular in the primary, Edwards and Graves contested in a runoff election.^[33]

Results[]

Louisiana's 6th congressional district runoff, 2014^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Garret Graves	139,209	62.4
	Democratic	Edwin Edwards	83,781	37.6
Total votes			222,990	100.0
	Republican hold

References[]

^ "Elections 2014" (PDF). June 24, 2013.
^ Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Alpert, Bruce (March 5, 2013). "Boustany and Scalise won't run against Landrieu in 2014, but others keep options open". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
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^ "Congressman Cedric Richmond sues would-be candidate Rufus Johnson, claims Johnson is ineligible for Nov. 4 primary election". The Louisiana Record. October 24, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ Alpert, Bruce (April 4, 2013). "Fleming decides not to run for Senate". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
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^ Lauren McGaughy (April 9, 2014). "Louisiana Republican chairman calling for McAllister's resignation". The Hill. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ Lauren McGaughy (April 8, 2014). "Rep. Vance McAllister plans on running for re-election". Shreveport Times. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Greg Hilburn (April 28, 2014). "UPDATE: McAllister won't seek re-election, will finish term". The News-Star. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
^ Mark Ballard (April 29, 2014). "Vance McAllister declares he will not seek re-election". The Advocate. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Sullivan, Sean (June 30, 2014). "Embattled Rep. Vance McAllister is running for reelection". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ "NELA Doctor Running for Congress". myarklamiss.com. May 30, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ "Harris Brown announces 5th District candidacy". KNOE. May 14, 2014. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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^ Julia O'Donoghue (June 16, 2014). "Duck Dynasty family cousin joins 5th District congressional race". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Emily Cahn (April 7, 2014). "Vance McAllister Kissing Video Could Prompt Flood of GOP Challengers". Roll Call. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
^ Jeremy Alford; John Maginnis (April 28, 2014). "Open Field in the 5th Congressional District". LA Politics. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ "Ed Tarpley to run for Vance McAllister's US House seat". nola.com. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Guerriero withdraws from 5th District race". The News Star. September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ Greg Hilburn (April 10, 2014). "Former Rep. Alexander may seek old job back". The News Star. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ "Spokeswoman: Alexander not running in 5th District". nola.com. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
^ Lauren McGaughy (April 9, 2014). "Sen @ElbertGuillory said he ..." Twitter. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for seat". The Town Talk. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ Bruce Alpert (June 16, 2014). "Sen. Neil Riser says no to 2nd run for 5th Congressional District seat". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
^ Jillian Corder (July 6, 2014). "Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo enters 5th Congressional District race". Monroe News-Star. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
^ "Several politicians show interest, but few commit to vie for 5th District seat". The News Star. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
^ "Third Party"
^ ^a ^b Greg Hilburn, The News-Star (June 15, 2014). "McAllister, Riser lead new poll". Retrieved September 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Elections - Shreveporttimes - shreveporttimes.com". Shreveporttimes. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Dubious Poll Puts Cassidy in the Lead; McAllister Comeback?". Bayoubuzz. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Edwards earns runoff spot; kiss McAllister goodbye, Associated Press, Kevin McGill, November 5, 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Official Election Results - Results for Election Date: 12/6/2014". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
^ Trygstad, Kyle (April 2, 2013). "Louisiana: Cassidy Challenging Landrieu". Roll Call. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lauren McGaughy (February 11, 2014). "Shelley Hendrix could jump into 6th District race, report says". NOLA.com. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lauren McGaughy (March 20, 2014). "Edwin Edwards brings signature banter to Twitter". The Times-Picayune.
^ Kyle Trygstad (May 2, 2013). "First Republican Enters Race for Cassidy's House Seat #LA06". Roll Call. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
^ "Jindal's ex-coastal leader running for Congress". WBRZ.com. February 26, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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^ "Cassie Felder drops out of 6th District race and endorses Dan Claitor". The Advocate. October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Blum, Jordan (April 14, 2013). "Washington Watch: U.S. Senate race will open House seat". The Advocate. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
^ Lauren McGaughy (February 24, 2014). "Former Congressman Jeff Landry announces run for Louisiana attorney general". NOLA.com. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
^ "It's official: Edwin Edwards is running for Congress". NOLA.com. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
^ "Democrat" 6%, "Republican" 4%

External links[]

U.S. House elections in Louisiana, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

[1] "Elections 2014" (PDF). June 24, 2013.

[clerk2014-2] Haas, Karen L. (March 9, 2015). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

[boustany_scalise-3] Alpert, Bruce (March 5, 2013). "Boustany and Scalise won't run against Landrieu in 2014, but others keep options open". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[soslist-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Candidate Inquiry". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

[geresults-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 11/4/2014". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2014.

[6] "Congressman Cedric Richmond sues would-be candidate Rufus Johnson, claims Johnson is ineligible for Nov. 4 primary election". The Louisiana Record. October 24, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.

[7] Alpert, Bruce (April 4, 2013). "Fleming decides not to run for Senate". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[vanceresign-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lauren McGaughy (April 8, 2014). "Vance McAllister should resign, says state lawmaker". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[9] Lauren McGaughy (April 9, 2014). "Louisiana Republican chairman calling for McAllister's resignation". The Hill. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

[10] Lauren McGaughy (April 8, 2014). "Rep. Vance McAllister plans on running for re-election". Shreveport Times. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[mcallisterwont-11] Greg Hilburn (April 28, 2014). "UPDATE: McAllister won't seek re-election, will finish term". The News-Star. Retrieved April 28, 2014.

[12] Mark Ballard (April 29, 2014). "Vance McAllister declares he will not seek re-election". The Advocate. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[:1-13] Sullivan, Sean (June 30, 2014). "Embattled Rep. Vance McAllister is running for reelection". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

[14] "NELA Doctor Running for Congress". myarklamiss.com. May 30, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[15] "Harris Brown announces 5th District candidacy". KNOE. May 14, 2014. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[16] Julia O'Donoghue (May 5, 2014). "'Duck Dynasty' cousin may run for McAllister's seat in Congress, News Star reports". nola.com. Retrieved May 7, 2014.

[17] Julia O'Donoghue (June 16, 2014). "Duck Dynasty family cousin joins 5th District congressional race". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[flood-18] Emily Cahn (April 7, 2014). "Vance McAllister Kissing Video Could Prompt Flood of GOP Challengers". Roll Call. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[19] Jeremy Alford; John Maginnis (April 28, 2014). "Open Field in the 5th Congressional District". LA Politics. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[20] "Ed Tarpley to run for Vance McAllister's US House seat". nola.com. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

[Guerrieroout-21] "Guerriero withdraws from 5th District race". The News Star. September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[22] Greg Hilburn (April 10, 2014). "Former Rep. Alexander may seek old job back". The News Star. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

[23] "Spokeswoman: Alexander not running in 5th District". nola.com. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

[24] Lauren McGaughy (April 9, 2014). "Sen @ElbertGuillory said he ..." Twitter. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

[granthazel-25] "Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for seat". The Town Talk. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[26] Bruce Alpert (June 16, 2014). "Sen. Neil Riser says no to 2nd run for 5th Congressional District seat". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[27] Jillian Corder (July 6, 2014). "Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo enters 5th Congressional District race". Monroe News-Star. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.

[commit-28] "Several politicians show interest, but few commit to vie for 5th District seat". The News Star. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.

[29] "Third Party"

[:4-30] Greg Hilburn, The News-Star (June 15, 2014). "McAllister, Riser lead new poll". Retrieved September 26, 2014.

[:5-31] "Elections - Shreveporttimes - shreveporttimes.com". Shreveporttimes. Retrieved September 26, 2014.

[:6-32] "Dubious Poll Puts Cassidy in the Lead; McAllister Comeback?". Bayoubuzz. Retrieved September 26, 2014.

[:7-33] Edwards earns runoff spot; kiss McAllister goodbye, Associated Press, Kevin McGill, November 5, 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[runoffresults-34] "Official Election Results - Results for Election Date: 12/6/2014". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

[35] Trygstad, Kyle (April 2, 2013). "Louisiana: Cassidy Challenging Landrieu". Roll Call. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[hendrix-36] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lauren McGaughy (February 11, 2014). "Shelley Hendrix could jump into 6th District race, report says". NOLA.com. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

[signature-37] Lauren McGaughy (March 20, 2014). "Edwin Edwards brings signature banter to Twitter". The Times-Picayune.

[38] Kyle Trygstad (May 2, 2013). "First Republican Enters Race for Cassidy's House Seat #LA06". Roll Call. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

[39] "Jindal's ex-coastal leader running for Congress". WBRZ.com. February 26, 2014. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[40] "State lawmaker from Houma announces congressional bid". Houma Today. May 31, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[41] "Cassie Felder drops out of 6th District race and endorses Dan Claitor". The Advocate. October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014.

[openseat-42] Blum, Jordan (April 14, 2013). "Washington Watch: U.S. Senate race will open House seat". The Advocate. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

[43] Lauren McGaughy (February 24, 2014). "Former Congressman Jeff Landry announces run for Louisiana attorney general". NOLA.com. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

[44] "It's official: Edwin Edwards is running for Congress". NOLA.com. March 17, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[45] "Democrat" 6%, "Republican" 4%

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

Contents

Overview[]

District 1[]

District 2[]

District 3[]

District 4[]

District 5[]

Candidates[]

Republican[]

Democratic[]

Libertarian[]

Green[]

Jungle primary[]

Polling[]

Results[]

Runoff[]

Polling[]

Results[]

District 6[]

Candidates[]

Republican[]

Democratic[]

Libertarian[]

Jungle primary[]

Polling[]

Results[]

Runoff[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]