2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

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.

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

November 4, 2014
All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 1 Seats won 5 1 Seat change Popular vote 1,031,270 406,186 Percentage 65.74% 25.89% Swing 1.28% 4.83%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold

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.

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]
• Ed Tarpley, 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]
• Chris Hazel, state representative[25]
• Frank A. Hoffmann, state representative[8]
• Jay Morris, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013[18]
• Neil Riser, state senator and candidate for the seat in 2013[18][26]
• Adam Terry, McAllister's chief of staff[18]
• Mike Walsworth, 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]

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	August 2014	466	—	22%	4%	11%	7%	—	4%	9%	15%	20%	2%	6%	—	—
Glascock Group	August 2014	519	—	18%	—	6%	14%	5%	—	—	21%	27%	—	9%	—	—

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

Polling

• * 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]

Republican

Declared

• Bob Bell, Tea Party activist and retired U.S Navy captain[36]
• Dan Claitor, 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

• Hunter Greene, 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]
• Erich Ponti, state representative[42]
• Chas Roemer, 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]

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	Dan Claitor	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%	—

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

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections

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45. "Democrat" 6%, "Republican" 4%

External links

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