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Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District is becoming an expensive battleground for Republicans, with millions flowing into campaign advertising and outside political groups spending heavily to influence the contest. Meanwhile, three Democrats are trying to build support with considerably smaller budgets in a district specifically redrawn to favor the GOP. New federal campaign finance reports…
New campaign finance reports show Antonio Wilson and Pat Moore entering October with limited cash reserves, while Republican opponents report substantially larger campaign treasuries.
The Tensas farmer and Democratic nominee reported a surge in individual contributions, but Letlow maintains a nearly $477,000 cash advantage heading into October.
The 4th District Democrat has now reported nearly $1.2 million in individual contributions, with more than $334,000 in cash on hand entering the final weeks before Election Day.
The Democrat challenging House Speaker Mike Johnson reported $445,580 in cumulative receipts, but approximately 80% of that total came from money he loaned his own campaign.
The 2nd District congressman entered October with more than $666,000 in cash on hand, with PAC contributions accounting for much of his cumulative fundraising.
The 3rd District Democrat reported nearly $109,000 in new receipts since mid-July, substantially increasing his campaign's fundraising and entering October with more than $84,000 in cash on hand.
The 6th District Democrat reported approximately $27,000 in new receipts since mid-July, but campaign spending outpaced fundraising, leaving her with $27,700 heading into the final weeks before Election Day.
New Orleans teacher reports more than 21,000 donors as fundraising surpasses totals of recent Democratic challengers to Steve Scalise.
The ads, the campaign’s first of the election cycle, will run on television, CTV, and digital across the state through Election Day, according to campaign officials.
Four candidates for Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District took the stage Friday night at Baton Rouge’s Manship Theatre for what was billed as a debate but often felt more like a televised candidate forum. Democrats Chauna Banks, Pat Forbes and Lindsay “Rubia” Garcia were joined by Republican state Sen. Rick Edmonds for the hour-long…
The Democratic congressional candidate says more than 2,000 people have contributed to his campaign as the 6th District race enters its final weeks.
Candidates for district judge, Family Court and Justice of the Peace seats made their pitches to Baton Rouge voters Thursday night at a candidate forum hosted by the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice at Living Faith Christian Center. The Oct. 1 event unfolded in two panels, beginning with judicial candidates before turning to candidates…
Pat Forbes does not pretend that three Democrats competing in Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District is an ideal situation. “Obviously, it’s not good for us to have three Democrats in the race,” Forbes told The Bayou Progressive in a wide-ranging interview this week. “But here we are.” The question hanging over Forbes’ candidacy is…
For the better part of 30 minutes Sunday evening, the three Democrats running for Louisiana’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District did something they had not yet done during this campaign: sit beside one another and explain, in the same room, why each of them believes they should be the Democrat voters send forward. The setting…
For the second time in two months, a poll commissioned by Democrat Jamie Davis’ U.S. Senate campaign shows Republican Julia Letlow leading by just four points. Hart Research Associates found Letlow at 48% and Davis at 44% among 500 likely Louisiana voters surveyed Sept. 17 through 19, with 8% initially undecided. The poll has a…
A Baton Rouge construction company gave $100,000 to a super PAC supporting U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow’s Senate campaign while it was performing work under a federal contract with NASA, according to a new complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission. The Campaign Legal Center alleges MMR Constructors, Inc. violated federal campaign finance law when it…
For Omari Ho-Sang, the political challenge facing North Louisiana is not simply convincing more people to vote in November. It is building the kind of organizing infrastructure that can reach people long before an election, develop local leaders and continue holding public officials accountable after the votes are counted. That work will be at the…
Lauren Jewett knows the odds. The Metairie special education teacher is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District, a reliably Republican seat represented for the past 18 years by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Scalise has more than $10 million flowing through his campaign operation this cycle. Jewett had raised just under $143,000 through…
The Louisiana Public Service Commission sided with Meta this week in a fight over whether the technology giant should have to substantiate the claims being used to justify billions of dollars in new Louisiana power infrastructure. In a 3-1 vote Wednesday, the commission overturned a ruling from Chief Administrative Law Judge Melanie Verzwyvelt that would…
Rep. Julia Letlow had until Thursday to file the annual financial disclosure that should provide Louisiana voters with their clearest accounting yet of her finances during a year already marked by hundreds of previously undisclosed stock and bond transactions. That deadline has passed. As of 3 PM on Friday afternoon, Letlow’s 2025 annual financial disclosure…
A four-point U.S. Senate race in Louisiana would be a political earthquake. Donald Trump carried the state by 22 points less than two years ago. Democrats have not won a Louisiana Senate election since Mary Landrieu’s last victory in 2008. The Cook Political Report continues to classify the seat as Safe Republican, while RealClearPolling’s page…
The number of Louisiana voters classified as inactive more than doubled during a matter of weeks last summer, according to a new analysis from the ACLU of Louisiana that also found the impact fell disproportionately on Black and Democratic voters across nearly every parish in the state. The report, released August 4 and authored by…
Louisiana lawmakers redrew the 6th Congressional District this spring to make it considerably easier for Republicans to win. Qualifying made deciding which Republican — or whether a Democrat can make the runoff — considerably more complicated. Ten candidates qualified for the newly configured district before Friday’s deadline, including two sitting Republican state senators with substantial…
