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 those 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 was held on December 6, 2014, between the top two candidates in the primary.

Overview Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana by district:

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 189,250 77.56% 46,047 18.87% 8,707 3.57% 244,004 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 0 0.00% 190,006 85.75% 31,564 14.25% 221,570 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 3 207,926 88.00% 0 0.00% 28,342 12.00% 236,268 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 152,683 73.43% 0 0.00% 55,236 26.57% 207,919 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 5 247,211 75.81% 75,006 23.00% 3,856 1.18% 326,073 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 6 234,200 70.35% 95,127 28.58% 3,561 1.07% 332,888 100.0% Republican holdTotal 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. He faced Democrats Lee A. Dugas and M. V. "Vinny" Mendoza and Libertarian Jeffry "Jeff" Sanford in the election.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

District 2

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

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

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. He faced Republican Bryan Barrilleaux and Independent Russell Richard in the election.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

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. He faced Libertarian Randall Lord in the election. Democrat Justin Ansley had been running, but withdrew from the race.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

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. Though he initially said that he planned to run for re-election, on April 28, 2014, he announced that he would serve out his term and not run for re-election. However, he later changed his mind and ran for re-election. 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 Harris Brown, Monroe businessman and son of former State Senator William Denis Brown, III Zach Dasher, pharmaceutical representative and first cousin of the Robertson family Clyde C. Holloway, Public Service Commissioner, former U.S. Representative and candidate for the seat in 2013 Vance McAllister, incumbent U.S. Representative Ed Tarpley, Alexandria lawyer and former Grant Parish District Attorney and candidate for Louisiana Attorney General in 1995

Withdrew Jeff Guerriero, attorney

Declined Rodney Alexander, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. Representative Charles "Bubba" Chaney, state representative Elbert Guillory, state senator Chris Hazel, state representative Frank A. Hoffmann, state representative Jay Morris, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013 Neil Riser, state senator and candidate for the seat in 2013 Adam Terry, McAllister's chief of staff Mike Walsworth, state senator

Democratic Declared Jamie Mayo, Mayor of Monroe and candidate for the seat in 2013

Declined Marcus Hunter, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013 Bob Johnson, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2013 Jacques Roy, Mayor of Alexandria

Libertarian Declared Charles Saucier

Withdrew Clay Grant, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012

Green Declared Eliot Barron, realtor, Red Cross volunteer and veteran

Jungle primary Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RalphAbraham (R) EliotBarron (G) HarrisBrown (R) ZachDasher (R) ClayGrant (L) JeffGuerriero (R) Clyde C.Holloway (R) JamieMayo (D) VanceMcAllister (R) CharlesSaucier (L) EdTarpley (R) Other UndecidedGlascock GroupGlascock Group October 2014 501 — 25% 2% 7% 15% — — 10% 18% 16% 2% 6% — —Glascock GroupGlascock Group October 2014 — — 20% <1% 6% 11% — — 6% 18% 24% <1% 2% — 12%CygnalCygnal September 22–24, 2014 504 ± 4.36% 11% — 5% 13% — — 8% 19% 17% — 2% 3%"Third Party" 22%JMC Analytics*JMC Analytics* September 13, 2014 — — 17% — — — — — — 22% 13% — — — —Glascock GroupGlascock 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% — —

Jungle primary with McAllister and Riser Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RalphAbraham (R) HarrisBrown (R) ClayGrant (L) RobertJohnson (D) JamieMayo (D) VanceMcAllister (R) NeilRiser (R) EdTarpley (R) Undecided Glascock Group 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 Samplesize Margin oferror HarrisBrown (R) ZachDasher (R) ClayGrant (L) RobertJohnson (D) JamieMayo (D) JayMorris (R) NeilRiser (R) EdTarpley (R)Glascock Group May 5–9, 2014 503 ± ? 9% 8% 2% 9% 14% 6% 48% 5%

Results

Runoff Polling

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror VanceMcAllister (R) NeilRiser (R) Undecided Glascock Group June 2014 ? ± ? 49% 51% —Glascock GroupGlascock Group April 14, 2014 1,300 ± ? 44% 56% —

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror VanceMcAllister (R) ChrisHazel (R) UndecidedGlascock 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.Edwards earns runoff spot; kiss McAllister goodbye, Associated Press, Kevin McGill, November 5, 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

Results

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.

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

Withdrew Cassie Felder, attorney (endorsed Dan Claitor)

Declined Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for U.S. Senate) Hunter Greene, state representative Ryan Heck, Baton Rouge Metro Councilman Shelley Hendrix, autism awareness advocate Jeff Landry, former U.S. Representative (running for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2015) Erich Ponti, state representative Chas Roemer, president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Democratic Declared Edwin Edwards, former Governor of Louisiana and former U.S. Representative Richard Dean Lieberman, real estate broker Peter Williams

Declined Quentin Anderson, resource development campaign manager for the Capital Area United Way Ted James, state representative

Libertarian Declared Rufus Holt Craig Jr., attorney, Democratic candidate for the seat in 2004 and Libertarian candidate for the seat in 2012

Jungle primary Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror BobBell (R) DanClaitor (R) PaulDietzel (R) EdwinEdwards (D) CassieFelder (R) GarretGraves (R) RichardLieberman (D) CraigMcCulloch (R) CharlesThomas (R) LenarWhitney (R) Other UndecidedJefferson Research (R-Whitney)Jefferson Research (R-Whitney) September 23–24, 2014 4,885 — — 11% 14% 35% 1% 10% 2% 4% 1% 16% 6% —Glascock GroupGlascock Group September 2014 — — 4% 19% 19% 32% 3% 7% 1% 2% 1% 11% 40%JMC Analytics (R-Dietzel)JMC Analytics (R-Dietzel) July 26, 2014 576 ±4.1% — 9% 13% 35% — 3% — — — — 40%Glascock GroupGlascock 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%"Democrat" 6%, "Republican" 4% 30%Glascock Group March 2014 718 ±3% — 20% 19% 43% 4% 4% 2% 4% 3% — — 25%

Results

Runoff Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror GarrettGraves (R) EdwinEdwards (D) UndecidedJMC AnalyticsJMC Analytics November 17, 2014 793 ± 3.5% 61% 35% 4%Glascock Group March 2014 718 ± 3% 53% 47% —

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DanClaitor (R) PaulDietzel (R) UndecidedJMC Analytics February 24–25, 2014 581 ± 4.1% 17% 18% 65%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DanClaitor (R) EdwinEdwards (D) UndecidedGlascock Group September 2014 ? ±? 59% 41% —Glascock Group March 2014 718 ± 3% 52.3% 47.7% —

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror PaulDietzel (R) EdwinEdwards (D) UndecidedGlascock 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 Samplesize Margin oferror LenarWhitney (R) EdwinEdwards (D) UndecidedGlascock Group September 2014 ? ±? 55% 45% —

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

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014

Results

See also 2014 United States House of Representatives elections 2014 United States elections

References

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