Louisiana 2026 Primary

U.S. Senate

May 16 2026

Completed

Runoff held: Jun 27, 2026

SENATE ONLY — first closed party primary under HB 17 (2024). Cassidy defeated (3rd, 24.8%): Letlow 44.8 / Fleming 28.3 advanced (R); Davis and Crockett advanced (D).

U.S. House

Nov 3 2026

83 days away

Runoff: Dec 12, 2026

HOUSE ONLY — jungle primary (all parties, one ballot; majority wins outright, else Dec 12 runoff). House reverted to the old system after Louisiana v. Callais forced new maps (Landry postponed the May 16 house primaries 20260430). Senate used the new closed primaries May 16 — separate rows.

★ U.S. Senate Safe R

Incumbent: R Bill Cassidy

Democrat

Gary Crockett $350,000 raised

Jamie Davis Nominee $1,983,548 raised

Nicholas Albares $143,284 raised

Republican

Bill Cassidy Incumbent $7,000,079 raised

John C. Fleming Jr $12,266,221 raised

Julia Letlow Nominee $6,210,122 raised

Mark Spencer $5,421 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Runoff

Held June 27, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jamie Davis ✓	156,782	79.9%
Gary Crockett	39,419	20.1%

Republican Runoff

Held June 27, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Julia Letlow ✓	179,996	56.9%
John Fleming	136,589	43.1%

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★ U.S. House 6 districts

LA-01 District 1 Safe R R Steve Scalise

Lauren Jewett (D) Steve Scalise (R) ^*

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LA-02 District 2 Safe D D Troy Carter

Troy A. Carter Sr (D) ^*

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LA-03 District 3 Safe R R Clay Higgins

John David Day (D) Tia Marie Lebrun (I) Clay Captain Higgins (R) ^*

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LA-04 District 4 Safe R R Mike Johnson

Conrad Roberts Cable (D) Matthew Gromlich (D) James Michael Johnson (R) ^* Michael Nichols (R)

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LA-05 District 5 Safe R R Julia Letlow

Dan McKay (D) Lindsay Garcia (D) Tania Nyman (D) Julia Letlow (R) ^* Austin Magee (R) Blake Miguez (R) Dixon McMakin (R) Michael Charles Echols (R) Michael Edward Mebruer (R) Michael Gabriel Firment (R) Misti Smith Cordell (R) Rick Edmonds (R) Samuel Lee Wyatt (R) Stewart Cathey Jr (R)

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LA-06 District 6 Lean R D Cleo Fields

Cleo Fields (D) ^* Anjanita Monique Appeaning (R) Larry Davis III (R)

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Senate · Republican primary	Quantus Insights (R) partisan·R	2026-06-24	770 LV	Julia Letlow 48% · John Fleming 45% · Unsure 7%
Senate · Republican primary	JMC Analytics (R)	2026-06-22	600 LV	John Fleming 45% · Julia Letlow 40% · Unsure 15%
Senate · Republican primary	BDPC	2026-06-16	600 LV	Julia Letlow 40% · John Fleming 38% · Unsure 22%
Senate · Republican primary	Kaplan Strategies (R)	2026-05-26	850 LV	Julia Letlow 52% · John Fleming 37% · Unsure 10%
Senate · Republican primary	JMC Analytics (R)	2026-05-19	640 LV	Julia Letlow 45% · John Fleming 44% · Unsure 11%
Senate · Republican primary	Harper Polling (R)	2026-05-19	457 LV	Julia Letlow 52% · John Fleming 35% · Unsure 13%
Senate · Republican primary	Quantus Insights (R) partisan·R	2026-05-07	1015 LV	Julia Letlow 42% · John Fleming 30% · Bill Cassidy 20% · Mark Spencer 2% · Unsure 12%
Senate · Republican primary	Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R) partisan·R	2026-05-05	600 LV	Julia Letlow 32% · Bill Cassidy 26% · John Fleming 21% · Mark Spencer 1% · Unsure 19%
Senate · Republican primary	BDPC	2026-04-30	600 LV	Julia Letlow 33% · John Fleming 21% · Bill Cassidy 21% · Mark Spencer 2% · Unsure 23%
Senate · Republican primary	Emerson College ±2.7	2026-04-26	500 LV	John Fleming 28% · Julia Letlow 27% · Bill Cassidy 21% · Mark Spencer 2% · Unsure 22%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.

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