2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Background

During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Louisiana's congressional map faced legal challenges for alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Roughly one-third of Louisiana's population is African American, but only one of Louisiana's six districts was drawn with a Black majority. Legislators overrode Governor John Bel Edwards' veto to enact the districts. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund sued the state on behalf of Black Louisianan voters. In Robinson v. Ardoin, a U.S. District Judge found that the maps were illegally racially gerrymandered, first ordering the legislature to reconvene to redraw compliant maps, then suggesting that she would enforce court-ordered maps following legislators' "disingenuous" and "insincere" attempts to do so on their own.

The State appealed the case to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to attempt to keep the discriminatory map in place. The Fifth Circuit first placed a stay on the court-ordered redrawing process pending review, then reversed its decision. The State then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, which granted the state's application, stayed the district court's injunction, and allowed the 2022 elections to take place with the discriminatory district map in effect. The Court indicated that it would first review a similar case concerning racial gerrymandering in Alabama, Allen v. Milligan, before dealing with Robinson v. Ardoin.

The Court was widely expected to side with both Alabama and Louisiana, weakening the anti-discrimination protections of the Voting Rights Act. However, the Court upheld a lower court decision in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama's maps were in fact racially gerrymandered, suggesting that it may also decide against Louisiana. On June 26, 2023, the Court decided not to intervene in Robinson v. Ardoin, rescinding its stay and allowing the case to continue in the Fifth Circuit. On November 10, 2023, a decision made by the 5th circuit panel gave the Louisiana state legislature until January 15, 2024, to redraw its congressional maps, with a second majority Black district, in advance of the 2024 election cycle. Because newly elected Governor Jeff Landry was not sworn in until January 8, and a special session of the assembly could not have been convened until at least seven days after the governor calls for one, the Court extended the deadline for the legislature to approve new maps to January 30.

District 1

The 1st district is based in the suburbs of New Orleans, spanning from the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain south to the Mississippi River delta. The incumbent is Republican Steve Scalise, who was re-elected with 72.8% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Randall Arrington (Republican), retired political science professor
Frankie Hyers (Independent), piano technician
Mel Manuel (Democratic), operations director
Steve Scalise (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative and House Majority Leader
Ross Shales (Republican), insurance agent

Endorsements

Fundraising

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district stretches from New Orleans to inner Baton Rouge. The incumbent is Democrat Troy Carter, who was re-elected with 77.1% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Troy Carter (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative
Devin Davis (Democratic), political organizer
Devin Graham (Republican), real estate broker and perennial candidate
Christy Lynch (Republican)
Shorell Perrilloux (Republican), businesswoman

Fundraising

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district encompasses southwestern Louisiana, taking in Lake Charles and Lafayette. The incumbent is Republican Clay Higgins, who was re-elected with 64.3% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Priscilla Gonzalez (Democratic), marketing director and candidate for mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas in 2020
Clay Higgins (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative
Xan John (Republican), businessman and perennial candidate
Sadi Summerlin (Democratic), teacher

Declined

Garret Graves (Republican), U.S. Representative from the 6th district

Endorsements

Fundraising

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

The 4th district encompasses northwestern Louisiana, taking in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The incumbent is Republican and current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who ran unopposed in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Mike Johnson (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House
Joshua Morott (Republican), substitute teacher

Endorsements

Fundraising

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The 5th district encompasses rural northeastern Louisiana, central Louisiana, as well as the northern part of Louisiana's Florida parishes in southeast Louisiana, taking in Monroe, Alexandria, Opelousas, Amite and Bogalusa, Louisiana. The incumbent is Republican Julia Letlow, who was re-elected with 67.6% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Julia Letlow (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative
Vinny Mendoza (Republican), farmer and perennial candidate
Michael Vallien Jr. (Democratic), realtor

Withdrawn

Rivule Sykes (Green), Uber driver

Declined

Garret Graves (Republican), U.S. Representative from the 6th district

Endorsements

Polling

Fundraising

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

The 6th district has been reformed after the decision of Allen v. Milligan into the second majority Black district, giving it a stronger lean to the Democratic Party. It encompasses much of Baton Rouge, Shreveport, and Lafayette. The incumbent, Republican Garret Graves, originally ran for re-election, but on June 14, 2024, he withdrew, as the modified seat was upheld by the Supreme Court for this election cycle. He was re-elected with 80.4% of the vote in 2022.

Candidates

Declared

Quentin Anderson (Democratic), nonprofit executive
Cleo Fields (Democratic), state senator from the 14th district (2020–present), former U.S. Representative from the 4th district (1993–1997), and runner-up for governor in 1995
Elbert Guillory (Republican), former state senator from the 24th district (2009–2016), candidate for lieutenant governor in 2015 and 2023, and candidate for the 4th district in 2016
Wilken Jones Jr. (Democratic), museum owner
Peter Williams (Democratic), tree farmer

Withdrawn

Garret Graves (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Sharon Weston Broome (Democratic), mayor-president of Baton Rouge (2017–present) (ran for re-election)
Jeff Hall (Democratic), former mayor of Alexandria (2018–2022) and former state representative from the 26th district (2015–2018)
Ted James (Democratic), former regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (2022–2024) and former state representative from the 101st district (2011–2022) (ran for mayor of Baton Rouge)
Sam Jenkins (Democratic), state senator from the 39th district (2024–present)
Gregory Tarver (Democratic), former state senator from the 39th district (1984–2004, 2012–2024) and runner-up for mayor of Shreveport in 2022