Like most Louisiana elections, these were conducted using a jungle primary that occurred on November 3, where all candidates ran on the same ballot in the primary, regardless of party. Any candidate who earned an absolute majority of the vote in the primary would be automatically declared the winner of the election. However, if in any given congressional district no candidate gained an absolute majority of the votes, a runoff election between the top two candidates within said congressional district would have been held on December 5. The 5th district was the only one that did not have its incumbent run for re-election, and also held the only runoff election.
The 2nd district stretches from New Orleans to inner Baton Rouge. The seat was vacated following the resignation of incumbent Democrat Cedric Richmond on January 15, who was re-elected with 80.8% of the vote in 2018.[1]
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Belden "Noonie Man" Batiste (independent), activist and perennial candidate[11]
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, LA. On February 26, 2020, Republican incumbent Ralph Abraham announced he would not be seeking re-election for a fourth term, honoring his pledge to only serve three terms in Congress.[15]Luke Letlow, Abraham's former Chief of Staff, was elected to the seat on December 5, 2020. He was scheduled to assume office on January 3, 2021, but died on December 29, 2020, of complications from COVID-19.[16] A special election for this seat was held on March 20, 2021, which was won by Letlow's widow, Julia.
The 6th district encompasses the suburbs of Baton Rouge. The incumbent was Republican Garret Graves, who was re-elected with 69.5% of the vote in 2018.[1]
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Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates
Howard Kearney (L) for Congress
Steve Scalise (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates
Belden "Noonie Man" Batiste (I) for Congress
Cedric Richmond (D) for Congress Archived August 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates
Rob Anderson (D) for Congress Archived February 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Braylon Harris (D) for Congress
Clay Higgins (R) for Congress
Brandon Leleux (L) for Congress
Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates
Ben Gibson (R) for Congress Archived September 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Kenny Houston (D) for Congress
Mike Johnson (R) for Congress
Ryan Trundle (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites for 5th district candidates
Lance Harris (R) for Congress Archived August 16, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Matt Hasty (R) for Congress
Martin Lemelle (D) for Congress
Luke Letlow (R) for Congress
Scotty Robinson (R) for Congress
Candy Shoemaker-Cristophe (D) for Congress Archived April 17, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Official campaign websites for 6th district candidates