2026 race — Louisiana — 5th District
12 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, including the incumbent, Julia Letlow (R). The seat was a wide margin last time (34.5 points in 2024).
Who is running
Statutory candidates on file with the FEC. Challengers keep filing all cycle and primaries run into September, so this is a snapshot of who has filed — not a final ballot.
D Democratic (3)
- Dan McKayopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Lindsay Garciaopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Tania Nymanopen seat · FEC filings & money
R Republican (9)
- Julia Letlowincumbent · FEC filings & money
- Austin Mageeopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Blake Miguezopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Dixon McMakinopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Michael Charles Echolsopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Michael Edward Mebrueropen seat · FEC filings & money
- Misti Smith Cordellopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Samuel Lee Wyattopen seat · FEC filings & money
- Stewart Catheyopen seat · FEC filings & money
How the incumbent has voted, by issue
Every roll call Julia Letlow cast this Congress, grouped by the bill's official policy area (the Congressional Research Service subject assigned on congress.gov). These are votes, not stated positions — no stance is inferred from them.
- YeaH.R. 7008 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1438 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- AyeH.Res. 1423 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.Res. 1399 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jun 2026)
- YeaH.Con.Res. 113 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 9770 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8595 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
- YeaH.R. 8646 — On Passage (Jun 2026)
- Not VotingH.R. 5625 — On Passage (May 2026)
- Not VotingH.R. 6260 — On Passage (May 2026)
- Not VotingH.Con.Res. 96 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (May 2026)
- Not VotingH.Res. 1252 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree (May 2026)
Why challengers have no voting record here
Only people who have held the office have cast roll-call votes, so a voting record exists for the incumbent alone. We do not fill that gap with campaign-website summaries or third-party scorecards: deciding which vote counts as “the” vote on an issue is an editorial act, and two advocacy groups routinely produce opposite grades from the same record.
What is on the record for every candidate equally is money — who funds them, and who is spending independently for or against them. Each name above links to that candidate's FEC filings.
Last time this seat was contested (2024)
- JULIA LETLOW (R) — 93,210 votes
- MICHAEL VALLIEN JR (D) — 40,542 votes
- Other candidates — 19,085 votes
152,837 ballots cast out of an estimated 581,600 eligible voters — 26% turnout.
Sources: FEC candidate filings (who is running), House Clerk and Senate roll-call records with congress.gov policy areas (the voting record), and MEDSL/MIT Election Lab official returns with Census citizen voting-age population (the last result). All public records.