2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana
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All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 1
Seats won 5 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,198,764 564,064
Percentage 66.44% 31.26%
Swing Increase3.77% Increase3.28%
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The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8, 2016, 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 the 2016 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.

District 1

See also: Louisiana's 1st congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Steve Scalise, who has represented the district since 2008. He was re-elected with 78% of the vote in 2014.

In late 2014, Scalise became embroiled in a controversy over a speech he had given to the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization, which was founded by David Duke, in 2002. After it emerged that earlier in his career, Scalise has compared himself to Duke, Scalise distanced himself from Duke. This prompted Duke to say that he may run against Scalise in 2016 because Scalise had been "elected on false pretenses" and had "betrayed" the voters by "suggesting that they're racist because they supported my views".[1][2][3] In July 2016, Duke said he was considering running against Scalise.[4]

Candidates

Republican

Declared
Declined

Democratic

Declared

Libertarian

Declared

Green

Declared

Independent

Declared

General election

Results

Louisiana's 1st congressional district, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Scalise (incumbent) 243,645 74.6
Democratic Lee Ann Dugas 41,840 12.8
Democratic Danil Faust 12,708 3.9
Libertarian Howard Kearney 9,405 2.9
Democratic Joe Swider 9,237 2.8
Green Eliot Barron 6,717 2.1
Independent Chuemai Yang 3,236 1.0
Total votes 326,788 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

See also: Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

Democratic incumbent Cedric Richmond has represented the 2nd district since 2011. He was re-elected in 2014 with 69% of the vote.

Candidates

Democratic

Declared

Libertarian

Declared

General election

Results

Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cedric Richmond (incumbent) 198,289 69.8
Democratic Kip Holden 57,125 20.1
Democratic Kenneth Cutno 28,855 10.1
Total votes 284,269 100.0
Democratic hold

District 3

See also: Louisiana's 3rd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Charles Boustany, who has represented the 3rd district since 2013, and previously represented the 7th district from 2005 to 2013, is running for the United States Senate.[12]

Candidates

Republican

Declared
Withdrawn

Democratic

Declared

Libertarian

Declared

Independent

Declared

Endorsements

Scott Angelle
Grover Rees

General election

Jungle primary

Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Angelle 91,532 28.6
Republican Clay Higgins 84,912 26.5
Democratic Jacob "Dorian Phibian" Hebert 28,385 8.9
Democratic Larry Rader 27,830 8.7
Republican Gus Rantz 25,662 8.0
Republican Greg Ellison 24,882 7.8
Republican Brett Geymann 21,607 6.7
Republican Bryan Barrilleaux 6,223 1.9
Libertarian Guy McLendon 2,937 0.9
Independent Kenny P. Scelfo, Sr. 2,670 0.8
Republican Grover Rees, III 2,457 0.8
Republican Herman Vidrine 1,357 0.4
Total votes 320,454 100.0

Runoff

Louisiana's 3rd congressional district runoff, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clay Higgins 77,670 56.1
Republican Scott Angelle 60,760 43.9
Total votes 138,430 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

See also: Louisiana's 4th congressional district

Incumbent Republican John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, is running for the United States Senate.[27]

Candidates

Republican

Declared
Declined

Democratic

Declared
Declined

Independent

Declared

Endorsements

Mike Johnson

General election

Jungle primary

Louisiana's 4th congressional district, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marshall Jones 80,593 28.2
Republican Mike Johnson 70,580 24.7
Republican Trey Baucum 50,412 17.6
Republican Oliver Jenkins 44,521 15.6
Republican Elbert Guillory 21,017 7.4
Republican Rick John 13,220 4.6
Independent Mark Halverson 3,149 1.1
Independent Kenneth Kreft 2,493 0.9
Total votes 285,985 100.0

Runoff

Louisiana's 4th congressional district runoff, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Johnson 87,369 65.2
Democratic Marshall Jones 46,578 34.8
Total votes 133,947 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

See also: Louisiana's 5th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Ralph Abraham, who has represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 64% of the vote in the 2014 runoff election.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

General election

Results

Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Abraham (incumbent) 208,545 81.6
Republican Billy Burkette 47,117 18.4
Total votes 255,662 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

See also: Louisiana's 6th congressional district

Incumbent Republican Garret Graves, who has represented the district since 2015. He was elected with 62% of the vote in the 2014 runoff election over former four-term governor and convicted felon Edwin Washington Edwards, who represented the now-defunct 7th district from 1965 until his first election as governor in 1972.

Candidates

Republican

Declared

Democratic

Declared

Libertarian

Declared

Independent

Declared

General election

Results

Louisiana's 6th congressional district, 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garret Graves (incumbent) 207,483 62.7
Democratic Richard Lieberman 49,380 14.9
Republican Bob Bell 33,592 10.1
Democratic Jermaine Sampson 29,822 9.0
Libertarian Richard Fontanesi 7,603 2.3
Independent Devin Graham 3,218 1.0
Total votes 331,098 100.0
Republican hold

References

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