Louisiana's 5th congressional district | |
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Population (2022) | 767,855 [2] |
Median household income | $46,162 [3] |
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Cook PVI | R+17 [4] |
Louisiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 5th district encompasses rural northeastern Louisiana and much of central Louisiana, as well as the northern part of Louisiana's Florida parishes in southeastern Louisiana, taking in Monroe, Alexandria, Amite and Bogalusa.
In 2013, six-term Representative Rodney Alexander resigned to take a state cabinet post; in the special election, Republican newcomer Vance McAllister, a businessman from Swartz, Louisiana, handily defeated fellow Republican State Senator Neil Riser of Columbia in Caldwell Parish to claim the seat in a special election. McAllister beat Riser, 54,449 (59.7) to 36,837 (40.3 percent). [5]
Analysts considered McAllister's victory as a rejection of Governor Bobby Jindal's efforts to have the seat vacated and to replace Alexander with his hand-picked candidate in a low-turnout special election. [6] The runoff turnout was less than 19%, three percent less than in the primary. [7]
In 2014, Ralph Abraham defeated Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo for the 113th United States Congress, replacing McAllister, who was defeated in the Louisiana primary. On February 26, 2020, Abraham announced he would not be seeking re-election for a fourth term, honoring his pledge to only serve three terms in Congress. [8]
The district is currently represented by Republican Julia Letlow, who was elected in a 2021 special election to replace her husband, representative-elect Luke, who died of COVID-19 days before he was set to be sworn in.
As part of the 2024 map redistricting, the 5th loses Lincoln, Jackson, Winn, Grant, Rapides, and half of Ouachita Parishes to the 4th district, and also Pointe Coupee and half of Avoyelles Parish to the new 6th; in exchange, 5th gains parts of East Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa and Livingston Parishes. The new territory includes two of the state's largest universities, Louisiana State (LSU) in Baton Rouge and Southeastern Louisiana (SLU) in Hammond. [9]
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 57–40% |
2004 | President | Bush 62–37% |
2008 | President | McCain 62–37% |
2012 | President | Romney 61–38% |
2016 | President | Trump 64–34% |
2020 | President | Trump 64–34% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rodney Alexander (Incumbent) | 86,718 | 50.28 | |
Republican | Lee Fletcher | 85,744 | 49.72 | |
Total votes | 172,462 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Rodney Alexander (Incumbent) | 141,495 | 59.44 | |||
Democratic | Zelma "Tisa" Blakes | 58,591 | 24.61 | |||
Republican | John W. "Jock" Scott | 37,971 | 15.95 | |||
Total votes | 238,057 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rodney Alexander (incumbent) | 78,211 | 68.26 | |
Democratic | Gloria Williams Hearn | 33,233 | 29.00 | |
Libertarian | Brent Sanders | 1,876 | 1.64 | |
Independent | John Watts | 1,262 | 1.10 | |
Total votes | 114,582 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rodney Alexander (incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rodney Alexander (incumbent) | 122,033 | 78.57 | |
Independent | Tom Gibbs Jr. | 33,279 | 21.43 | |
Total votes | 155,312 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rodney Alexander (incumbent) | 202,536 | 77.83 | |
No Party | "Ron" Ceasar | 37,486 | 14.41 | |
Libertarian | Clay Steven Grant | 20,194 | 7.76 | |
Total votes | 260,216 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Vance McAllister | 54,449 | 59.65 | |
Republican | Neil Riser | 36,837 | 40.35 | |
Total votes | 91,286 | 18.9 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jamie Mayo | 67,611 | 28.22 | |
Republican | Ralph Abraham | 54,449 | 22.73 | |
Republican | "Zach" Dasher | 53,628 | 22.39 | |
Republican | Vance M. McAllister | 26,606 | 11.11 | |
Republican | Clyde C. Holloway | 17,877 | 7.46 | |
Republican | Harris Brown | 9,890 | 4.13 | |
Republican | "Ed" Tarpley | 4,594 | 1.92 | |
Libertarian | Charles Saucier | 2,201 | 0.92 | |
Green | Eliot S. Barron | 1,655 | 0.69 | |
Total votes | 239,551 | 100 | ||
Turnout | 52.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Abraham | 134,616 | 64.22 | |
Democratic | Jamie Mayo | 75,006 | 35.78 | |
Total votes | 209,622 | 100 | ||
Turnout | 45.2 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Abraham | 208,545 | 81.57 | |
Republican | Billy Burkette | 47,117 | 18.43 | |
Total votes | 255,662 | 100 | ||
Turnout | 66.8 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph Abraham | 149,018 | 66.54 | |
Democratic | Jessee Carlton Fleenor | 67,118 | 29.97 | |
Independent | Billy Burkette | 4,799 | 2.14 | |
Libertarian | Kyle Randol | 3,011 | 1.35 | |
Total votes | 223,946 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Luke Letlow | 102,533 | 33.12 | |
Republican | Lance Harris | 51,240 | 16.55 | |
Democratic | Sandra "Candy" Shoemaker-Christophe | 50,812 | 16.41 | |
Democratic | Martin Lemelle Jr. | 32,186 | 10.40 | |
Republican | Scotty Robinson | 23,887 | 7.72 | |
Republican | Allen Guillory Sr. | 22,496 | 7.27 | |
Republican | Matt Hasty | 9,834 | 3.18 | |
Democratic | Phillip Snowden | 9,432 | 3.05 | |
Democratic | Jesse P. Lagarde | 7,136 | 2.30 | |
Total votes | 309,556 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Luke Letlow | 49,182 | 62.02 | |
Republican | Lance Harris | 30,124 | 37.98 | |
Total votes | 79,306 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julia Letlow | 67,203 | 64.86 | |
Democratic | Sandra "Candy" Christophe | 28,255 | 27.27 | |
Republican | Chad Conerly | 5,497 | 5.31 | |
Republican | Robert Lansden | 929 | 0.90 | |
Republican | Allen Guillory | 464 | 0.45 | |
No party preference | Jim Davis | 402 | 0.39 | |
Republican | Sancha Smith | 334 | 0.32 | |
Republican | M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza | 236 | 0.23 | |
Independent | Jaycee Magnuson | 131 | 0.13 | |
Republican | Richard H. Pannell | 67 | 0.06 | |
Republican | Horace Melton III | 62 | 0.06 | |
Republican | Errol Victor Sr. | 36 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 103,616 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julia Letlow (incumbent) | 151,080 | 67.6 | |
Democratic | Oscar "Omar" Dantzler | 35,149 | 15.7 | |
Democratic | Walter Earl Huff | 19,383 | 8.7 | |
Republican | Allen Guillory | 12,159 | 5.4 | |
Republican | Hunter Pullen | 5,782 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 223,553 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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