2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana explained

Election Name:	2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	All 6 Louisiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
Election Date:	November 8, 2022
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:	5
Seats1:	5
Popular Vote1:	773,701
Percentage1:	68.28%
Swing1:	6.73%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:	1
Seats2:	1
Popular Vote2:	318,932
Percentage2:	28.15%
Swing2:	7.83%

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8, 2022, 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 other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

District 1

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 1st congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 1
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 1
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	Steve Scalise 116th Congress official photo.jpg
Candidate1:	Steve Scalise
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	177,670
Percentage1:	72.8%
Candidate2:	Katie Darling
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	61,467
Percentage2:	25.2%
Map Size:	220
Map2 Image:	LA1 House 2022.svg
Map2 Size:	220
Map2 Caption:	Precinct results Scalise: Darling: Tie:
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Steve Scalise
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Steve Scalise
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 1st congressional district. 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 was Republican Steve Scalise, who was re-elected with 72.2% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Candidates

Declared

• Katie Darling (Democratic), businesswoman
• Howard Kearney (Libertarian), computer programmer and candidate for this district in 2016 and 2020
• Steve Scalise (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative and House Minority Whip

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[2]		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections^[3]		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]		April 6, 2022
Politico^[5]		April 5, 2022
RCP^[6]		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News^[7]		July 11, 2022
DDHQ^[8]		July 20, 2022
538^[9]		June 30, 2022

Results

District 2

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2021 Louisiana's 2nd congressional district special election
Previous Year:	2021 (special)
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 2
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	Rep. Troy Carter - 117th Congress Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:	Troy Carter
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	158,120
Percentage1:	77.1%
Candidate2:	Dan Lux
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	46,927
Percentage2:	22.9%
Map Size:	250
Map2 Image:	LA2 House 2022.svg
Map2 Size:	250
Map2 Caption:	Precinct results Carter: Lux:
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Troy Carter
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Troy Carter
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. The 2nd district stretches from New Orleans to inner Baton Rouge. Democrat Cedric Richmond, who was re-elected with 63.6% of the vote in 2020, resigned on January 15, 2021, to become the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.^[10] Democrat Troy Carter won the 2021 special election in a runoff with 55.2% of the vote.^[11]

Candidates

Declared

• Troy Carter (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative
• Dan Lux (Republican), entertainment producer

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		April 6, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		July 11, 2022
DDHQ		July 20, 2022
538		June 30, 2022

Results

District 3

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 3rd congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 3
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 3
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	File:Clay Higgins official portrait (cropped).jpeg
Candidate1:	Clay Higgins
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	144,423
Percentage1:	64.3%
Candidate2:	Holden Hoggatt
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	24,474
Percentage2:	10.9%
Candidate4:	Lessie Olivia Leblanc
Party4:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote4:	23,641
Percentage4:	10.5%
Candidate5:	Tia LeBrun
Party5:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote5:	21,172
Percentage5:	9.4%
Map2 Image:	LA3 House 2022.svg
Map2 Caption:	Precinct results Higgins: Hoggatt: Leblanc: LeBrun: Wiggins: Tie:
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Clay Higgins
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Clay Higgins
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. The 3rd district encompasses southwestern Louisiana, taking in Lake Charles and Lafayette. The incumbent was Republican Clay Higgins, who was re-elected with 67.8% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Candidates

Declared

• Clay Higgins (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative
• Holden Hoggatt (Republican), prosecutor^[12]
• Lessie Olivia Leblanc (Democratic), journalist^[13]
• Tia LeBrun (Democratic), teacher^[13]
• Guy McLendon (Libertarian), perennial candidate^[13]
• Thomas "Lane" Payne Jr. (Republican), pastor^[13]
• Jacob "Jake" Shaheen (Republican), teacher^[13]
• Gloria R. Wiggins (independent)^[13]

Withdrawn

• Dustin Granger (Democratic)^{[14] [15]}

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		April 6, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		July 11, 2022
DDHQ		July 20, 2022
538		June 30, 2022

Results

District 4

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 4th congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	on
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 4
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 4
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	File:Speaker Mike Johnson.jpg
Candidate1:	Mike Johnson
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	Unopposed
Percentage1:	100.0%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Mike Johnson
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Mike Johnson
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 4th congressional district. The 4th district encompasses northwestern Louisiana, taking in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. The incumbent was Republican Mike Johnson, who was re-elected with 60.4% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Johnson (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative and Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		April 6, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		July 11, 2022
DDHQ		July 20, 2022
538		June 30, 2022

Results

District 5

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 5th congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2021 Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election
Previous Year:	2021 (special)
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 5
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	Julia Letlow 117th (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:	Julia Letlow
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	151,080
Percentage1:	67.6%
Candidate2:	Oscar Dantzler
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	35,149
Percentage2:	15.7%
Candidate4:	Walter Earl Huff
Party4:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote4:	19,383
Percentage4:	8.7%
Candidate5:	Allen Guillory
Party5:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote5:	12,159
Percentage5:	5.4%
Map2 Image:	LA5 House 2022.svg
Map2 Caption:	Precinct results Letlow: Dantzler: Huff: Pullen: Tie:
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Julia Letlow
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Julia Letlow
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 5th congressional district. 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. Republican Luke Letlow, who was elected in a runoff with 62.0% of the vote, died on December 29, 2020, of COVID-19 before he took office.^[16] Letlow's widow Julia won the 2021 special election with 64.9% of the vote.^[11]

Candidates

Declared

• Oscar "Omar" Dantzler (Democratic), candidate for governor in 2019
• Allen Guillory (Republican), perennial candidate
• Walter Earl Huff (Democratic), businessman
• Julia Letlow (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative^{[17] [18]}
• Hunter Pullen (Republican), U.S. Army veteran

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		April 6, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		July 11, 2022
DDHQ		July 20, 2022
538		June 30, 2022

Results

District 6

Election Name:	2022 Louisiana's 6th congressional district election
Country:	Louisiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 6
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana#District 6
Next Year:	2024
Image1:	Garret Graves official congressional photo (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:	Garret Graves
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	189,684
Percentage1:	80.4%
Candidate2:	Rufus Holt Craig
Party2:	Libertarian Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	30,709
Percentage2:	13.0%
Image3:	3x4.svg
Candidate3:	Brian Belzer
Party3:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote3:	15,535
Percentage3:	6.6%
Map Size:	250
Map2 Image:	LA6 House 2022.svg
Map2 Size:	250
Map2 Caption:	Precinct results Graves: Craig:
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Garret Graves
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Garret Graves
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Louisiana's 6th congressional district. The 6th district encompasses the suburbs of Baton Rouge. The incumbent was Republican Garret Graves, who was re-elected with 71.0% of the vote in 2020.^[1]

Candidates

Declared

• Brian Belzer (Republican), businessman^[19]
• Rufus Holt Craig (Libertarian), former chair of the Louisiana Libertarian Party and perennial candidate^[19]
• Garret Graves (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative^[19]

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		March 31, 2022
align=left	Inside Elections		May 24, 2022
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		April 6, 2022
Politico		April 5, 2022
RCP		June 9, 2022
align=left	Fox News		July 11, 2022
DDHQ		July 20, 2022
538		June 30, 2022

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Katie Darling (D) for Congress
• Howard Kearney (L) for Congress
• Steve Scalise (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Troy Carter (D) for Congress
• Dan Lux (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates

• Clay Higgins (R) for Congress
• Holden Hoggatt (R) for Congress
• Tia LeBrun (D) for Congress
• Lane Payne (R) for Congress
• Jacob Shaheen (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates

• Mike Johnson (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 5th district candidates

• Julia Letlow (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 6th district candidates

• Brian Belzer (R) for Congress
• Garret Graves (R) for Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johnson. Cheryl L.. Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 2020. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. February 28, 2019.
2. Web site: 2022 House Race Ratings . The Cook Political Report . March 31, 2022.
3. Web site: House Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . May 24, 2022.
4. Web site: Sabato's Crystal Ball. 2022 House Ratings. April 6, 2022. April 6, 2022.
5. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast. April 5, 2022. Politico.
6. Web site: Battle for the House 2022. June 9, 2022 . RCP.
7. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . Fox News . July 11, 2022 . July 11, 2022.
8. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . DDHQ . July 20, 2022 . July 20, 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 Election Forecast . FiveThirtyEight . June 30, 2022 . June 30, 2022.
10. Web site: Mucha . Sarah . Krieg . Gregory . Merica . Dan . Sullivan . Kate . Former Black caucus chair Cedric Richmond to leave Congress and join Biden White House. November 17, 2020. CNN. November 17, 2020 .
11. Web site: U. S. Representative -- 2nd and 5th Congressional Districts . Louisiana Secretary of State . March 20, 2021 .
12. Web site: Palermo . Jeff . Lafayette Prosecutor Holden Hoggatt to challenge 3rd District Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins . . 24 July 2022 . 19 July 2022.
13. Web site: Ballard . Mark . Holden Hoggatt picks up major endorsements in House race against Clay Higgins . . 2 March 2024 . 9 October 2022.
14. Web site: Alford. Jeremy. October 13, 2021. Democrats rally around new personalities. November 26, 2021. www.theadvertiser.com. The Daily Advertiser. en-US.
15. Web site: FEC Statement of Candidacy - Dustin Granger . June 2, 2021 . November 26, 2021.
16. Web site: Jim Acosta, Jamie Gangel and Paul LeBlanc. Congressman-elect Luke Letlow dies after battling Covid-19. December 30, 2020. CNN. December 30, 2020 .
17. News: Bado . Kirk . Wednesday Q+A With Julia Letlow . March 9, 2021 . March 21, 2021 . National Journal.
18. Web site: Maravi. Vallery. December 17, 2021. Rep. Julia Letlow discusses Parents' Bill of Rights Act. December 22, 2021. www.myarklamiss.com. KTVE. en-US.
19. Web site: Heckt . Shannon . Meet the Candidates: Louisiana 6th Congressional District . BRProud . 2 March 2024 . 25 October 2022.