United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2020
- Election date: Nov. 3 (first round); Dec. 5 (second round)
- Registration deadline(s): First round: Oct. 5; Oct. 13 (hand-delivered, online); Second round: Nov. 4; Nov. 14 (online)
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Recount laws
- Early voting starts: First round: Oct. 16; Second round: Nov. 20
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): First round: Nov. 2 (received); Second round: Dec. 4 (received)
- Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
- Voter ID: Photo ID
- Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Louisiana held elections for the U.S. House on November 3, 2020, for all candidates.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. If necessary, the general election was held on December 5, 2020.
Voters elected six candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's six congressional districts.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
|---|---|---|
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Louisiana modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: The absentee ballot application used in the general election included COVID-19 specific reasons for requesting an absentee ballot.
- Candidate filing procedures: The candidate qualifying deadline was extended to July 24, 2020. The deadline by which a ballot-qualified party must notify the state of its presidential nominee was extended from August 18, 2020, to August 25, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held five of the six congressional seats from Louisiana.
| Members of the U.S. House from Louisiana -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2020 | After the 2020 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the six congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Scalise |  Republican |
1 |
| Cedric Richmond |  Democratic |
2 |
| Clay Higgins | Republican |
3 |
| Mike Johnson | Republican |
4 |
| Ralph Abraham | Republican |
5 |
| Garret Graves | Republican |
6 |
Voting in Louisiana
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Click the links below for more information on Louisiana elections in 2020:
- President of the United States
- U.S. Senate
- U.S. House
- State executive
- State supreme court
- State intermediate appellate courts
Battleground races
Ballotpedia has identified the following Louisiana elections as battlegrounds:
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Steve Scalise (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lee Ann Dugas (Democratic Party)
- Howard Kearney (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Cedric Richmond (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Belden Batiste (Independent)
- Glenn Harris (Democratic Party)
- Colby James (Independent)
- David Schilling (Republican Party)
- Sheldon Vincent Sr. (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 3
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Clay Higgins (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Rob Anderson (Democratic Party)
- Braylon Harris (Democratic Party)
- Brandon LeLeux (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Mike Johnson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Ben Gibson (Republican Party)
- Kenny Houston (Democratic Party)
- Ryan Trundle (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 5
General election candidates
- Lance Harris (Republican Party)
- Luke Letlow (Republican Party) ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
- Candy Christophe (Democratic Party)
- Allen Guillory Sr. (Republican Party)
- Lance Harris (Republican Party) ✔
- Matt Hasty (Republican Party)
- Jesse Lagarde (Democratic Party)
- Martin Lemelle (Democratic Party)
- Luke Letlow (Republican Party) ✔
- Randall Scott Robinson (Republican Party)
- Phillip Snowden (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 6
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Garret Graves (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Shannon Sloan (Libertarian Party)
- Richard Torregano (Independent)
- Dartanyon Williams (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Candidate ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Louisiana in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Louisiana, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| Louisiana | 1st Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 1st Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 2nd Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 2nd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 3rd Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 3rd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 4th Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 4th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 5th Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 5th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 6th Congressional District | All parties | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
| Louisiana | 6th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | 0 | N/A | $900.00 | Fixed number | 7/24/2020 | Source |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
- Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020
External links
Footnotes
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