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Rapides Parish, LA

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U.S. House, Louisiana District 5
9 candidates
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Stewart Cathey Jr.
REP
Biography
Cathey is a Louisiana State Senator representing District 33, elected in 2019, per the campaign site. He is a U.S. Army veteran and Army engineer who deployed multiple times, oversaw about $250 million in infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, and took part in Hurricane Katrina cleanup with the Army Corps of Engineers, per the campaign site. He is a small business owner in management consulting and a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Believes a strong education system is the foundation of a prosperous community
  • Chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development and focuses on policy affecting Louisiana's rural communities
  • Wants to bring people together to work through challenges and government bureaucracy to get things done
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Misti Cordell
REP
Biography
Misti Cordell is a business owner who has chaired the Louisiana Board of Regents and served in Gov. Jeff Landry's administration, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 5th Congressional District, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Louisiana Jobs: Protect Our People
  • Economy and Taxes: Stop the Rip-Off
  • Law, Order, and Gun Rights: Increase Public Safety
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Oscar "Omar" Dantzler
REP
Biography
Oscar "Omar" Dantzler is a retired school bus driver, per an Aug. 12, 2026 WWNO/LPB candidate roundup, and previously ran for the same congressional seat as a Democratic candidate, according to a Vote USA candidate profile. No campaign website was found as of October 20, 2026.
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Michael Echols
REP
Biography
Michael Echols is a Louisiana state representative (District 14) and House Majority Leader, a licensed contractor and commercial real-estate developer, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 5th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lowering the Cost of Insurance
  • Making Groceries Affordable Again
  • Backing Trump's Foreign Policy
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"Gabe" Firment
REP
Biography
"Gabe" Firment is a Louisiana state representative who chairs the House Insurance Committee and is a small-business owner, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 5th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Secure the border
  • Restore Louisiana's energy production
  • Protect agriculture and the timber industry
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Austin Magee
REP
Biography
Magee is a small business owner of Pittman Industrial, a welding and mechanical company operating throughout Louisiana, per the campaign site. He has lived and worked in the district his entire life, including attending high school and college there, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect individual liberties from government overreach
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Dan McKay
DEM
Biography
Dan McKay is a Vietnam veteran and attorney running as the Democratic candidate for the open Louisiana 5th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
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Patricia "Pat" Moore
DEM
Biography
Moore has served as State Representative for Louisiana House District 17 since 2019 and is a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and Women's Caucus, per the campaign site. Moore serves on legislative committees for public works, disaster recovery and justice, and lives in Monroe, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Helping working families get ahead
  • Keeping our communities strong
  • Creating opportunity here at home
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Antonio Wilson
DEM
Biography
Wilson is a licensed general contractor and business owner who has spent decades managing construction projects, budgets, and payroll, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Connect local workers and small businesses with new investment to create long term jobs
  • Publish a public dashboard tracking infrastructure funding and construction progress
  • Improve infrastructure, healthcare access, and broadband expansion in rural areas
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About this race
Louisiana's 5th Congressional District is open: incumbent Julia Letlow is running for U.S. Senate instead. Republicans Stewart Cathey Jr., Misti Cordell, Oscar "Omar" Dantzler, Michael Echols, "Gabe" Firment and Austin Magee and Democrats Dan McKay, Patricia "Pat" Moore and Antonio Wilson qualified. Every candidate prints on the November 3, 2026 open-primary ballot; if no one wins a majority, the top two meet in the December 12, 2026 general election, per the Secretary of State's candidate list.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Julia Letlow
REP
Biography
Julia Letlow is the sitting U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th District and the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana, per the campaign site. She was born and raised in Monroe, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Louisiana Monroe and a doctorate in communication from the University of South Florida, and previously worked as an educator, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Secure the border and deport criminal illegal aliens
  • Lower costs and make life affordable again
  • Protect parents' rights
Key voting record
Voted no on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the infrastructure package funding roads, bridges, transit, broadband and water systems, which passed the House 228-206 in November 2021. Opposed
Voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring recognition of marriages that were valid where performed, which passed the House 258-169 in December 2022. Opposed
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Jamie Davis
DEM
Biography
James "Jamie" Davis Jr. is a farmer from Waterproof who runs Davis Farms in Tensas Parish, per the campaign site. He is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, per the campaign site, which says the campaign is for affordability, good-paying jobs, strong schools, rural communities and access to quality health care.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Affordability
  • Opportunity
  • The insurance crisis
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ZIP 71359 sits in Rapides Parish, per the Census crosswalk; see the Rapides Parish page for its local races.

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