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Louisiana voters decide six congressional races

(KSLA) — Louisiana voters cast ballots in six congressional races on Tuesday, November 5, making their decisions with no runoffs.

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Louisiana Congressional District 1

CANDIDATES:

  • Randall Arrington (R)
  • Frankie Hyers (me)
  • Mel Manuel (D)
  • Steve Scalise (R)
  • Ross Shales (R)
Results:

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise He easily won reelection with about 67.2% of the votes cast, according to complete but unofficial election results.

Louisiana Congressional District 2

CANDIDATES:

  • Troy Carter (D)
  • Devin Davis (D)
  • Devin Graham (R)
  • Christy Lynch (right)
  • Shondrell Perrilloux (R)
Results:

96% of precincts report Democratic. Troy Carter He led a field of five with 55% of the vote. Close behind was Christy Lynch, who received less than 17% of the votes.

Louisiana Congressional District 3

CANDIDATES:

  • Priscilla González (D)
  • Clay Higgins (R)
  • Xan John (R)
  • Sadi Summerlin (D)
Results:

Republican Clay Higgins He won handily, with nearly 71% of the votes cast, according to complete but unofficial election results.

Louisiana Congressional District 4

CANDIDATES:

  • Mike Johnson (right)
  • Joshua Morott (R)
Results:

Speaker of the Assembly mike johnson According to complete but unofficial election results, he entered another term with 86% of the votes cast.

Louisiana Congressional District 5

CANDIDATES:

  • Julia Letlow (R)
  • Vinny Mendoza (R)
  • Michael Vallien Jr. (D)
Results:

Republican Julia Letlow He received 63 percent of the votes to win the election.

Louisiana Congressional District 6

CANDIDATES:

  • Quentin Anderson (D)
  • Cleo Fields (D)
  • Elbert Guillory (R)
  • Wilken Jones Jr. (D)
  • Peter Williams (D)
Results:

KSLA’s sister station, WAFB, with 98% of the votes counted. Cleo Fields As the winner of Louisiana’s new congressional seat, which stretches from Caddo Parish south to the Baton Rouge area. Fields had 50.7% of the votes counted. That means he received just 1,982 more votes than needed to avoid a runoff with Republican Elbert Guillory, who received 38% of the votes cast.

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