U.S. House — LA-05 · Louisiana · 2026
General election · 9 on the November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)
Model rating Leans Republican (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated
News attention 21/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated today. How it works
On the November ballot (6)
From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-30. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.
Other filers (4)
Registered with the FEC or listed in public records, but not on the November ballot as far as the results show.
Ballot source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Louisiana&oldid=1377090557
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
No polls on file for this race yet. See latest polls across every race.
Campaign money (FEC)
Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Magee | $8,939 | $7,654 | $1,284 | 2026-06-30 |
| Dan McKay | $90,000 | $109,075 | $-19,056 | 2026-07-18 |
| Dixon McMakin | $63,405 | $63,405 | $0 | 2026-07-18 |
| Larry W Foy | $6,838 | $5,721 | $-332 | 2026-07-31 |
| Michael Charles Echols | $2,979,894 | $1,898,255 | $1,081,639 | 2026-07-18 |
| Michael Gabriel Firment | $49,006 | $1,434 | $47,572 | 2026-07-18 |
| Misti Smith Cordell | $555,686 | $406,913 | $148,773 | 2026-07-18 |
| Samuel Lee Wyatt | $299,615 | $299,615 | $0 | 2026-09-24 |
| Stewart Cathey Jr. | $13,500 | $335 | $13,165 | 2026-07-18 |
| Tania Nyman | $33,124 | $21,020 | $12,104 | 2026-07-18 |
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-08-07 — Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
- 2026-12-12 — General runoff: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Primary and hypothetical polls (1)
Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.
- Hypothetical matchup · Bedrock Polling · 2026-04-04–2026-04-07 · n=889 · Blake Miguez 23%, Michael Echols (R) 20%, Rick Edmonds 10%, Misti Cordell (R) 3% · release
Signals (experimental)
Attention 21 Vector R · Anchored
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 0fa69ae10619 · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
Band: R · Anchored (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.