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Louisiana’s 2nd District

U.S. House · LA-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 66.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 83.3%
  • Republican 16.7%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
LA-2 83.3%16.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+28.8 44.2%−27.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Carter, Troy A. Sr. · Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Carter, Troy A. Sr.

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 41.1 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 66.6 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 2 87%
  • Former district 6 7%
  • Former district 1 6%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • LA-6 Republican, competitive
  • LA-1 Republican, safe seat
  • LA-3 Republican, safe seat
  • LA-5 Republican, safe seat
  • LA-4 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated