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Louisiana

U.S. Senate · Louisiana

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 94% chance of winning, with an average lead of 13.9 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 14%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 56.4%

    Julia Letlow

  • Democrat 43.2%

    Jamie Davis

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
Louisiana 56.4%43.2%0.4%
National averageUnited States 48.7%+7.7 47.3%−4.1 4.0%−3.6

Simple average of the 100 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

2 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Bill Cassidy · Republican

Primary results

Held May 16, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jamie Davis 79.9% 156,789 votes
Republican primary Julia Letlow 56.9% 180,002 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Jamie Davis

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Julia Letlow

    source

Other races in the region

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. IowaDemocrat54%4.5-point gap
  2. TexasDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
  3. MaineDemocrat58%4.5-point gap
Forecast updated