Louisiana's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

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Louisiana's 1st Congressional District
Primary Election Date
November 4, 2014
General Election Date
December 6, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Steve Scalise Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Steve Scalise Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid R[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2]

Fairvote's Monopoly Politics: Safe R[3]
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The 1st Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Steve Scalise (R), who was first elected in 2008, defeated multiple candidates to secure enough votes to avoid a general election. Scalise won re-election with 67% of the vote in 2012.

Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
August 22, 2014
November 4, 2014
December 6, 2014

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by October 6, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was November 5, 2014.[4][5]

See also: Louisiana elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Steve Scalise (R), who was first elected in 2008.

Louisiana's 1st Congressional District is located in the southeastern part of the state. It includes Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes, as well as parts of Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Tangipahoa, and Terrebonne parishes.[6]


Candidates

Elections

Primary election results

The 1st Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Steve Scalise (R) defeated challengers Lee Dugas (D), Vinny Mendoza (D) and Jeff Sanford (L) in the primary election.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 1 Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Scalise Incumbent 77.56% 189,250
     Democratic Lee Dugas 8.72% 21,286
     Democratic Vinny Mendoza 10.15% 24,761
     Libertarian Jeff Sanford 3.57% 8,707
Total Votes 244,004
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State

Key votes

Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.

HR 676

See also: Boehner's lawsuit against the Obama administration

Yea3.png On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[9] Scalise joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[10][11]

Government shutdown

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

Yea3.png On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[12] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[13] Steve Scalise voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[14]

Nay3.png The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[15] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Steve Scalise voted against HR 2775.[16]

Campaign contributions

Steve Scalise

Vinny Mendoza

Vinny Mendoza (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period		ExpendituresCash on Hand
July QuarterlyJuly 15, 2014$752$0$(30)$722
Running totals
$0$(30)

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

On November 6, 2012, Steve Scalise (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated M.V. Mendoza, Gary King, David Turknett, and Arden Wells in the primary election.

U.S. House, Louisiana District 1 Primary Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Scalise Incumbent 66.6% 193,496
     Democratic Vinny Mendoza 21.2% 61,703
     Republican Gary King 8.6% 24,844
     Independent David Turknett 2.1% 6,079
     Independent Arden Wells 1.5% 4,288
Total Votes 290,410
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Steve Scalise (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Myron Katz (D) and Arden Wells (I).

U.S. House, Louisiana District 1 Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Scalise 78.5% 157,182
     Democratic Myron Katz 19.2% 38,416
     Independent Arden Wells 2.3% 4,578
Total Votes 200,176

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
  2. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
  4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Register to Vote," accessed January 3, 2014
  5. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Search Election Dates," accessed September 4, 2014
  6. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Louisiana Elections and Voting, "Candidate list," accessed August 27, 2014
  8. ↑ Jeff Sanford for Congress, "Home," accessed July 16, 2014
  9. ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
  10. ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
  11. ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
  12. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  13. ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  14. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  15. ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  16. ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  17. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  18. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  19. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  20. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
  21. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
  22. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
  23. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
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John Kennedy (R)
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