Louisiana's House incumbents dominated at the polls on Tuesday.
WWL political analyst John Couvillon has called all of the races in favor of the members of the Louisiana House Delegation. All six members of the delegation have strong majorities in their races after the early returns were counted.
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is projected to coast to victory in the LA-1 race. As of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, Scalise (R-Jefferson) has 72 percent of the vote. Katie Darling (D-Covington) is in a distant second place with 26 percent of the vote. Howard Kearney (L-Mandeville) is in third place with two percent of the vote.
Rep. Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) is projected to win his first full term as the Second Congressional District's representative. He currently leads his challenger, Dan Lux (R-Harvey), by a 61-39 margin. Rep. Carter filled the unexpired term of Cedric Richmond, who left Congress to take a post in the White House.
Rep. Clay Higgins is expected to fend off challenges from seven hopefuls. Rep. Higgins (R-Lafayette) has 62 percent of the vote. Lessie Olivia Leblanc (D-New Iberia) and Holden Hoggatt (R-Lafayette) each have 11 percent of the vote. Tia LeBrun (D-Lafayette) has 10 percent. This will be Higgins's fourth term as Southwestern Louisiana's representative on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Benton) won reelection to his LA-4 seat without opposition.
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-Start) is coasting to reelection. She's projected to win the LA-5 race outright over four other candidates. As of press time, she has 64 percent of the vote. This will be Rep. Letlow's first full term in office. She filled the unexpired term of her husband, Luke, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020, just weeks before his scheduled inauguration.
Rep. Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) will win reelection to the Sixth Congressional District seat in a landslide. Graves has 85 percent of the vote, beating Brian Belzer (R-Prairieville) and Rufus Holt Craig, Jr. (L-Baton Rouge), who have six percent and nine percent, respectively.