Nov. 5 election: Julia Letlow keeps seat in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District
Nov 06, 2024
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Louisiana, voters again chose Republican incumbent Julia Letlow to serve Louisiana's 5th Congressional District.
According to complete but unofficial results on the Louisiana Secretary of State's website, Letlow took 63% of the 319,703 votes cast. M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza, a Republican, took 11% of support, and Michael Vallien Jr., a Democrat, pulled 26%.
In District 4, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson also kept his seat with 86% of the vote.
Nationwide, voters cast ballots for the next president of the United States. Across Louisiana, voters decided on a proposed constitutional amendment and representation in the U.S. Congress.
According to the Louisiana Secretary of State's office, 22 parishes had local races and propositions; 22 had local races but no propositions; 15 had state and presidential elections only; and five had local propositions but no local races.
Any runoff elections will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. Early voting for that election will be from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 22-30, excluding Sunday, Nov. 24, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29.
Residents who want to vote early can use the GeauxVote mobile app to find their early voting locations, review their sample ballot and check out the Election Day voting site.
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