Jamie Davis
Democratic
Row-crop farmer from Tensas Parish; former member of the Tensas Parish Police Jury
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
U.S. Senate race in Louisiana
Open seat. Held by Bill Cassidy, who is not running.
Open seat: Sen. Bill Cassidy lost the May 16 Republican primary.
The 2 candidates
Julia Letlow
RepublicanU.S. Representative for Louisiana's 5th district since 2021
Where they stand
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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Taxes
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports rolling back portions of the 2025 tax law, which he says added as much as $4 trillion to the debt to cut taxes for billionaires. Supports raising the federal minimum wage.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports making the 2017 tax cuts and the no-tax-on-tips and no-tax-on-overtime provisions permanent, and expanding the Child Tax Credit. Supports reducing federal spending and regulations she says raise energy costs.
Education
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports expanding trade schools and skills training, a Department of Education that supports public schools and students with IEPs, modernizing teaching, and higher pay for teachers.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports a national Parents' Bill of Rights, expanded school choice, and requiring schools to notify parents of major decisions. Opposes federal involvement in local education decisions.
Agriculture
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports ending trade disputes that cut farm exports, a farm bill with reference prices that reflect production costs, protecting crop insurance and disaster aid, and breaking up consolidation in seed, fertilizer and grain.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports a farm bill with crop insurance, expanded disaster aid, rural broadband and credit for young farmers, and supports banning Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland.
Housing
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports a federal insurance backstop, requiring insurers to justify rate increases with loss data, strengthening the National Flood Insurance Program, federal funding for coastal restoration and flood protection, and building affordable housing.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
No published position found.
Health care
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports restoring health coverage cut in 2025, lowering premiums and out-of-pocket costs, using Medicare's buying power to lower drug prices, protecting maternal care in the Delta, and expanding coverage to everyone in Louisiana.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
No published position found.
Environment
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports enforcing the Clean Air Act along the petrochemical corridor, independent monitoring of plants on the Mississippi River, stopping new permits in communities with the heaviest health burdens, and funding health monitoring and clinics.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
No published position found.
Technology
DemocraticJamie Davis
Supports requiring data centers to pay for the power they use, community input on projects, compensation for local impacts, and federal rules on AI to protect privacy and stop AI scams and deepfakes.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
No published position found.
Guns
DemocraticJamie Davis
Says he would protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners and supports background checks.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
No published position found.
Immigration
DemocraticJamie Davis
No published position found.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports finishing the border wall, deporting immigrants in the country illegally who commit crimes and gang members, ending catch and release, defunding sanctuary cities, nationwide E-Verify, and designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
Elections & democracy
DemocraticJamie Davis
No published position found.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports the SAVE America Act, requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, stronger voter ID requirements and voter roll maintenance.
Civil rights
DemocraticJamie Davis
No published position found.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports barring transgender women and girls from women's sports and girls' locker rooms, writing those Title IX protections into law, banning gender-transition procedures for minors, and stopping federal agencies from redefining biological sex.
Ethics
DemocraticJamie Davis
No published position found.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks and stronger financial disclosure rules. Supports writing DOGE spending cuts into law and reducing the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy.
Energy
DemocraticJamie Davis
No published position found.
RepublicanJulia Letlow
Supports expanding oil and gas production and offshore development in the Gulf, faster approval of LNG exports, streamlined permitting, and refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Who’s on the ballot: sources
- ListLouisiana Secretary of State: Candidate Inquiry: November 3, 2026 election, U. S. Senator(opens in a new tab)
- ListLouisiana Secretary of State: Election Results, June 27, 2026 (U.S. Senator party primary runoffs)(opens in a new tab)
- ListWAFB / Associated Press: Julia Letlow and Jamie Davis advance in Louisiana U.S. Senate race(opens in a new tab)
- ListBallot Access News: Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana Files Ballot Access Lawsuit(opens in a new tab)
- ListWikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana(opens in a new tab)