The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the six

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from the state of

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

, one from each of the state's six

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, a loss of one seat following

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according to the results of the 2010 Census. The elections coincided with elections for other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial

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. A

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took place on November 6, with a runoff, if necessary, scheduled for December 8.

Overview

Redistricting

During the

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process, U.S. Representative

Charles Boustany Charles William Boustany Jr. (; born February 21, 1956) is an American politician, physician, and former congressman from Lafayette, Louisiana, who served as the U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2017 (nu ...

advocated a plan which, rather than drawing his home and that of Landry into the same district (as the bill which became law did), would instead make fellow Republican Representative John Fleming's district potentially more competitive. Fleming later said of Boustany, "I don't feel like I can trust anything he says. Everything he told me, he reneged on." Due to difficulties reaching a consensus among the congressional delegation, U.S. Representatives

Rodney Alexander Rodney McKinnie Alexander (born December 5, 1946) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs from September 30, 2013, until June 3, 2014. Previously he ...

Bill Cassidy William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisian ...

, Fleming,

Jeff Landry Jeffrey Martin Landry (born December 23, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Attorney General of Louisiana. He defeated Republican incumbent Buddy Caldwell in a runoff election held on November 21, 2015, and took office on J ...

and

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wrote to

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Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. The only living former Louisiana governor, Jindal also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives a ...

requesting that the state legislature postpone the redistricting process for a year. Nonetheless, a redistricting bill was passed by the

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and

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, and was signed into law by Jindal on April 14, 2011. Louisiana is among the states which, according to a provision of the 1965

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enacted upon states with a history of denial of

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, must submit legislative maps to the

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for approval in order to ascertain that the purpose and effects of the map are not discriminatory.

District 1

Republican

, who has represented the 1st district since 2008, is running for re-election. In redistricting the 1st district has been extended from Metairie towards the

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, including areas from the old 3rd district. and includes the cities of Slidell and Houma, and the two parishes hardest hit by

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, St. Bernard and Plaquemines. It comprises 373,405

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registered voters, 46,542

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s and 30,126 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 167,824 are affiliated to the

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, 167,336 to the Republican Party, and 114,913 to neither party.

Candidates

Republican Party

* Gary King * Steve Scalise, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party

* M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza, organic farmer,

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veteran, and perennial candidate

Independents

* David "Turk" Turknett * Arden Wells, candidate for this seat in

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General election

Results

District 2

Democrat

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, who has represented the 2nd district since January 2011, is running for re-election. In redistricting, the district was extended in redistricting to include areas of the old 3rd and 6th district, along the

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to include

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...

. It comprises 144,721 White Americans registered voters, 276,668 African Americans and 27,558 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 302,120 are Democrats, 51,268 are Republicans, and 95,559 are affiliated to neither party.

Candidates

Democratic Party

* Gary Landrieu, real estate developer and cousin of

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Mayor

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and U.S. Senator

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* Cedric Richmond, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party

* Dwayne Bailey, refinery worker *

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, Super PAC organizer

Libertarian Party

* Caleb Trotter, banker and law school student

General election

Results

District 3

The 3rd district includes the homes of Republican incumbents

and

, who have represented the 3rd district since January 2011 and the now-defunct 7th district since 2005 respectively. It comprises 336,889 White Americans registered voters, 107,033 African Americans and 14,497 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 229,704 are Democrats, 120,787 are Republicans, and 107,928 are affiliated to neither party. The district is located in southern Louisiana and stretches from the

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border to

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and St. Martin parishes. It incorporates Lake Charles and

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, which were centers of population in Boustany's former district.

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and

Lafourche Lafourche Parish (french: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, whi ...

Parishes, which form a part of the district Landry currently represents, will no longer be in the 3rd district.

Candidates

Republican Party

* Bryan Barrilleaux, physician * Charles Boustany, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 7th district * Jeff Landry, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party

* Ron Richard, attorney

Libertarian Party

* Jim Stark, truck driver

General election

Results

Runoff

District 4

Republican John Fleming, who has represented the 4th district since 2009, is running for re-election. The district comprises 276,373 White Americans registered voters, 140,630 African Americans and 15,020 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 221,187 are Democrats, 118,015 are Republicans, and 92,721 are affiliated to neither party. Its boundaries remain similar to those of its previous incarnation: it is anchored by

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and borders

and

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Candidates

Republican Party

* John Fleming, incumbent U.S. Representative

Libertarian Party

* Randall Lord, former chiropractor

Democratic Party

=Declined

= *Brian Crawford, Shreveport's assistant

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and former

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, former Mayor of Shreveport *Kyle Robinson, attorney *Patrick Williams,

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General election

Results

District 5

Republican

, who has represented the

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since 2003, is running for re-election. The district comprises 294,830 White Americans registered voters, 144,744 African Americans and 11,107 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 239,963 are Democrats, 117,624 are Republicans, and 93,094 are affiliated to neither party. The make-up of the 5th district, which mostly covers the northeast of the state, now takes in the northern reaches of the

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north of Baton Rouge, which were a part of the old 1st and 6th districts.

Candidates

Republican Party

* Rodney Alexander, incumbent U.S. Representative

Libertarian Party

* Clay Grant, businessman

Independents

* Ron Ceasar, 2011 Louisiana gubernatorial candidate

General election

District 6

Republican

, who has represented the 6th district since 2009, is running for re-election. The district comprises 334,899 White Americans registered voters, 88,460 African Americans and 16,873 people of other ethnicities. Of its voters, 194,088 are Democrats, 143,160 are Republicans, and 102,984 are affiliated to neither party. It includes the suburbs of

and extends south as far as the outskirts of Houma.

Candidates

Republican Party

* Bill Cassidy, incumbent U.S. Representative

Libertarian Party

* Rufus Holt Craig, Jr., lawyer and

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Democratic candidate for Louisiana's 6th congressional district

Independents

* Richard "RPT" Torregano, technician

General election

Results

References

External links

Elections
at the Louisiana Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2012
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