Louisiana S 1St Congressional District Elections, 2014

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	Primary Election Date ; November 4, 2014
	General Election Date ; December 6, 2014
	November 4 Election Winner: ; Steve Scalise
	Incumbent prior to election: ; Steve Scalise
	Race Ratings; Cook Political Report: Solid R; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R ; Fairvote's Monopoly Politics: Safe R
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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[edit]

Elections[edit]

Primary election results[edit]

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	Steve 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[edit]

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

HR 676[edit]

See also: Boehner's lawsuit against the Obama administration

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[edit]

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

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]

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[edit]

Steve Scalise[edit]

Steve Scalise (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
April Quarterly^[17]	April 15, 2013	$600,890.84	$264,955.00	$(181,498.00)	$684,347.84
July Quarterly^[18]	July 15, 2013	$684,347.84	$276,389.38	$(194,825.24)	$765,911.98
October Quarterly^[19]	October 13, 2013	$765,911.98	$152,958.80	$(129,709.16)	$789,161.62
Year-end^[20]	January 31, 2014	$789,161	$137,389	$(159,290)	$767,260
April Quarterly^[21]	April 15, 2014	$767,260	$247,003	$(144,263)	$869,999
July Quarterly^[22]	July 15, 2014	$869,999	$346,575	$(358,635)	$858,641
October Quarterly^[23]	October 15, 2014	$998,353	$629,008	$(855,361)	$772,001
			Running totals
			$2,054,278.18	$(2,023,581.4)

Vinny Mendoza[edit]

Vinny Mendoza (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
July Quarterly	July 15, 2014	$752	$0	$(30)	$722
			Running totals
			$0	$(30)

District history[edit]

2012[edit]

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	Steve 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[edit]

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	Steve Scalise	78.5%	157,182
	Democratic	Myron Katz	19.2%	38,416
	Independent	Arden Wells	2.3%	4,578
Total Votes				200,176

External links[edit]

Louisiana Elections & Voting

Footnotes[edit]

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Louisiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bill Cassidy (R)

John Kennedy (R)

Representatives

District 1

Steve Scalise (R)

District 2

Troy Carter (D)

District 3

Clay Higgins (R)

District 4

Mike Johnson (R)

District 5

Julia Letlow (R)

District 6

Cleo Fields (D)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (2)

[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

[list-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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