Louisiana 6th District
Currently held by a Democrat · open seat · district redrawn for 2026
- Projected margin
- R+22.4
- 80% range
- R+35.0 to R+9.9
- Partisan lean
- R+32.1
- Uncertainty multiplier
- 2.01×
The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.
- Polling average
- no polls
- Fundamentals
- R+22.2
- Blended
- R+22.2
- Similar-race shift
- +1.8
No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.
- Partisan lean
- R+32.1
- Elasticity
- 0.88
- Incumbency
- 0.0
- Candidate experience
- 0.0
- Fundraising
- −2.9
- National environment
- D+7.1
- Expected margin
- R+24.0
- 2024 margin
- R+32.4
- 2020 margin
- R+32.7
- Shift 2020 → 2024
- D+0.3
- Votes cast, 2024
- 353,204
Presidential results reaggregated onto the 2026 district lines. This is where the seat’s partisan lean comes from, and it carries most of the forecast in a race nobody has polled.
- Population
- 594,101
- Median age
- 46.3
- Median household income
- $74,900
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 33%
- White
- 65%
- Black
- 25%
- Hispanic
- 6%
- Asian
- 3%
Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.
| Candidate | Party | Raised | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Miguez | REP | $6.6M | $2.0M |
| Cleo Fields | DEM | $833k | $436k |
Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.