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2026 Louisiana Senate Election

Solid R
Open

About this race

This seat is open: no current officeholder is on the ballot, so it will have a new winner. It’s considered a safe Republican seat. Julia Letlow, a Republican, has taken $77,868 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Jamie Davis, a Democrat, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records.

Key issues in Louisiana

Major issues facing Louisiana, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Julia Letlow Republican Nominee

Campaign raised $2,100,000
Super PAC / outside spendingSmall-dollar / grassroots $2.1M
AIPAC-linked $77,868FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$6,210,122 raised · $4,783,049 spent · $1,427,072 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Conservative fighter for Louisiana: faith, family, service; parents, students, farmers, law enforcement.

Jamie Davis Democrat Nominee

Small-dollar / grassroots
✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Other routed $245K1751 donors via conduit
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,983,548 raised · $1,504,444 spent · $479,104 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Affordability, good-paying jobs, stronger schools, rural communities, and accessible health care

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Julia Letlow RJamie Davis D
Raised$6.2M$2M
Individuals$1.4M22%$2M99%
PACs & parties$824K13%$0
Self-funded$0$10K1%
Other$4M65%$4K0%
AIPAC-linked*$78K—
Outside spending†——

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Julia Letlow 796 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$6.2M
Campaign spent$4.8M
Cash on hand$1.4M
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals22%
PACs / committees13%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
  • Party committee$62K
  • Individual$18K
  • Membership PAC$15K
  • Individual$10K
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  • Cooperative PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
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  • Corporate PAC$10K
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  • Individual$10K
  • Individual$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
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Showing the 50 biggest of 796 donors. The other 746 gave $1.5M combined.

Plus $133K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Julia Letlow’s full FEC filings →

Jamie Davis 684 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$2.0M
Campaign spent$1.5M
Cash on hand$479K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals99%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding1%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$245K
Share of individual giving12.4%
Other$245K
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
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Showing the 50 biggest of 684 donors. The other 634 gave $167K combined.

Plus $1.7M from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Jamie Davis’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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