2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
2 candidates, listed alphabetically.
Special election.
Republican
Joseph Cao is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first Vietnamese American, as well as the first native of Vietnam, to serve in Congress.
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Democratic
Angela Hershey is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: retired teacher.
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Candidate list and race details
What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices and statewide ballot measures.
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: voterportal.sos.la.gov.
Candidate lists as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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