Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Troy A. Carter

Official portrait of Troy A. Carter
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Louisiana’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
New Orleans, LA
Born
1963
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CARTER, TROY A. SR.
Next election
Primary May 16, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Louisiana with the current district highlighted

Louisiana, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Louisiana District 2IncumbentRunning

FEC candidate ID H2LA02149 · Principal campaign committee: TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Louisiana District 2$1,941,169.25Running
2023–2024U.S. House · Louisiana District 2$2,042,195.90Running
2021–2022U.S. House · Louisiana District 2$3,101,798.13Running
Total raised$1,941,169.25
Total spent$1,820,112.04
Cash on hand$630,466.36
Debts owed by the campaign$24,914.16
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $566,210.68PACs and other committees: $1,198,642.06Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $176,086.41Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $230.10
  • Individual contributions$566,210.6829%
  • PACs and other committees$1,198,642.0662%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$176,086.419%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$230.100%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$9,098.132%
  • Contributions over $200$435,912.5598%
  • Itemized from inside Louisiana$190,600.0044%
  • Itemized from other states$245,762.5556%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $56,955.00 · Virginia $36,650.00 · Florida $27,000.00 · California $21,750.00 · Texas $19,000.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$666K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $131,950.47APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $276,114.84JULY QUARTERLY: raised $321,030.09JULY QUARTERLY: spent $264,435.12OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $237,605.12OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $136,670.09YEAR-END: raised $196,986.55YEAR-END: spent $267,882.01APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $210,074.17APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $228,918.82JULY QUARTERLY: raised $286,200.89JULY QUARTERLY: spent $311,961.12PRE-PRIMARY: raised $28,849.78PRE-PRIMARY: spent $53,338.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $496,785.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $213,150.482025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea290
Voted nay375
Did not vote9 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored33
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored638

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10771 Emergency Preparedness in Higher Education Act
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 10752 CISA Securing AI Task Force Act
    Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Latest action Oct 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • H.R. 10722 9–8–8 Crisis Response Workforce Act
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10537 Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 10424 Equity in Research Act
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 10253 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1706 South Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, as the "Cpl. Lawrence Brown Post Office Building".
    Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Latest action Sep 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1506 Expressing support for the designation of September 2026 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".
    Introduced Sep 1, 2026 · Latest action Sep 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10122 STORM FORTIFIED and Wildfire Prepared Act
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Aug 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 9842 State Offices of Women’s Health Support and Expansion Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9344 EDUCATE Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

321 committees reported giving $1,039,748.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Louisiana U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Troy A. Carter Sr. (D)$1,941,169.25$630,466.362026-10-14
Lisa Ballay (L)$1,110.00$610.002026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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