Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Claston Bernard
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Louisiana District 2
- Filing address
- Gonzales, LA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BERNARD, CLASTON
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Louisiana, District 2
FEC candidate ID H2LA02206 · Principal campaign committee: BERNARD FOR CONGRESS
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$165,712.0483%
- PACs and other committees$29,750.0015%
- Party committees$4,933.182%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$325.000%
Self-funding: $325.00 (0% of money raised): $0.00 given and $325.00 lent by the candidate. $325.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
9 committees reported giving $36,825.00 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.
- WINREDHybrid PAC$5,825.00
- CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GATORPACPAC$5,000.00
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICAHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANAParty committee$2,500.00
- DO RIGHT BAYOU PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BLACK AMERICA'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Claston Bernard$40,600.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Claston Bernard$0.00
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICASupporting$25,000.00
- GATORPACSupporting$11,000.00
- UNITE AND PROSPERSupporting$4,600.00
The race
Louisiana U.S. House, District 2 (special election), 2022 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claston Bernard (R) | $200,720.22 | $4,502.83 | 2022-12-31 |
| Gary Chambers Jr. (D) | $1,728,794.32 | $0.00 | 2022-11-28 |
| Gregory Lirette (R) | $79,425.23 | $14,263.16 | 2021-02-28 |
| Desiree Ontiveros (D) | $50,695.84 | $0.00 | 2021-04-15 |
| Harold John Sr. (D) | $25,200.00 | $7,489.81 | 2021-07-29 |
| Chelsea Ardoin (R) | $10,782.42 | $0.00 | 2021-09-30 |
| Sheldon Charles H2la02263 Vincent Sr. (R) | $1,332.33 | $0.00 | 2021-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana (retrieved October 23, 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: BERNARD FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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