Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Julia Letlow

Official portrait of Julia Letlow
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Louisiana’s 5th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Start, LA
Born
1981
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LETLOW, JULIA
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 5

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Louisiana District 5IncumbentNot running (declined to run)

FEC candidate ID H2LA05126 · Principal campaign committee: JULIA LETLOW FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Louisiana District 5$2,078,840.56Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Louisiana District 5$2,613,337.93Running
2021–2022U.S. House · Louisiana District 5$2,849,171.25Running
Total raised$2,078,840.56
Total spent$3,425,607.37
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through August 21, 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: $710,075.70PACs and other committees: $777,477.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $591,287.86
  • Individual contributions$710,075.7034%
  • PACs and other committees$777,477.0037%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$591,287.8628%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$7,213.201%
  • Contributions over $200$1,264,165.5099%
  • Itemized from inside Louisiana$965,115.5076%
  • Itemized from other states$300,312.2524%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $54,000.00 · Texas $47,500.00 · District of Columbia $42,250.00 · Alabama $36,500.00 · Florida $29,750.00. 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

$2.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $449,471.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $275,848.11JULY QUARTERLY: raised $805,383.05JULY QUARTERLY: spent $223,865.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $402,175.12OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $209,088.44YEAR-END: raised $347,198.10YEAR-END: spent $197,131.60APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $74,613.13APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $2,519,673.47JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $0.002025-032025-092026-032026-08

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea493
Voted nay141
Did not vote40 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored21
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored149

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
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
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
PassedYea
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
PassedNay
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
PassedYea
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. 10763 Know Your Risk Act
    Introduced Oct 6, 2026 · Latest action Oct 6, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9223 To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to extend paperwork reduction waivers, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jun 9, 2026 · Latest action Jun 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9101 Rural Grants Transparency Act
    Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Latest action Jun 15, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  • H.R. 8695 No Delays in Disaster Relief Act
    Introduced May 7, 2026 · Latest action May 7, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.Res. 1256 Expressing support for the designation of May 6, 2026, as "National Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day" and prioritizing the goals and ideals of raising awareness and understanding of maternal mental health conditions.
    Introduced May 4, 2026 · Latest action May 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 8578 Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 8515 Consumer Price Information Act of 2026
    Introduced Apr 27, 2026 · Latest action Apr 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8485 No Rogue Jurors Act
    Introduced Apr 23, 2026 · Latest action Apr 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 8379 Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act
    Introduced Apr 20, 2026 · Latest action Apr 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 8337 Buy American Seafood Act
    Introduced Apr 16, 2026 · Latest action Apr 16, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure…

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

274 committees reported giving $940,999.00 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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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Julia Letlow$69,999.85
  • Independent expenditures opposing Julia Letlow$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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.

The race

Louisiana U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 17 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Julia Letlow (R)$2,078,840.56$0.002026-08-21
Michael Charles Echols (R)$3,188,839.56$888,951.702026-10-14
Misti Smith Cordell (R)$658,608.43$200,178.372026-10-14
Michael Gabriel Firment (R)$423,490.02$286,224.402026-09-30
Samuel Lee Wyatt (R)$299,614.76$0.002026-09-24
Stewart Cathey Jr. (R)$238,550.00$188,317.492026-09-30
Dan McKay (D)$121,181.95$4,998.312026-10-14
Antonio Wilson (D)$71,047.15$31,050.562026-10-14
Antonio Wilson (D)$71,047.15$31,050.562026-10-14
Dixon McMakin (R)$63,405.15$0.002026-07-18

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Bedrock PollingApril 4–7, 2026889 (LV)± 3.6%Misti Cordell 3% · Michael Echols 20% · Rick Edmonds 10% · Blake Miguez 23%

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: JULIA LETLOW 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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