Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Mel Inari Manuel

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Louisiana District 1
Filing address
Madisonville, LA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MANUEL, MEL INARI
Next election
General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Louisiana with the 2024 district highlighted

Louisiana, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Louisiana District 1ChallengerRunning

FEC candidate ID H4LA01154 · Principal campaign committee: MEL FOR LOUISIANA

Total raised$74,559.16
Total spent$74,538.51
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through November 27, 2024, 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: $74,059.16PACs and other committees: $500.00
  • Individual contributions$74,059.1699%
  • PACs and other committees$500.001%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $500.00 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.

The race

Louisiana U.S. House, District 1, 2024 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mel Inari Manuel (D)$74,559.16$0.002024-11-27
Steve Scalise (R)$14,732,239.34$4,131,152.572024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: MEL FOR LOUISIANA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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