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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Misti Smith Cordell

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Louisiana District 5
Filing address
West Monroe, LA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CORDELL, MISTI SMITH
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 2026 district highlighted

Louisiana, District 5

FEC page

RepublicanU.S. House · Louisiana District 5Open seatRunning

FEC candidate ID H6LA05200 · Principal campaign committee: CORDELL FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$658,608.43
Total spent$458,430.06
Cash on hand$200,178.37
Debts owed by the campaign$206,500.00
Loans from the candidate$206,500.00

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: $429,583.43PACs and other committees: $22,525.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $206,500.00
  • Individual contributions$429,583.4365%
  • PACs and other committees$22,525.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$206,500.0031%

Self-funding: $206,500.00 (31% of money raised): $0.00 given and $206,500.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,923.452%
  • Contributions over $200$331,899.1298%
  • Itemized from inside Louisiana$308,355.8893%
  • Itemized from other states$23,943.247%

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

Raised and spent over time

$487K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $486,602.34APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $7,936.27PRE-PRIMARY: raised $15,563.15PRE-PRIMARY: spent $320,791.38JULY QUARTERLY: raised $48,253.76JULY QUARTERLY: spent $78,017.28PRE-PRIMARY: raised $5,166.27PRE-PRIMARY: spent $12,020.32OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $76,972.91OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $39,009.612026-032026-042026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

3 committees reported giving $11,500.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Misti Smith Cordell$35,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Misti Smith Cordell$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
Misti Smith Cordell (R)$658,608.43$200,178.372026-10-14
Michael Charles Echols (R)$3,188,839.56$888,951.702026-10-14
Julia Letlow (R)$2,078,840.56$0.002026-08-21
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: CORDELL 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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