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Louisiana 5th District

10 FEC-registered candidates, campaign money through August 21, 2026, and direct links to every source.

Next vote
November 3, 2026
Primary
$6.2M
Candidate receipts
$6.2M
Candidate spending
$1.3M
Cash on hand
$0
Verified influence monitor
Candidate money comparison

See who has money behind them.

Campaign filings, current-election outside spending, and career pro-Israel lobby history stay separate. “No verified” means this monitor has not attached a sourced amount, not that the amount is necessarily zero.

FEC records, ballot not verified

Michael Charles Echols

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$3.0M
Cash
$1.1M
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Julia Letlow

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$2.1M
Cash
$0
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
$84K

Misti Smith Cordell

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$556K
Cash
$149K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Samuel Lee Mr. Wyatt

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$299K
Cash
$3K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Dan Mckay

Democratic · FEC registered
Raised
$90K
Cash
-$19,056
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Dixon Mcmakin

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$63K
Cash
$0
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Michael Gabriel Firment

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$49K
Cash
$48K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Tania Nyman

Democratic · FEC registered
Raised
$33K
Cash
$12K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Stewart Jr. Cathey

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$14K
Cash
$13K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match

Austin Magee

Republican · FEC registered
Raised
$9K
Cash
$1K
Current support
No verified
Career lobby history
No match
Intervention ledger

Who intervened, for whom, and how much.

Each line is sourced. Cumulative totals describe a committee’s activity through the listed date, not a single payment.

FEC verified
$0
Broader reported context
None
No candidate-level intervention is verified here yet.

This is an honest coverage gap, not proof that outside groups are absent.

Source records

All FEC campaign finance records

Includes records that may not appear on the verified ballot.

10 records ＋
Candidate
Receipts
Spent
Cash
Debt
Coverage
Michael Charles Echols
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$3.0M
$1.9M
$1.1M
$1.6M
July 18
Julia Letlow
Republican · Incumbent · FEC C
$2.1M
$3.4M
$0
$0
August 21
Misti Smith Cordell
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$556K
$407K
$149K
$207K
July 18
Samuel Lee Mr. Wyatt
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$299K
$296K
$3K
$191K
June 30
Dan Mckay
Democratic · Challenger · FEC C
$90K
$109K
-$19,056
$39K
July 18
Dixon Mcmakin
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$63K
$63K
$0
$0
July 18
Michael Gabriel Firment
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$49K
$1K
$48K
$0
July 18
Tania Nyman
Democratic · Challenger · FEC C
$33K
$21K
$12K
$10K
July 18
Stewart Jr. Cathey
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$14K
$335
$13K
$0
July 18
Austin Magee
Republican · Challenger · FEC C
$9K
$8K
$1K
$0
June 30

Outside spending monitor

No verified spending found in this monitor.

That means the committees covered by this monitor have no published candidate-level total here. It does not prove that no outside group has spent in the race.

Path to the seat

Primary
Up next
November 3
General election
Scheduled
November 3
Possible runoff
If required
December 12
Finance coverageAugust 21, 2026

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