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2026 candidates we're tracking in LA-6
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Monique Appeaning
R
Monique Appeaning is a former aide to the Baton Rouge mayor-president and budget analyst for the Louisiana National Guard, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per her campaign site.
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Chauna Banks
D
Chauna Banks served on the East Baton Rouge Metro Council representing District 2 from 2013 to 2024 and has 20 years of experience in education, per an Aug. 12, 2026 WWNO/LPB candidate roundup and her campaign site.
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Rufus Craig
L
Rufus Craig has been a self-employed attorney in Louisiana since 1984, with a J.D. from Southern University Law Center and a B.S. from LSU, per an online attorney directory profile. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026; the Secretary of State's candidate list is the only verifiable source for Rufus Craig.
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Larry Davis III
R
Davis was born in Baton Rouge and raised in Livingston Parish, graduating from Denham Springs High School, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes him as a lifelong Louisianan and middle-class worker with deeply rooted Christian conservative beliefs, per the campaign site.
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"Rick" Edmonds
R
"Rick" Edmonds is a Louisiana state senator who has represented the Baton Rouge area for over a decade, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
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Patrick "Pat" Forbes
D
Patrick "Pat" Forbes is an engineer who worked in Louisiana state government for 20 years, per an Aug. 12, 2026 WWNO/LPB candidate roundup, and has worked on disaster recovery efforts including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav and the 2016 floods, per the campaign site.
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Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia
D
Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia of Walker is a former teacher and law school graduate running as a Democratic candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per her campaign site.
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Michael Mebruer
R
Michael Mebruer is a traveling medical professional with a master's degree in financial economics from LSU, running as a Republican candidate for the open Louisiana 6th Congressional District, per his campaign site.
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Blake Miguez
R
Miguez is a small business owner in the oil and gas industry and an incumbent Louisiana State Senator elected in 2023, after previously serving as House Republican Majority Leader, per the campaign site. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University and a national and world champion marksman, per the campaign site.
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Stephen Wagley
R
Wagley is chief operating officer of Delta College, a healthcare training school with campuses across Louisiana, overseeing operations and more than two hundred employees, per the campaign site. Wagley was homeschooled through 12th grade, played football at McNeese State University, and completed a business degree at LSU, per the campaign site.
About this race
Louisiana's 6th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Louisiana primary is Saturday, May 16, 2026 (runoff Saturday, June 27, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.