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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

2026 election results. Julia Letlow (R) got 55% of the U.S. Senate vote in Lafayette Parish. The margin is 21.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Lafayette Parish

U.S. Senate

Julia Letlow
55.2%43,837
Jamie Davis
44.8%35,617
100% counted

Statewide: not called; Julia Letlow leads.

U.S. House: Louisiana 3rd District

Clay Higgins
51.3%40,656
John Day
22.7%17,997
Caleb Walker
8.4%6,643
Priscilla Gonzalez
8.2%6,503

2 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Whole district: Clay Higgins wins. Called.

The leader in Lafayette Parish is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 9:41 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
LA SenateR +10.3R +31.9D +21.6
LA-03R +19.4R +46.2D +26.8

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Lafayette Parish has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.8%Donald Trump63.5%R +28.7107,887
2020Joe Biden34.7%Donald Trump63.3%R +28.7114,491
2016Hillary Clinton31.0%Donald Trump64.6%R +33.6105,603
2012Barack Obama32.2%Mitt Romney65.9%R +33.798,642
2008Barack Obama33.6%John McCain64.9%R +31.395,642
2004John Kerry34.7%George W. Bush64.2%R +29.589,923
2000Al Gore34.7%George W. Bush61.9%R +27.278,293

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +1.5.

Other parishes in Louisiana

Louisiana results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Louisiana certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Louisiana's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.