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About Garret Graves (R-La.) has represented Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District (which includes his hometown of Baton Rouge) in the U.S House of Representatives since 2015. Although he is looking ahead to a possible run for governor in 2023, he ran for reelection in 2022 to serve his fifth term in Congress and won. Although Graves is … Read more
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About Clay Higgins (R-La.) was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016, representing Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District. He is a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus and the conservative Republican Study Committee, and won reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement. Although Higgins had won easily in previous elections, he faced a … Read more
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About Mike Johnson (R-La.) has served Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017 and was elected the 56th speaker of the House on Oct. 25, 2023, after three weeks of Republican infighting left the chamber paralyzed, without an official leader. A Trump loyalist, he voted against.certifying President Biden’s win of … Read more
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About John Kennedy (R-La.) is an ultra-conservative, lifelong resident of Louisiana who has served in the U.S. Senate as the junior senator from the state since 2017. He is one of eight Republican senators to vote against certifying President Biden’s election on Jan. 6, 2021. Kennedy earned an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, a law … Read more
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About Steve Scalise (R-La.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008, when he won a special election to represent Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. Currently the majority leader, he won reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and 73% of the vote. Since August 2023, he has been undergoing treatments for multiple myeloma, a … Read more