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In a speech to her supporters, Peterson said “a substantial number of voters decided today, that they want bold and courageous leadership. Let me tell you, 2nd Congressional District, I will wake up every single day to fight.” We have to make sure that we create an economy that can truly recover, an economy that will allow people to make much more than a minimum wage, own their own business, to save their businesses, after the horrors of COVID-19. “ We have to rethink the way we police and protect our communities. “We have to work in the area of criminal justice reform, police accountability,” Carter said. In a speech Saturday night, Carter thanked his supporters and asked them to help him to take the next step: “to go to Washington.” Chambers ran on a campaign that demanded reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans and Medicare for all. Carter has repeatedly sponsored legislation that would end employment discrimination against the LGBT community. Peterson, the former state chair of the Democratic Party, has been unyielding in her support of abortion rights. In the 2nd District, each candidate fought to portray himself or herself as the most progressive. She said in Saturday night’s statement that she will “partner with those across the country who can help us capitalize on our district’s strengths and bring real results home to you.” Karen Carter Peterson (Photo provided by the Peterson campaign) Letlow has described herself as an anti-abortion, pro-gun rights conservative who will fight for farmers and will fight to bring broadband access to a district that’s mostly missing the infrastructure that will let residents get online. “What was born out of the terrible tragedy of losing my husband, Luke, has become my mission in his honor to carry the torch and serve the good people of Louisiana’s 5h District.” “This is an incredible moment and it is truly hard to put into words,” Letlow wrote in a statement after her victory Saturday night.

Sandra “Candy” Christophe, the only Democrat in the race, came in a distant second with 27 percent of the vote. Letlow, an executive assistant to the president for external affairs and community outreach at the University of Louisiana Monroe, won 65 percent of the vote against 11 other candidates in a sprawling congressional district that covers parts of 28 parishes and includes the cities of Bogalusa, Monroe, Alexandria, Amite and Opelousas.

The open seat was held by Cedric Richmond from 2011 to 2021, but Richmond resigned in January to take a position as a White House senior adviser to President Joe Biden. In addition to Orleans and East Baton Rouge, the 2nd Congressional District comprises all or parts of eight other parishes along the Mississippi River. Chambers won 33 percent and Carter won 26 percent. Peterson beat Chambers on his home turf in East Baton Rouge Parish, winning 35 percent of the vote. Carter beat both of them by winning 39 percent of the vote in the parish. Chambers ran ahead of Peterson on her home turf of Orleans Parish, getting 27 percent of the vote to her 25 percent. (Photo provided by Carter campaign)īaton Rouge entrepreneur Gary Chambers, who co-founded an “urban media platform” called The Rouge Collection came close to edging ahead of Peterson and making the runoff himself, winning 21 percent of the vote in his first run for public office. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District. In a field of 15 candidates, Troy Carter, whose state Senate district includes the westbank of New Orleans, got 36 percent of the vote, and Karen Carter Peterson, whose Senate district includes New Orleans neighborhoods on the opposite side of the river, got 23 percent. Julia Letlow, a university administrator was elected to Congress Saturday from Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, after she picked up the mantle for her deceased husband, Luke, who was elected to the House seat in December but died of COVID-19 before he could be sworn into office.Īnd in the 2nd Congressional District, two veteran state senators from New Orleans, both of them Democrats, will meet in an April 24 run-off election.