Louisiana 6th District race 2026: Miguez vs. Garcia

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Blake Miguez

Louisiana senator, former House GOP leader and competitive shooter; Republican candidate in the November 3 open primary for the redrawn 6th District.

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Also on the ballot

Lindsay “Rubia” Garcia

American politician and pastor; Louisiana state senator for District 6 (2024–present), from Baton Rouge; Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Louisiana’s 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 open primary

The general-election field as the board records it: 10 filers (LA SOS): Miguez (R), Rick Edmonds (R), Chauna Banks (D), Rubia Garcia (D, LA Dem Party endorsed), Pat Forbes (D), Larry Davis III (R), Appeaning (R), Mebruer (R), Wagley (R), Rufus Craig (L)

The race at a glance

Board data as of Sep 15, 2026. Ratings are the raters' own current calls; polls are the newest public ones with their field dates; money is what the committees reported. Nothing here is a forecast.

Seat

New open seat under the post-Callais map (Trump +30; Fields withdrew)

Primary

House party primaries suspended (Landry EO 26-038, Apr 30); jungle primary Nov 3; runoff Dec 12

Ratings

Cook Solid R (Sep 11); Sabato Safe R (flip); IE Solid R (flip)

Newest public polling

Rigamer/BDPC Aug 12–13 n=500 RV: Banks 19 / Edmonds 16 / Miguez 9 / Forbes 8 / undecided 40

Reported money

FEC Jul 18: Miguez $6,612,410 raised (~$3M self-loans) / $2,032,592 COH; Edmonds $530,592 / $323,040

Notable

Trump has NOT re-endorsed Miguez in LA-6 (WAFB Aug 10). 2007 police-report allegation story (The Advocate Mar 12; no charges; campaign: 'categorically false'). R-vs-R runoff Miguez–Edmonds is the live scenario.

Key dates in Louisiana

Read from the Louisiana Secretary of State. The full guide, with the official tools, is on the Louisiana page.

• Voter registration deadline (in person or by mail)October 5, 2026 is the deadline to register in person or by mail for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. Online registration through GeauxVote has a later deadline, October 13, 2026. The pages reviewed do not say whether a mailed application must be postmarked or received by that date; the parish registrar of voters can confirm. sos.la.gov
• Online voter registration deadline (GeauxVote)October 13, 2026 is the deadline to register online through GeauxVote for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. sos.la.gov
• Early voting beginsOctober 20, 2026 is the first day of early voting for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. The Secretary of State's early-voting page says registrars of voters open their offices from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for each day of early voting; state law (R.S. 18:1309) sets those hours Monday through Saturday, so there is no early voting on Sunday, October 25. sos.la.gov
• Deadline to request an absentee (mail) ballotOctober 30, 2026 is the deadline to request a mail ballot from the parish registrar of voters (voters other than military and overseas) for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. The Secretary of State's absentee-voting page puts the cut-off at 4:30 p.m. CST on the 4th day before election day. The same page says military personnel and/or their dependents, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. and voters that are hospitalized must request their ballot by 4:30 p.m. CST on the day before election day; for hospitalized voters it adds that this later deadline applies only when physician or hospital documentation is submitted with the application (otherwise the 4th-day deadline applies). sos.la.gov
• Deadline for the registrar to receive your voted absentee (mail) ballotNovember 2, 2026 is the deadline for the parish registrar of voters to receive a voted mail ballot (voters other than military and overseas) for the November 3, 2026 election, according to the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar. It is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline: the Secretary of State's absentee-voting page says voted ballots must be received by the parish registrar of voters by 4:30 p.m. CST on the day before election day. Ballots from military personnel and/or their dependents, U.S. citizens residing outside the U.S. and hospitalized voters must be received by 8 p.m. CST on election day. sos.la.gov
• Election DayTuesday, November 3, 2026. The Secretary of State's voter portal lists elections on November 3, 2026 and December 12, 2026. The Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar (the copy read for this guide is marked “Revised 11/2024”) labels November 3 the “Congressional General/Open Primary” election and December 12, 2026 the “Open General” election. sos.la.gov
• Polling place hours on Election DayPolls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, and all voters in line at 8 p.m. have the right to vote, according to the Secretary of State's voting page. That page says polls open at 6 a.m. for Tuesday elections and at 7 a.m. for Saturday elections; November 3, 2026 is a Tuesday. State law (R.S. 18:541) sets the 6:00 a.m. opening for regularly scheduled congressional primary elections and elections held at the same time, and a 7:00 a.m. opening for other primary and general elections, so confirm the opening hour for your polling place in the Louisiana Voter Portal or with your parish registrar of voters. sos.la.gov

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