U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?
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Lauren Jewett
Running for U.S. House · Louisiana District 1
NationalDemocrat
Steve Scalise
U.S. House · Louisiana District 1
NationalRepublican
Job fit
Lauren Jewett
Offices held
- For six years, she served on the New Orleans Track Club Board of Directors as an at-large member, secretary, and president. In those roles, she helped organize annual road races and trail events that brought people together throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. 1
Other work
- Lauren is a National Board Certified special education teacher with 17 years of classroom experience. She holds a Louisiana Mentor Teacher Certification and has taught students with disabilities in every grade from kindergarten through sixth grade.</p><p>Lauren began her career in 2009 with St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools. For the past 15 years, she has worked in public and charter schools across Orleans Parish, most recently as a founding staff member at The Leah Chase School. 1
- Lauren is a National Board Certified special education teacher with 17 years of classroom experience. She holds a Louisiana Mentor Teacher Certification and has taught students with disabilities in every grade from kindergarten through sixth grade. 1
Steve Scalise
Offices held
Education
- A native of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Scalise graduated from Archbishop Rummel High School and Louisiana State University, where he earned a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Political Science. 2
Top issues
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How they voted on top issues
Lauren Jewett
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Who pays them
Lauren Jewett
Where the campaign money came from4
Checks
Lauren Jewett
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Steve Scalise
Checks run: missed votes
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Sources
- Meet Lauren Jewett | Congressional Candidate LA-01 | Lauren Jewett for Congress · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
- Biography | Congressman Steve Scalise · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
- Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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E. "Liddy" Glass
No Party AffiliationNo verified background on file for this candidate.
We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.
Steve Scalise
RepublicanShown above$2.6M raised, 42% from large donors, 7% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $171,500.00 (7% of $2,599,058.16 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,688,956.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source 2
Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, lower taxes and fewer rules on business, a tighter border and stricter enforcement. 3
Sources
1 Background: Biography | Congressman Steve Scalise · checked 2026-10-15
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04
Randall Arrington
RepublicanWe don't have campaign money records for this race yet.
Lauren Jewett
DemocratShown above🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $142K raised, 60% from large donors, 1% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,250.00 (1% of $142,496.79 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $250.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source 2
Sources
1 Background: Meet Lauren Jewett | Congressional Candidate LA-01 | Lauren Jewett for Congress · checked 2026-10-15
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle