- Blake MiguezRepublican✓ Verified$7.6M raised
- Stephen WagleyRepublican✓ Verified$596K raised
- Pat ForbesDemocratic✓ Verified$118K raised
- Anjanita AppeaningRepublican✓ Verified$108K raised
- Larry DavisRepublican✓ Verified$31K raised
- Chauna BanksDemocratic✓ Verified
- Lindsay GarciaDemocratic✓ Verified
- Michael MebruerRepublican✓ Verified
- Rick EdmondsRepublican✓ Verified
- Rufus CraigLibertarian✓ Verified
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Anjanita Appeaning is pro-life, supporting Amendment #2, and advocates for large tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security income 156. Larry Davis prioritizes abortion policy with a stronger federal role and supports a balanced budget, banning unvetted omnibus bills, and term limits 27. Blake Miguez is pro-life, opposing taxpayer funding for abortion and supports cutting taxes to retain Louisiana families and employers 38. Stephen Wagley supports protecting unborn life, opposes taxpayer funding of abortion providers, and opposes government spending increases to reduce inflation 49. Pat Forbes opposed the Iran war initiated by President Trump and said it increased consumer prices 14.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 19, 2026.
| Issue | Blake MiguezRepublican | Stephen WagleyRepublican | Pat ForbesDemocratic | Anjanita AppeaningRepublican | Larry DavisRepublican | Chauna BanksDemocratic | Lindsay GarciaDemocratic | Michael MebruerRepublican | Rick EdmondsRepublican | Rufus CraigLibertarian |
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| Economy & Jobs | Miguez supports cutting taxes and federal red tape to grow Louisiana jobs and back trades and industries vital to the state’s economy. | Wagley supports economic growth through permanent Trump tax cuts, simplified tax code, opposition to new federal regulations, and expanded access to SBA loans and broadband. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Appeaning supports rebuilding American manufacturing, protecting farmers, supporting small businesses, and ending government weaponization against citizens. Appeaning wants to bring manufacturing jobs back, support small businesses, and strengthen American agriculture. | Davis supports lowering costs for families and small businesses, reducing federal spending, securing American energy independence, and promoting workforce freedom. Davis wants to boost agriculture and manufacturing in central Louisiana while encouraging stronger support for American-made products. | Banks supports small business growth, expanded workforce training, and attracting good-paying jobs to strengthen the economy. Banks says working families should be able to afford to live, own a home, and retire with dignity without falling further behind. | Garcia supports lowering costs, protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, lowering prescription costs, raising wages, expanding housing and childcare, and supporting local small businesses to grow the economy. | Mebruer says he could bring the federal deficit under control by eliminating all corporate tax breaks while lowering the lowest individual income-tax rate. | Edmonds supports protecting Louisiana jobs and making life more affordable for residents. | No public position found. |
| Healthcare | Miguez supports lowering everyday costs including healthcare so families can afford necessary care without sacrificing other essentials. | Wagley advocates for increased competition and transparency in insurance to lower premiums and opposes rising healthcare costs driven by bureaucratic rules. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Appeaning fights to lower healthcare costs, protect seniors' dignity, and reduce prescription drug expenses. | Davis supports reducing pharmaceutical middleman power, increasing transparency, promoting free-market health insurance competition, protecting medical freedom, and prohibiting federal vaccine mandates. Davis identifies Black maternal health as a top concern and wants to improve access to resources and support for mothers and families. | Banks aims to protect and expand access to affordable, quality healthcare for all families. Banks says she would work to protect Social Security and Medicare as part of her economic-security agenda. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Mebruer proposes eliminating Medicaid and giving recipients vouchers to buy private health insurance instead, saying it would save money. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Immigration | Miguez supports securing the border by finishing the wall, funding agents, ending catch-and-release, mandating E-Verify, and treating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. | Wagley supports securing the border, enforcing immigration laws, and opposes illegal immigration due to its economic and social costs. Wagley, along with two rivals, criticized the presence of illegal immigrants at a campaign forum. | Forbes opposes deporting immigrants who are complying with court orders, saying he does not support removing them from churches or courts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Davis supports strong border enforcement, physical barriers where necessary, crackdown on cartels, mandatory employment verification, and tightening asylum loopholes. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Mebruer would end a Biden-era policy letting migrants live in the U.S. while asylum claims process, and would punish businesses that hire illegal immigrants. | Edmonds, along with two rivals, criticized the presence of illegal immigrants at a campaign forum. | No public position found. |
| Public Safety & Crime | Miguez supports funding police, prosecuting violent criminals, and backing law enforcement with resources and legal support. | Wagley vows to fight against members of Congress who support terrorism or seek to replace the Constitution, prioritizing national security. Wagley opposes unchecked expansion of Flock license-plate cameras, saying officials let them surveil the public without oversight. | Forbes opposes using the National Guard for local policing and says local law enforcement agencies need more resources instead. | Appeaning supports backing the police, cracking down on violent crime and trafficking, and keeping communities safe. Appeaning's 'Safe Path Forward' platform centers on supporting law enforcement, reducing crime, and strengthening the military. | Davis supports police, increasing penalties for violent crime, federal support to combat human trafficking and fentanyl enforcement, and restoring order in high crime cities. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Garcia fights violent crime, trafficking and fentanyl while supporting fair justice, constitutional policing, voting rights, civil rights, due process and government accountability. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Edmonds prioritizes public safety as a key issue important to voters in his district. | No public position found. |
| Abortion | Miguez is pro-life and will vote against taxpayer funding for abortion while protecting conscience rights of medical professionals. | Wagley supports protecting unborn life and opposes taxpayer funding of abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Appeaning is pro-life and supports Amendment #2. | Davis says abortion is the top issue driving his campaign and argues the federal government should take a stronger role in abortion policy rather than leaving it entirely to the states. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Abortion: Anjanita Appeaning is pro-life and supports Amendment #2 1. Larry Davis says abortion is the top issue driving his campaign and argues the federal government should take a stronger role in abortion policy rather than leaving it entirely to the states 2. Blake Miguez is pro-life and will vote against taxpayer funding for abortion while protecting conscience rights of medical professionals 3. Stephen Wagley supports protecting unborn life and opposes taxpayer funding of abortion providers like Planned Parenthood 4. | ||||||||||
| Taxes & Government Spending | Miguez supports cutting taxes to keep Louisiana kids and employers in the state and opposes increasing costs on hardworking Louisianians. | Wagley opposes government spending increases and supports stopping Washington's borrowing to reduce inflation and lower prices. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Appeaning advocates for large tax cuts for hardworking people and stopping waste before it hits taxpayers. Appeaning supports eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security income. | Davis advocates for a balanced budget, banning unvetted omnibus bills, eliminating wasteful federal programs, term limits, and reforms to emergency powers and agency overreach. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Anjanita Appeaning advocates for large tax cuts for hardworking people and stopping waste before it hits taxpayers, and supports eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security income 12. Larry Davis advocates for a balanced budget, banning unvetted omnibus bills, eliminating wasteful federal programs, term limits, and reforms to emergency powers and agency overreach 3. Blake Miguez supports cutting taxes to keep Louisiana kids and employers in the state and opposes increasing costs on hardworking Louisianians 4. Stephen Wagley opposes government spending increases and supports stopping Washington's borrowing to reduce inflation and lower prices 5. | ||||||||||
| Energy & Environment | Miguez supports defending Louisiana’s energy industry by pushing LNG export permits, Gulf leasing, permitting reform, and ending government handouts to certain energy sources. | Wagley supports unleashing American energy production as the fastest way to reduce costs on gas, groceries, and electric bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Davis supports increasing domestic drilling, expanding refining capacity, supporting nuclear advancement, and reducing regulatory burdens on energy producers to lower costs for the middle class. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Garcia supports clean air and water, responsible energy development, strong property-rights protections, rural investment, affordable broadband and better access to healthcare. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Edmonds supports flood mitigation efforts to protect his district from natural disasters. Edmonds supports data centers locating in the district, saying the contracts signed with the companies will protect the public. | No public position found. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Miguez supports treating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations as part of his border security stance. | Wagley opposes socialism and Sharia law as threats to the Republic and vows to fight against radical alliances threatening national security and the Free World. | Forbes opposed the Iran war that President Trump started in February and said it has driven up consumer prices. | Appeaning supports strengthening and modernizing the military to keep America the strongest force in the world. | Davis supports improving military recruitment, focusing spending on readiness, strengthening cybersecurity and missile defense, and supporting veterans through healthcare streamlining. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |