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U.S. Representative · Louisiana 5th District
Julia Letlow
RepublicanDistrict R+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score47#178 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Julia Letlow’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office142 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1805
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 8205.
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.434 (party median +0.530; rank 64 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 94 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: LA-5 is R+18LA-5 has a partisan lean of R+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.5 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related AgenciesVice Chair
- House Committee on Education and WorkforceMajority · 12th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Letlow← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.434 is 0.10 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress94House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2332SHARE Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 57
| Middle |
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov |