Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black or African American (non-Hispanic): 28.2%
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment (adults, LA-05): 131,300 adult enrollees
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 69.1%
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.0%
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 19.5%
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $61,529 (2024)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 2: Louisiana Income Tax Rate Reduction and Deduction Elimination (2025) (2025) — passed, margin 65.8% Yes – 34.2% No (statewide)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Amendment 1: Louisiana Abortion Restriction (No Right to Abortion in State Constitution) (2020) — passed, margin 62.1% Yes – 37.9% No (statewide)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 321 (share 0.062)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 111 (share 0.085)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 611 (share 0.104)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.107)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 622 (share 0.152)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Louisiana State University at Alexandria (500 employees)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Rapides Regional Medical Center (2000 employees)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: St. Francis Medical Center (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System) (2500 employees)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Lumen Technologies (CenturyLink) (3000 employees)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of Louisiana at Monroe (2000 employees)
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[constituency_baseline] District summary: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District encompasses rural northeastern Louisiana and much of central Louisiana, plus the northern Florida parishes, taking in Monroe, Alexandria, Amite, and Bogalusa. Redistricting in 2024 extended the district south to include parts of Livingston, Ascension, and East Baton Rouge parishes. The district has a population of approximately 779,000 and is rated R+100 (solid Republican). It is the most impoverished district in the state: 19.5% poverty rate, a $61,529 median household income, 26.0% hold a bachelor's degree, and 69.1% homeownership. The district is 61.6% White (non-Hispanic) and 28.2% Black, with a small but growing Hispanic population (4.9%). 131,300 adult residents are enrolled in Medicaid. The economy is anchored by agriculture (12 row crops including cotton, soybeans, corn, sugarcane, and rice), healthcare, higher education (University of Louisiana at Monroe), and timber/paper manufacturing. The district has received $3.425 billion in farm subsidies from 1995-2024. Julia Letlow was first elected in a March 2021 special election after her husband Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications before taking office.
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted nay on H.R. 5692 (Ukraine Security Assistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 ($300 million in Ukraine aid)) on 2023-09-28: Letlow voted against the 2023 Ukraine supplemental, reversing her 2022 pro-Ukraine stance. This was the first major Ukraine funding vote where she broke from her earlier internationalist record. The GOP for Ukraine organization cited this vote among the factors that dropped her grade. Her top defense-sector donors (Northrop Grumman PAC $10,000; Misc Defense industry $91,669) historically back robust international engagement, creating tension between isolationist voting and donor foreign-policy preferences. Prior pro-Ukraine vote: 2022 Ukraine Supplemental Appropriation (May 2022).
Date: 2023-09-28
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Budget Reconciliation (Concurrence in Senate Amendment)) on 2025-07-03: Letlow voted with all 218 Republicans on the 218-214 party-line final vote enacting sweeping budget reconciliation with an estimated $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and SNAP reductions alongside permanent Trump-era tax cuts. Her LA-05 district has a 19.5% poverty rate, a $61,529 median household income, and 131,300 adult Medicaid enrollees. Top donor sectors — defense ($91,669), health professionals ($93,233), hospitals ($76,825), and lobbyists ($170,700) — stood to benefit from the bill's permanent tax cut architecture. Letlow publicly dismissed projected SNAP losses as 'fear mongering,' creating a sharp cross-pressure between donor-aligned fiscal policy and constituent material reliance on the safety net.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Voted nay on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.84 billion aid package)) on 2024-04-20: Letlow voted against the 2024 Ukraine aid package after previously supporting Ukraine aid measures in 2022, including the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act and the 2022 Ukraine Supplemental Appropriation. Her grade from Republicans for Ukraine dropped from a B to a C. She was among 112 House Republicans opposing the bill, joining the ascendant GOP isolationist wing after earlier staking out an internationalist position. Prior vote for Ukraine aid: 2022 Ukraine Supplemental Appropriation (May 2022).
Date: 2024-04-20
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[disclosure] The same week Letlow's STOCK Act violation became public, the Republican-led House Administration Committee advanced the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would ban federal lawmakers from trading individual stocks. Letlow's traded stocks included companies that lobby Congress (Google, Meta, Amazon), have large federal contracts (Microsoft, Boeing), and operate in sectors she helps regulate as an Appropriations subcommittee member (UnitedHealth in healthcare, Chevron in energy).
Date: 2026-01-15
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[statement] Letlow's congressional office acknowledged the STOCK Act violation in January 2026: "Congresswoman Letlow did not direct, approve, or have prior knowledge of any trades. They were executed independently by a third-party firm with discretionary authority over a managed account. This was a delayed reporting issue under the STOCK Act and not insider trading." Letlow proactively alerted the House Ethics Committee.
Date: 2026-01-15
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[disclosure] The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would result in 5.3 million families losing at least $25 in monthly SNAP benefits — approximately $146 per family per month — and cut Medicaid by roughly $1 trillion over a decade.
Date: 2025-07-03
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
[statement] At a July 2025 interview with KTVE, Letlow said: "Nobody's gonna lose their SNAP benefits. I don't believe the fear mongering that goes with that," when asked about the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill's food assistance cuts on Louisiana residents.
Date: 2025-07-29
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In the 2025-2026 cycle (through Dec 31, 2025), Letlow's campaign reported total raised of approximately $2.0 million per FEC summary data.
Date: 2025-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Letlow secured more than $100 million in Community Project Funding (earmarks) for northeastern Louisiana from FY2022-2024, including $4 million for Delhi Hospital, $2.6 million for Livingston Parish public safety, and $2 million for Baton Rouge water and flood infrastructure. She also requested nearly $7 million in agriculture-related earmarks in the FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill.
Date: 2025-07-31
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Letlow violated the STOCK Act by failing to disclose more than 210 stock and bond trades within the required 45-day window. The late-disclosed trades were worth between $225,000 and $3.3 million and included shares of companies that lobby Congress or have federal contracts: Apple, Microsoft, Boeing, Google (Alphabet), Meta, Amazon, Chevron, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, UnitedHealth Group, and Taiwan Semiconductor.
Date: 2026-01-15
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Quiver Quantitative estimates Julia Letlow's net worth at $1.9 million as of February 2026, ranking 256th in Congress. She earned a Ph.D. in communication from the University of South Florida and previously served as a vice president at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Date: 2026-02-03
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Letlow serves on the House Appropriations Committee, holding seats on subcommittees for Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and Energy and Water Development. She is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana and was given a rare prime committee assignment as a freshman.
Date: 2025-05-07
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
Top contributing industries (2023-2024): Lobbyists $170,700; Health Professionals $93,233; Misc Defense $91,669; Hospitals/Nursing Homes $76,825; Leadership PACs $76,500. Letlow's Leadership PAC is Start Rising PAC.
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
Pending Review
In the 2023-2024 election cycle, Rep. Julia Letlow's campaign committee raised $2,581,985 and spent $2,022,818, ending with $1,346,766 cash on hand. PAC contributions accounted for 40.80% ($1,053,581), large individual contributions 36.97% ($954,702), and small donors just 1.72% ($44,446).
Date: 2024-12-31
Added: 02 May 2026
GOBLIN HOUSE
[ Enter Database → ]