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U.S. House District 1

2026 Louisiana U.S. House District 1 — Open Primary · November 3, 2026

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Overview

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2026 Louisiana U.S. House District 1 — Open Primary on November 3, 2026
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U.S. House District 1 · Democratic · Candidate
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Election: 11/03/2026

Office: U. S. Representative — 1st Congressional District

Ballot name: Lauren Jewett

Party: Democrat

Filed date: 08/05/2026

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (504) 383-4644

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K-12 Background

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Lauren is a product of public education and has spent 17 years delivering special education services in Louisiana’s classrooms. She knows what it looks like when Congress breaks its promise: a teacher is left paying for supplies or professional development out of pocket, students are overlooked in overcrowded classrooms, and parents have to navigate a system to fight for services their child is legally entitled to but can't get.

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Lauren is a product of public education and has spent 17 years delivering special education services in Louisiana’s classrooms. She knows what it looks like when Congress breaks its promise: a teacher is left paying for supplies or professional development out of pocket, students are overlooked in overcrowded classrooms, and parents have to navigate a system to fight for services their child is legally entitled to but can't get.

K-12 Background

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These failures don't stay in Washington. They land on teachers, and on the students who need the most support and get the least. In states like Louisiana, where they only get a fraction of the special education funding it is owed, this is devastating. Louisiana's schools still rank among the bottom 15 states nationally. Nearly one in six students don't graduate high school. Teachers here have worked hard to ensure students make gains in reading and math, but earn about $56,000, well below the national average, all while school funding has stagnated.

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These failures don't stay in Washington. They land on teachers, and on the students who need the most support and get the least. In states like Louisiana, where they only get a fraction of the special education funding it is owed, this is devastating. Louisiana's schools still rank among the bottom 15 states nationally. Nearly one in six students don't graduate high school. Teachers here have worked hard to ensure students make gains in reading and math, but earn about $56,000, well below the national average, all while school funding has stagnated.

Higher Education Background

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The failure doesn't end at graduation. The same Congress that's underfunding K-12 and attacking teachers is making college less affordable on the other end. They’re raising the cost of borrowing, taxing loan forgiveness as income, and causing a shortfall in the Pell Grant program that could leave students without aid in just a few years. A student who makes it through our K-12 system in schools in Louisiana and in states across the country shouldn't graduate into a higher education system where the challenges are already stacked against them.

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The failure doesn't end at graduation. The same Congress that's underfunding K-12 and attacking teachers is making college less affordable on the other end. They’re raising the cost of borrowing, taxing loan forgiveness as income, and causing a shortfall in the Pell Grant program that could leave students without aid in just a few years. A student who makes it through our K-12 system in schools in Louisiana and in states across the country shouldn't graduate into a higher education system where the challenges are already stacked against them.

Higher Education Background

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Higher education is becoming more out of reach, not less. The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" raised the cost of borrowing for Louisiana students and caps graduate student loans at $20,500 per year with a $100,000 lifetime limit. Starting in 2026, any forgiven student debt is taxable. Repayment plans are being consolidated into a system where borrowers can be locked into payments for up to 30 years.

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Higher education is becoming more out of reach, not less. The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" raised the cost of borrowing for Louisiana students and caps graduate student loans at $20,500 per year with a $100,000 lifetime limit. Starting in 2026, any forgiven student debt is taxable. Repayment plans are being consolidated into a system where borrowers can be locked into payments for up to 30 years.

Protect the Right to Vote policy details

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Today, the tactics have changed, but the goal hasn't. Voting rights are under attack, both in Washington and right here at home. Steve Scalise personally championed the SAVE America Act, a law that requires documentary proof of citizenship just to register to vote and photo ID at the polls. This isn't election security. It's a solution in search of a problem, and the real effect falls on eligible citizens especially seniors, rural voters, the disabled, working families, and married women who don't have easy access to a passport or certified birth certificate.

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Today, the tactics have changed, but the goal hasn't. Voting rights are under attack, both in Washington and right here at home. Steve Scalise personally championed the SAVE America Act, a law that requires documentary proof of citizenship just to register to vote and photo ID at the polls. This isn't election security. It's a solution in search of a problem, and the real effect falls on eligible citizens especially seniors, rural voters, the disabled, working families, and married women who don't have easy access to a passport or certified birth certificate.

Immigration policy details

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Our communities have watched immigration enforcement carried out in ways that violate due process and cause families and neighbors to live in fear. ICE has engaged in systemic abuses, including racial profiling, family separation, and the targeting of our immigrant neighbors, and even U.S. citizens, which have undermined the values of justice, dignity, and equality that this nation professes to uphold. Lauren has stood with families in this district dealing with uncertainty connected to enforcement actions. As a teacher, Lauren has spent her career watching what instability does to kids. When a parent is detained without warning or when a family doesn't know if they'll be together at dinner, a child cannot learn and a community cannot thrive. She has organized with her fellow union members to ensure that immigrant families get connected to the resources and support during the times they need them the most.

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Our communities have watched immigration enforcement carried out in ways that violate due process and cause families and neighbors to live in fear. ICE has engaged in systemic abuses, including racial profiling, family separation, and the targeting of our immigrant neighbors, and even U.S. citizens, which have undermined the values of justice, dignity, and equality that this nation professes to uphold. Lauren has stood with families in this district dealing with uncertainty connected to enforcement actions. As a teacher, Lauren has spent her career watching what instability does to kids. When a parent is detained without warning or when a family doesn't know if they'll be together at dinner, a child cannot learn and a community cannot thrive. She has organized with her fellow union members to ensure that immigrant families get connected to the resources and support during the times they need them the most.

Public Safety policy details

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Safety isn't a talking point. It's a promise you make to the people in your life — your students, your neighbors, your kids. Lauren has spent 17 years in classrooms and knows what it feels like to run an active shooter drill with 10-year olds and pretend it's normal. It shouldn't be normal. And in Louisiana’s 1st District, on too many issues that touch our safety, the people we send to Washington have stopped showing up for us.

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Safety isn't a talking point. It's a promise you make to the people in your life — your students, your neighbors, your kids. Lauren has spent 17 years in classrooms and knows what it feels like to run an active shooter drill with 10-year olds and pretend it's normal. It shouldn't be normal. And in Louisiana’s 1st District, on too many issues that touch our safety, the people we send to Washington have stopped showing up for us.

Gun Violence Prevention

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And the numbers back up why that fight mattered. Louisiana has the second-highest rate of gun deaths in the country, just behind Mississippi. Nearly 1,300 people died from gun-related injuries here in 2023 alone. Firearms are the leading cause of death for Louisiana kids ages 1 to 17, and our child gun death rate is close to three times the national average. As a teacher, Lauren has experienced this personally, losing several students to gun violence during her career. And unlike the rest of the country, where gun suicide makes up the majority of gun deaths, in Louisiana the majority are homicides. This isn't primarily a mental health story, it's a community violence story. The trend is getting worse, not better: gun deaths in Louisiana rose 49% from 2014 to 2023, and gun homicides rose a staggering 86%, both far outpacing the national increase. In 2024, the state repealed its concealed carry permit requirement, meaning you can now carry a loaded gun in public with no background check and no training. Our gun law ranking dropped from 26th to 33rd in the country as a result.

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And the numbers back up why that fight mattered. Louisiana has the second-highest rate of gun deaths in the country, just behind Mississippi. Nearly 1,300 people died from gun-related injuries here in 2023 alone. Firearms are the leading cause of death for Louisiana kids ages 1 to 17, and our child gun death rate is close to three times the national average. As a teacher, Lauren has experienced this personally, losing several students to gun violence during her career. And unlike the rest of the country, where gun suicide makes up the majority of gun deaths, in Louisiana the majority are homicides. This isn't primarily a mental health story, it's a community violence story. The trend is getting worse, not better: gun deaths in Louisiana rose 49% from 2014 to 2023, and gun homicides rose a staggering 86%, both far outpacing the national increase. In 2024, the state repealed its concealed carry permit requirement, meaning you can now carry a loaded gun in public with no background check and no training. Our gun law ranking dropped from 26th to 33rd in the country as a result.

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Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Increase oversight of insurance companies

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Increase oversight of insurance companies

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

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The crisis of Social Security is looming. Social Security is the promise this country made to every worker: pay in your whole life, and you'll have something to retire on. That promise is now on a clock because the trust fund is projected to run dry by the end of 2032, triggering an automatic 22% benefit cut unless Congress acts. This timeline was accelerated by 2025 tax cuts that drained trust fund revenue. This isn't hypothetical for LA-01. In fact, it's a district full of retirees or people nearing retirement, and a 22% cut would hit a senior in Terrebonne or Lafourche just as hard whether they worked a rig, a classroom, or a shrimp boat. Social Security is what many families in our district rely on as their primary source of retirement income. Congress keeps kicking the can down the road instead of acting while the fix is still manageable. Every year Washington waits, the fix gets more costly, more difficult to fix, and painful for retirees and for the workers paying in today. As majority leader, Steve Scalise has had more power than almost anyone in Washington to bring a real fix to the floor, and he hasn't.

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The crisis of Social Security is looming. Social Security is the promise this country made to every worker: pay in your whole life, and you'll have something to retire on. That promise is now on a clock because the trust fund is projected to run dry by the end of 2032, triggering an automatic 22% benefit cut unless Congress acts. This timeline was accelerated by 2025 tax cuts that drained trust fund revenue. This isn't hypothetical for LA-01. In fact, it's a district full of retirees or people nearing retirement, and a 22% cut would hit a senior in Terrebonne or Lafourche just as hard whether they worked a rig, a classroom, or a shrimp boat. Social Security is what many families in our district rely on as their primary source of retirement income. Congress keeps kicking the can down the road instead of acting while the fix is still manageable. Every year Washington waits, the fix gets more costly, more difficult to fix, and painful for retirees and for the workers paying in today. As majority leader, Steve Scalise has had more power than almost anyone in Washington to bring a real fix to the floor, and he hasn't.

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Fight to fully fund federal special education law (IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and fight just as hard to keep it where it belongs, at the Department of Education, not scattered across agencies with no expertise in how students with disabilities learn

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Fight to fully fund federal special education law (IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and fight just as hard to keep it where it belongs, at the Department of Education, not scattered across agencies with no expertise in how students with disabilities learn

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Fight to fully fund the Pell Grant program and close the shortfall before it cuts off aid to the students who need it most.

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Fight to fully fund the Pell Grant program and close the shortfall before it cuts off aid to the students who need it most.

Hold Congress Accountable policy details

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Our district needs a leader who will uphold their oath, fight for democratic principles, and put our country first.

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Our district needs a leader who will uphold their oath, fight for democratic principles, and put our country first.

Coastal protection, disaster recovery, and insurance

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Oppose a lapse of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is supposed to expire at the end of September 2026, and oppose a shift to privatize the program

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Oppose a lapse of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is supposed to expire at the end of September 2026, and oppose a shift to privatize the program

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Lauren knows that ensuring a quality education for kids with disabilities uplifts all kids. She knows it will take a member of Congress who has hands-on experience in our schools to fight for the investment our students were promised fifty years ago, support teachers and school staff instead of scapegoating them, and make sure our schools teach students the literacy, social, technology, and critical thinking skills needed to take on our evolving world.

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Lauren knows that ensuring a quality education for kids with disabilities uplifts all kids. She knows it will take a member of Congress who has hands-on experience in our schools to fight for the investment our students were promised fifty years ago, support teachers and school staff instead of scapegoating them, and make sure our schools teach students the literacy, social, technology, and critical thinking skills needed to take on our evolving world.

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Invest in both job training and college prep so students have multiple paths to success

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Invest in both job training and college prep so students have multiple paths to success

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Oppose taxing forgiven student debt as income because this is a policy that punishes borrowers for getting relief they earned.

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Oppose taxing forgiven student debt as income because this is a policy that punishes borrowers for getting relief they earned.

Lauren’s K-12 Priorities in Congress

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Protect and expand Title II funding for educator recruitment, retention, and training

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Protect and expand Title II funding for educator recruitment, retention, and training

Economy, jobs, taxes, and affordability

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Protect and strengthen Public Service Loan Forgiveness for jobs like teachers, nurses, social workers, and first responders

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Protect and strengthen Public Service Loan Forgiveness for jobs like teachers, nurses, social workers, and first responders

Coastal protection, disaster recovery, and insurance

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Continue payment plan options to help newer or working class homeowners, especially those in coastal areas in the country seeing higher premiums each year.

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Continue payment plan options to help newer or working class homeowners, especially those in coastal areas in the country seeing higher premiums each year.

Lauren’s K-12 Priorities in Congress

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Fight for increased Title I funding to close the resource gap for schools serving students in low-income communities

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Fight for increased Title I funding to close the resource gap for schools serving students in low-income communities

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

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Protect Social Security from cuts and increase funding for senior services to ensure our older Americans can retire with dignity after a lifetime of hard work

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Protect Social Security from cuts and increase funding for senior services to ensure our older Americans can retire with dignity after a lifetime of hard work

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Oppose billionaire backed voucher and educational savings account schemes that jeopardize public school funding

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Oppose billionaire backed voucher and educational savings account schemes that jeopardize public school funding

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Expand access to trade, technical, and community college pathways

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Expand access to trade, technical, and community college pathways

National security, foreign policy, and veterans

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Defend the separation of powers by supporting the War Powers Resolution enforcement and opposing unchecked unilateral military or spending action that cuts Congress out of decisions the Constitution reserves for it.

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Defend the separation of powers by supporting the War Powers Resolution enforcement and opposing unchecked unilateral military or spending action that cuts Congress out of decisions the Constitution reserves for it.

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Support debt-free community college and technical training so a two-year degree or certification doesn't start with debt

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Support debt-free community college and technical training so a two-year degree or certification doesn't start with debt

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Overturn Citizens United and get unlimited corporate PAC and super PAC money out of politics. As a former local and state school board candidate and now a federal candidate, Lauren understands the power and importance of grassroots campaigns. She will advocate for more transparent mechanisms and advocate for publicly-financed campaigns.

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Overturn Citizens United and get unlimited corporate PAC and super PAC money out of politics. As a former local and state school board candidate and now a federal candidate, Lauren understands the power and importance of grassroots campaigns. She will advocate for more transparent mechanisms and advocate for publicly-financed campaigns.

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Defend the right of educators to teach honest history and real civics, free from political interference because informed citizens start with an honest education

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Defend the right of educators to teach honest history and real civics, free from political interference because informed citizens start with an honest education

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Prohibit stock and insider trading for members of Congress while they serve in office

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Prohibit stock and insider trading for members of Congress while they serve in office

Lauren’s K-12 Priorities in Congress

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Establish universal pre-kindergarten programs for all 3 and 4 year olds and ensure we have strong Head Start and Early Steps programs

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Establish universal pre-kindergarten programs for all 3 and 4 year olds and ensure we have strong Head Start and Early Steps programs

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Require elected members of Congress to hold annual town halls, with at least a 72-hour public notice, and be responsive to their constituents in their district

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Require elected members of Congress to hold annual town halls, with at least a 72-hour public notice, and be responsive to their constituents in their district

Lauren’s K-12 Priorities in Congress

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Support our multilingual learners by advocating for funding for ELL programs, certified staff, and resources for immigrant and refugee students

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Support our multilingual learners by advocating for funding for ELL programs, certified staff, and resources for immigrant and refugee students

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Protect whistleblowers by strengthening legal protections for federal employees and inspectors general who expose waste, abuse, or constitutional violations

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Protect whistleblowers by strengthening legal protections for federal employees and inspectors general who expose waste, abuse, or constitutional violations

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Protect voting rights and fair maps by co-sponsoring the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and co-sponsoring the Freedom to Vote Act. We must commit to restoring federal protections gutted by the Supreme Court, addressing voter disenfranchisement, and banning partisan gerrymandering nationwide.

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Protect voting rights and fair maps by co-sponsoring the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and co-sponsoring the Freedom to Vote Act. We must commit to restoring federal protections gutted by the Supreme Court, addressing voter disenfranchisement, and banning partisan gerrymandering nationwide.

Immigration and border policy

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Oppose the SAVE America Act and similar documentary-proof-of-citizenship requirements that burden eligible voters without addressing any real problem.

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Oppose the SAVE America Act and similar documentary-proof-of-citizenship requirements that burden eligible voters without addressing any real problem.

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Support automatic and same-day voter registration to make it easier, not harder, for eligible citizens to vote.

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Support automatic and same-day voter registration to make it easier, not harder, for eligible citizens to vote.

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Expand no-excuse absentee and mail-in voting so elderly and disabled voters aren't required to justify voting by mail.

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Expand no-excuse absentee and mail-in voting so elderly and disabled voters aren't required to justify voting by mail.

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Advocate for federal action to cap annual insurance rate increases

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Advocate for federal action to cap annual insurance rate increases

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Propose looking into collecting data from insurance companies in states like Louisiana and Florida to better understand the premium increases.

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Propose looking into collecting data from insurance companies in states like Louisiana and Florida to better understand the premium increases.

Coastal protection, disaster recovery, and insurance

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Streamline and speed up FEMA and HUD disaster recovery funding so families displaced by hurricanes aren't stuck waiting years for aid to rebuild.

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Streamline and speed up FEMA and HUD disaster recovery funding so families displaced by hurricanes aren't stuck waiting years for aid to rebuild.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

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Reject privatization proposals for the Social Security program that would put retirees' guaranteed benefits at the mercy of the stock market.

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Reject privatization proposals for the Social Security program that would put retirees' guaranteed benefits at the mercy of the stock market.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

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Push for action on Social Security now, while Congress still has time to phase in a fix gradually instead of waiting until 2032 that would force an immediate, harsher cut on retirees with no warning

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Push for action on Social Security now, while Congress still has time to phase in a fix gradually instead of waiting until 2032 that would force an immediate, harsher cut on retirees with no warning

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Advocate for a moratorium on lobbying for at least 5 years for congressional representatives following the end of their elected term

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Advocate for a moratorium on lobbying for at least 5 years for congressional representatives following the end of their elected term

Public safety and justice

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Establish a binding code of judicial ethics for the United States Supreme Court which includes financial disclosures and gift acceptance limitations

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Establish a binding code of judicial ethics for the United States Supreme Court which includes financial disclosures and gift acceptance limitations

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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End the rubber stamp and refuse to put party loyalty over the Constitution. We must vote to check abuses of power no matter which party is in the White House.

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End the rubber stamp and refuse to put party loyalty over the Constitution. We must vote to check abuses of power no matter which party is in the White House.

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Guarantee ADA-compliant polling places and accessible voting machines (ramps, curbside voting, and audio ballots) at every precinct, not just some

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Guarantee ADA-compliant polling places and accessible voting machines (ramps, curbside voting, and audio ballots) at every precinct, not just some

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Create permanent absentee voter lists for elderly and disabled voters so they don't have to reapply for a mail ballot every election

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Create permanent absentee voter lists for elderly and disabled voters so they don't have to reapply for a mail ballot every election

Government ethics, accountability, and elections

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Advocate to make Election Day a federal holiday

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Advocate to make Election Day a federal holiday

Immigration and border policy

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Support the creation of new humane, accountable, and community-centered structures that uphold immigrant rights, prioritizing pathways to citizenship, community safety, and fair labor standards

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Support the creation of new humane, accountable, and community-centered structures that uphold immigrant rights, prioritizing pathways to citizenship, community safety, and fair labor standards

Public safety and justice

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Advocate for policies that respect immigrants' dignity and refocus federal enforcement on actual public safety threats — not sweeps that destabilize schools, places of worship, workplaces, and neighborhoods

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Advocate for policies that respect immigrants' dignity and refocus federal enforcement on actual public safety threats — not sweeps that destabilize schools, places of worship, workplaces, and neighborhoods

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Support a permanent legislative fix for Dreamers who were brought to this country as children and have built their lives here

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Support a permanent legislative fix for Dreamers who were brought to this country as children and have built their lives here

Immigration and border policy

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Support funding for modern border and port-of-entry technology, staffing, and asylum-court capacity so cases are resolved in months, not years.

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Support funding for modern border and port-of-entry technology, staffing, and asylum-court capacity so cases are resolved in months, not years.

Immigration and border policy

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Oppose any expansion of ICE’s authority or budget until the agency is fully dissolved

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Oppose any expansion of ICE’s authority or budget until the agency is fully dissolved

Gun policy and firearms

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Pass sensible gun legislation that keeps everyone safe. This includes supporting universal background checks, red flag laws that give families and law enforcement a real tool to intervene before tragedy, and closing the loopholes that let domestic abusers and stalkers slip through.

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Pass sensible gun legislation that keeps everyone safe. This includes supporting universal background checks, red flag laws that give families and law enforcement a real tool to intervene before tragedy, and closing the loopholes that let domestic abusers and stalkers slip through.

Transportation and infrastructure

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Fund school safety infrastructure and mental health staffing

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Fund school safety infrastructure and mental health staffing

Health care

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Invest in proactive measures that have been shown to prevent crime. Fully fund community mental health and crisis response, so police aren't the only number to call in a mental health emergency. Support competitive pay, real staffing levels, comprehensive sensitivity and de-escalation training, and body cameras for local and state law enforcement. Back proven community violence intervention programs, especially in the neighborhoods that need them most.

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Invest in proactive measures that have been shown to prevent crime. Fully fund community mental health and crisis response, so police aren't the only number to call in a mental health emergency. Support competitive pay, real staffing levels, comprehensive sensitivity and de-escalation training, and body cameras for local and state law enforcement. Back proven community violence intervention programs, especially in the neighborhoods that need them most.

Public safety and justice

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Protect survivors and victims. Close remaining gaps in domestic violence protections and make sure survivors have a real path to safety, not just a restraining order and a prayer.

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Protect survivors and victims. Close remaining gaps in domestic violence protections and make sure survivors have a real path to safety, not just a restraining order and a prayer.

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

Candidate position

Address over-policing and surveillance overreach by requiring real transparency and independent oversight before any department deploys facial recognition, license plate readers, or predictive policing tools– and ensure real consequences when they break their own rules.

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Address over-policing and surveillance overreach by requiring real transparency and independent oversight before any department deploys facial recognition, license plate readers, or predictive policing tools– and ensure real consequences when they break their own rules.

Housing affordability

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Oppose treating poverty, addiction, and homelessness as crimes when what people need is treatment and housing.

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Oppose treating poverty, addiction, and homelessness as crimes when what people need is treatment and housing.

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Eliminate all federal contracts with private prisons.

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Eliminate all federal contracts with private prisons.

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Work to create a framework for national decriminalization of marijuana.

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Work to create a framework for national decriminalization of marijuana.

Health care

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Ensure that mental and behavioral health services are included as part of comprehensive health insurance coverage

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Ensure that mental and behavioral health services are included as part of comprehensive health insurance coverage

Health care

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Expand funding for community health centers and clinics, including those that address mental and behavioral health

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Expand funding for community health centers and clinics, including those that address mental and behavioral health

Education, child care, and workforce training

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Address physician and healthcare worker shortages by expanding funding for the National Health Service Corps, the Conrad 30 Waiver Program, and graduate medical education residencies. This will help incentivize doctors to practice in Louisiana and other underserved states.

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Address physician and healthcare worker shortages by expanding funding for the National Health Service Corps, the Conrad 30 Waiver Program, and graduate medical education residencies. This will help incentivize doctors to practice in Louisiana and other underserved states.

Health care

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Lower prescription drug costs including capping insulin costs and decrease out-of-pocket costs for essential care

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Lower prescription drug costs including capping insulin costs and decrease out-of-pocket costs for essential care

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Expand rural OB-GYN residency incentives and telehealth maternity care access for maternity care deserts.

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Expand rural OB-GYN residency incentives and telehealth maternity care access for maternity care deserts.

Health care

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Support extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to a full 12 months in every state.

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Support extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to a full 12 months in every state.

National security, foreign policy, and veterans

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Adequately resource the VA and push back against efforts to privatize it, ensuring our military veterans have access to a range of services for their conditions and needs, including mental health support

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Adequately resource the VA and push back against efforts to privatize it, ensuring our military veterans have access to a range of services for their conditions and needs, including mental health support

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

Candidate position

Protect and expand funding for HIV/AIDS programs, including the Ryan White Program and PrEP access

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Protect and expand funding for HIV/AIDS programs, including the Ryan White Program and PrEP access

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Oppose federal legislation or amendments that restrict gender affirming care

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Oppose federal legislation or amendments that restrict gender affirming care

Lauren’s Priorities in Congress

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Codify Olmstead v. L.C. integration mandate and oppose efforts to defund home and community-based services that allow disabled and elderly Americans to live with freedom and dignity

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Codify Olmstead v. L.C. integration mandate and oppose efforts to defund home and community-based services that allow disabled and elderly Americans to live with freedom and dignity

Health care

Candidate position

Fight in Congress to make Home and Community-Based Services a mandatory Medicaid benefit, so that no one is forced into a nursing home simply because a state waiver ran out, a waitlist grew too long, or a future administration decided Olmstead no longer applies

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Fight in Congress to make Home and Community-Based Services a mandatory Medicaid benefit, so that no one is forced into a nursing home simply because a state waiver ran out, a waitlist grew too long, or a future administration decided Olmstead no longer applies

Public record

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This does not mean the candidate has no prior public service or record. A record attaches only after authoritative office history and a stable provider identity are established; names, titles, attendance, sponsorship, and inferred responsibility are insufficient.

Campaign finance

Official filings may be amended after publication.

FEC candidate totals July 1, 2025 through July 18, 2026.

Total receipts
$142,676.79
Total disbursements
$130,792.57
Cash on hand
$11,884.22
Committee debt
$0.00
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Candidate ID: H6LA01258

Name: JEWETT, LAUREN

Office: House

State: LA

District: 01

Coverage start: 2025-07-01

Coverage end: 2026-07-18

Total receipts: $142676.79

Total disbursements: $130792.57

Cash on hand: $11884.22

Debts owed by committee: $0.00

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Complete public-action archive

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Louisiana candidate filing — Lauren Jewett

    Louisiana Secretary of State

    Open Louisiana Secretary of State
  2. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 4

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  3. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 5

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  4. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 6

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  5. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 7

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  6. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 8

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  7. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 9

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  8. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 10

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  9. Candidate-owned primary source

    Lauren Jewett — candidate-owned primary source 11

    Lauren Jewett campaign

    Open Lauren Jewett campaign

    Link checked September 15, 2026.

  10. Official campaign contact filing

    COMMITTEE TO ELECT LAUREN JEWETT FOR CONGRESS — current FEC Statement of Organization

    Federal Election Commission

    Open Federal Election Commission
  11. Campaign-finance record

    Lauren Jewett — official FEC candidate totals

    Federal Election Commission

    Open Federal Election Commission
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