2026 forecast · Louisiana 3rd

Clay Higgins is all but certain to win Louisiana's 3rd District.

John Day vs Clay Higgins. The model has Higgins ahead by 27.7 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +27.7Updated October 22, 2026
John Day
Democrat
35.0%
88,719 projected votes
Clay Higgins
Republican
62.7%
158,900 projected votes
100%Higgins
0%Day
Higgins all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Higgins wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Higgins
Model marginR +27.7No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +19.7 to R +35.22,000 simulations
Projected votes253,259Higgins 62.7%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Louisiana districts

6 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

John DayDemocrat · 0% to win
35.0%
Clay HigginsRepublican · 100% to win
62.7%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

253,259 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Clay Higgins R158,90062.7%
John Day D88,71935.0%
Tia LeBrun I5,6402.2%
Total253,259100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%0% Day100% Higgins15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Higgins +27.7
Chance of winning
John Day0%
Clay Higgins100%
Simulated vote
John Day35.0%
Clay Higgins62.7%
Tia LeBrun2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +36.0
FundamentalsR +27.6
With pollsR +27.5
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteR +27.7

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Louisiana, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +43R +43Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +36.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +27.6With pollsno pollsR +27.5With early voteturnout so farR +27.7
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.