Overview
- Unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State show Chasity Verret Martinez defeating Republican Brad Daigle 62% to 38%.
- Trump carried the district 56% to 43% in 2024, making Martinez’s margin roughly a 37-point leftward swing.
- The seat was previously held by Democrat Chad Brown, who vacated it after Gov. Jeff Landry appointed him to the state’s Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control.
- Martinez focused on affordability, local infrastructure, and expanded health-care access and prevailed despite being outspent by roughly 3-to-1.
- She will be sworn into the Louisiana House after certification, extending a run of Democratic overperformance that also included last week’s Texas Senate District 9 flip by Taylor Rehmet.