2014Final results

2014 election for Louisiana's 6th District

Name: 2014 election for Louisiana's 6th District
Start: 2014-11-04
Location: Louisiana

U.S. House · Louisiana

Garret Graves (R) won with 41.8% of the vote, defeating Edwin Edwards (D) by 16.7 points.

Garret GravesRepublican · winner

41.8%139,209

Edwin EdwardsDemocrat

25.2%83,781

Paul Dietzel IIRepublican

10.5%35,024

Dan ClaitorRepublican

8.0%26,524

Lenar WhitneyRepublican

5.8%19,151

Richard LiebermanDemocrat

2.2%7,309

Craig McCullochRepublican

1.7%5,815

Robert Lamar "bob" BellRepublican

1.6%5,182

Peter WilliamsDemocrat

1.2%4,037

Rufus Holt Craig Jr.Libertarian

1.1%3,561

Norman "norm" ClarkRepublican

0.6%1,848

Trey ThomasRepublican

0.4%1,447

332,888 votes

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2014

Races before and after

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET

Money in this race

Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.

Edwin EdwardsGarret Graves

$433.3K

Raised by the campaign

$2M

$410.9K

Spent by the campaign

$1.5M

$22.4K

Cash on hand

$494.7K

Other candidates' campaigns: Paul Dietzel II $589K · Trey Thomas $465.3K · Dan Claitor $421.6K · Craig McCulloch $330.9K · Lenar Whitney $244.5K · Rufus Holt Craig Jr. $13.3K · Robert Lamar "bob" Bell $6.5K.

Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2014.

Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2014

The candidates

Garret Graves (R)Edwin Edwards (D)Paul Dietzel II (R)Dan Claitor (R)Lenar Whitney (R)

Also on the ballot: Richard Lieberman (Democrat), 2.2%; Craig McCulloch (Republican), 1.7%; Robert Lamar "bob" Bell (Republican), 1.6%; Peter Williams (Democrat), 1.2%; Rufus Holt Craig Jr. (Libertarian), 1.1%; Norman "norm" Clark (Republican), 0.6%; Trey Thomas (Republican), 0.4%