Larry Rader
Larry Rader (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the primary on November 6, 2018.
Rader was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana.[1] Rader was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 49 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
2018
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phillip Conner (D)
- Dave Langlinais (Independent)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 3
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Clay Higgins (R) | 55.7 | 136,876 | |
| Mildred Methvin (D) | 17.8 | 43,729 | ||
| Josh Guillory (R) | 12.8 | 31,387 | ||
| Rob Anderson (D) | 5.5 | 13,477 | ||
| Larry Rader (D) | 3.9 | 9,692 | ||
| Verone Thomas (D) | 3.2 | 7,815 | ||
| Aaron Andrus (L) | 1.2 | 2,967 | ||
| Total votes: 245,943 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. The seat was open following incumbent Charles Boustany Jr.'s decision to run for Senate. A total of 12 candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. Of those 12, Scott Angelle (R) and Clay Higgins (R) advanced to the general election on December 10, 2016. Higgins subsequently defeated Angelle in the general election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Clay Higgins |
56.1% | 77,671 | |
| Republican | Scott Angelle | 43.9% | 60,762 | |
| Total Votes | 138,433 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Scott Angelle |
28.6% | 91,532 | |
| Republican | Clay Higgins |
26.5% | 84,912 | |
| Democratic | Dorian Phibian | 8.9% | 28,385 | |
| Democratic | Larry Rader | 8.7% | 27,830 | |
| Republican | Gus Rantz | 8% | 25,662 | |
| Republican | Greg Ellison | 7.8% | 24,882 | |
| Republican | Brett Geymann | 6.7% | 21,607 | |
| Republican | Bryan Barrilleaux | 1.9% | 6,223 | |
| Libertarian | Guy McLendon | 0.9% | 2,937 | |
| Independent | Kenny Scelfo | 0.8% | 2,670 | |
| Republican | Grover Rees | 0.8% | 2,457 | |
| Republican | Herman Vidrine | 0.4% | 1,357 | |
| Total Votes | 320,454 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2011
Rader ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 49. He faced incumbent Simone Champagne (R) and John Bering (R) in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary.
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 49 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Simone Champagne Incumbent |
69.5% | 7,028 | |
| Democratic | Larry Rader | 21.1% | 2,135 | |
| Republican | John Bering | 9.4% | 956 | |
| Total Votes | 10,119 | |||
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016
- Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
- Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District
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