Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · Louisiana's 4th District

5 candidates on the ballot.^1,2,3

How this race is decided: Louisiana runs this race as an open primary: every candidate appears on one ballot regardless of party, a candidate who wins a majority is elected, and if no one does, the top two vote-getters meet in a general election on December 12, 2026.^3,4

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Conrad Cable

Democrat · Challenger

"Matt" Gromlich

Democrat · Challenger

Gordon Heslop

Republican · Challenger

"Mike" Johnson

Republican · Incumbent

Currently represents Louisiana's 4th District in the U.S. House.

"Mike" Nichols

Republican · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Fact	Conrad Cable	"Matt" Gromlich	Gordon Heslop	"Mike" Johnson	"Mike" Nichols
Party on the ballot	Democrat^1,2	Democrat^1,2	Republican^1,2	Republican^1,2	Republican^1,2
Status	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger	Incumbent⁵	Challenger
Raised	$1,842,506 through October 14, 2026⁶	$452,199 through October 14, 2026⁷	$128,720 through October 14, 2026⁸	$24,583,416 through October 14, 2026⁹	$71,605 through October 14, 2026¹⁰
Cash on hand	$408,808⁶	$16,846⁷	$5,978⁸	$6,510,748⁹	$82¹⁰
Outside spending	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	$0 for · $419,432 against¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked
Farm payments and crop insurance	His campaign website says the Farm Bill should be rewritten to support family farms rather than mainly giant corporations, including by expanding local food networks, backing USDA fresh food stores and tying federal dollars to fair pay and fair prices.¹²	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he has a plan under which farmers' input purchases would be paid by the government and repaid from crop sales with no interest, with any debt still unpaid after two years written off.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Voting Rights Act protections	Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) His campaign website says it supports national standards to end partisan gerrymandering and protect voting rights, including fair maps, automatic registration and restored protections under the Voting Rights Act.¹²	Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) His campaign website lists the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025, which it says modernizes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and creates a new framework to determine preclearance, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Federal minimum wage	Raise to $15 or more His campaign website says the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, which would raise the minimum wage to $17 by 2030, is not enough, and that workers deserve a wage that rises with inflation each year.¹²	Raise to $15 or more His campaign website describes his proposed Small Business Wage Bridge Act, which it says would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 over five years and then index it to the national median wage, with a temporary refundable payroll-tax credit for qualifying small employers.^15,16	His campaign website lists increasing the minimum wage among its goals.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Student loan forgiveness	Not found in the public sources we checked	Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment His campaign website says he supports Congressman Cleo Fields' proposal to forgive undergraduate student loans for public-school teachers who complete eight consecutive years in the classroom.¹⁶	Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment His campaign website says that where rural health care providers have trouble hiring qualified staff, a new hire's student loans, including interest, should be frozen, with half of the debt written off after 5 years of service and the remainder after 10 years.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Campaign finance rules	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United His campaign website says Citizens United must be overturned to stop dark money from controlling politics.¹²	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United His campaign website says he supports overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics, and lists the Citizens Over Corporations Amendment, which it says would overturn that decision and limit corporate spending in politics, among legislation he will support on day one.^14,16	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Stock trading by members of Congress	Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks His campaign website says it supports a full ban on stock trading by members of Congress.¹²	Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks His campaign website says he supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office, with fines and punishments for those caught breaking finance laws.¹⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Term limits for Congress	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he supports establishing term limits for members of Congress, saying serving in Congress was never meant to be a career.¹⁶	Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber His campaign website lists term limits of 12 years, two terms for the Senate and six terms for the House, among its goals.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign flyer lists term limits among the things he supports.¹⁷
Military spending	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says enormous military contractor budgets should be ended and the money used to support service members and their families.¹⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	His official House website's Peace through Strength page says the United States must remain the strongest military power on earth and that adequate investment is necessary to maintain its air, land, sea, nuclear and cyber warfare capabilities.¹⁸	His campaign flyer lists a strong and powerful military, including Fort Polk and Barksdale Air Force Base, among the things he supports.¹⁷
Health insurance system	One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All) His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, which it says would let everyone see a doctor and get medicine without going into debt, with health care depending on need rather than income.^12,19	His campaign website says he supports a system in which everyone has reliable health care that is free at the point of service and never tied to employment, with an emphasis on preventive services, rural health care and mental health support.¹⁶	His campaign website says he is opposed to a national universal government-run health care system and that the Affordable Care Act needs to be abolished, with a return to the private market.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Immigration enforcement inside the country	Not found in the public sources we checked	Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies His campaign website says ICE should be abolished and other immigration organizations strengthened, with adequate training for all immigration control personnel and more judges to hear immigration cases.¹⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign flyer lists strong border security and strict immigration laws among the things he supports.¹⁷
Social Security payroll tax cap	Not found in the public sources we checked	Apply the tax to all earnings His campaign website says he supports eliminating the payroll tax cap so that high-income earners contribute to Social Security on all of their wages, and that doing so would help secure benefits for current and future recipients.¹⁶	Apply the tax to all earnings His campaign website says Social Security must be fixed immediately and proposes removing the current limit on earnings subject to Social Security tax so that all income is taxed for Social Security, as all income is for Medicare.¹³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Federal income tax rates	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says the middle class must not pay a higher tax rate than higher earners, and lists eliminating many of the ways high earners and companies reduce their taxable income among its goals.¹³	His official House website's Fiscal Responsibility page says Congress should pursue continued pro-growth tax reforms and permanent tax reductions.²⁰	Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax His campaign flyer lists tax reform with a flat 10% tax rate among the things he supports.¹⁷
Federal spending levels	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His official House website's Fiscal Responsibility page says the country faces a debt and spending crisis and that Congress has a duty to bring spending under control and balance the federal budget.²⁰	His campaign flyer lists fiscal responsibility and no government waste among the things he supports.¹⁷
Fraud and improper payments in federal programs	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website lists strict audits of all government programs for fraud and waste among its goals.¹³	His official House website's Fiscal Responsibility page lists eliminating fraud, waste and abuse among the steps it says Congress must take to resolve that crisis.²⁰	Not found in the public sources we checked

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Conrad Cable — 7 issues

Union organizing rules
His campaign website says he will protect union rights and the right to unionize and strengthen worker protections.¹²
Drawing district lines (redistricting)
His campaign website says it supports national standards to end partisan gerrymandering, including fair maps.¹²
Food assistance (SNAP)
His campaign website says federal cuts threaten to take food off the tables of more families, that families and children must be fed, and that it supports USDA fresh food stores paired with SNAP benefits.¹²
Paid family and medical leave
Create a national paid leave program for all workers
His campaign website says it supports fair minimum standards for paid parental leave, including at least 14 weeks of paid maternity leave and at least 10 paid days for fathers or second parents, plus up to four months of shared parental leave.¹²
Federal Medicaid funding
His campaign website says Medicare and Medicaid must be protected from federal cuts that it says could remove millions from coverage and lead to hospital closures and layoffs.¹²
Federal disaster aid (FEMA)
His campaign website says it will fund and reform the National Flood Insurance Program so that insurance stays affordable and reliable.¹²
High-speed internet access
His campaign website says fiber networks need to be built in rural areas so that fast, reliable internet is the standard across Louisiana.¹²

"Matt" Gromlich — 13 issues

Abortion law
His campaign website, answering a question about reproductive rights, says medical decisions should be made by individuals with their doctors rather than politicians, including decisions about pregnancy, reproductive health care and family planning, and that better preventive care, maternal health services and family support could lessen the need for difficult decisions.¹⁶
Who sets abortion law
A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
His campaign website lists the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025, which it says protects a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy and a provider's ability to provide abortion services, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴
Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity
Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
His campaign website lists the Equality Act, which it says prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴
Data centers and electricity costs
Pause or limit new data centers
His campaign website lists the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which it says imposes a moratorium on building new data centers until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence, among legislation he will support on day one, and says he calls for moratoriums on data centers and carbon capture companies until it can be guaranteed they will not cause additional harm.^14,16
Child care costs
His campaign website says his proposed Supporting Toddlers and Readiness for Tomorrow (START) Act would expand Head Start and Early Head Start in phases so that every income-eligible child is served within 10 years, and says the plan would keep in families' pockets the average childcare cost of over $13,000 per year that it cites.^16,21
Iran's nuclear program and sanctions
His campaign website says he is against forever wars and wars without stated win conditions, and opposes sending any troops into Iran.¹⁶
Military aid to Israel
His campaign website says he does not take AIPAC money, does not support sending money to any country that acts as the aggressor, and will not send additional funding to Israel while, as he describes it, atrocities are being committed.¹⁶
Who decides on military action
Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack
His campaign website says the Iran war is unconstitutional because Congress, which has the authority to declare war, has not done so in this case.¹⁶
Social Security benefit levels
His campaign website says Social Security is a promise that must be protected and that cuts to the benefits seniors and people with disabilities depend on must be prevented.¹⁶
Business tax breaks
Cut back many of these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates, deficit reduction or other priorities
His campaign website says his Small Business Wage Bridge Act would repeal five specified federal tax provisions benefiting the oil and gas industry and the Section 250 deduction for certain income multinational corporations earn from intellectual property held in the United States, directing the revenue to fund the small-employer wage credit.¹⁵
Targeted tax breaks for individuals and families
Add or expand breaks for costs such as education savings, adoption and selling a home
His campaign website lists the Supporting Teachers Through Tax Fairness Act, which it says excludes the first $50,000 in wages from gross income for K-12 public school teachers, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴
Taxes on very large fortunes
His campaign website lists the Billionaires Income Tax Act, which it says eliminates tax loopholes that let billionaires defer tax indefinitely so that they pay taxes annually, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴
DC statehood and self-government
Make most of DC a state, with two senators and a voting House member
His campaign website lists the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which it says provides for admitting the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union, among legislation he will support on day one.¹⁴

Gordon Heslop — 9 issues

Birth control and IVF
His campaign website lists fertility treatment among its health care proposals.¹³
Cash bail and pretrial release
Require bail or jail before trial for more charges
His campaign website says he opposes bail for those charged with cases of significant assault against anyone.¹³
Police funding
Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
His campaign website says that if state or local administrations will not, the federal government should establish a national minimum salary of $50,000 per year for all law enforcement officers, increased each year with the consumer price index.¹³
Tariffs
Lower or remove most tariffs
His campaign website says he is totally opposed to the tariffs imposed by President Trump, that all tariffs on food need to be abolished because they have increased food costs, and that if elected he would work in Congress to abolish them.¹³
Transgender students in school sports
Require teams based on sex at birth
His campaign website lists no boys in girls sports among its goals.¹³
Help for first-time homebuyers
His campaign website says he has a plan to provide first homes for thousands of people in the 4th District for under $1,000 per month, using a small deposit that is returned and skip-payment months, at no cost to the government.¹³
Legal immigration levels
His campaign website lists ending what it calls chain migration among its goals, saying it may be nice for a family but is a bad immigration option for a country.¹³
State and local role in immigration enforcement
Require full cooperation, with penalties for places that limit it
His campaign website lists banning and defunding sanctuary cities among its goals.¹³
Preventing government shutdowns
Keep funding agencies automatically at the prior year's levels when Congress misses a deadline
His campaign website says federal government shutdowns should not occur, and proposes a law that approves government funding to continue at existing levels until Congress approves new funding.¹³

"Mike" Johnson — 1 issue

Trade agreements
His official House website's Free Markets page says free markets and free trade agreements allow for innovation, improvement and economic expansion.²²

"Mike" Nichols — 3 issues

Foreign ownership of farmland
Ban farmland purchases by all foreign buyers
His campaign flyer lists being 100% opposed to foreign investors owning American farmland among its platform points.¹⁷
Foreign aid
His campaign flyer lists accountability for foreign aid, including military aid for foreign countries, among the things he supports.¹⁷
Income tax on Social Security benefits
End income tax on Social Security benefits
His campaign flyer lists no tax on Social Security among the things he supports.¹⁷

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

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