Candidate · November 3, 2026

"Gabe" Firment

On the ballot for U.S. House · Louisiana's 5th District

RepublicanOpen seat
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$454K
cash on hand
$63K
issues with public statements
1
outside spending for or against
$26K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Louisiana's 5th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2
StatusOpen seat — no incumbent is running for this seat.
How it's decidedLouisiana 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
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

His campaign website says he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2019 and chairs the House Insurance Committee.5 It says he grew up in Rapides Parish, earned degrees from Louisiana Christian University and Louisiana Tech University, and is a small business owner.5

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says Washington needs proven conservative leadership that delivers results rather than another politician, and lists securing the border, energy production, farmers and rural communities, Social Security and Medicare, the timber industry and the Second Amendment among the things he will fight for.5

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

His campaign website describes him as pro-life.5

§4Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.7

Raised$453,882
Spent$390,613
Cash on hand$63,269

Where the money came from

Individual donors$434K · 96%
PACs and other political committees$20K · 4%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$44 · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $0 supporting and $25,500 opposing "Gabe" Firment this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 21, 2026.8

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA—$25,500

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.