Candidate · November 3, 2026
Lisa Ballay
On the ballot for U.S. House · Louisiana's 2nd District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $1,110
- cash on hand
- $610
- issues with public statements
- 19
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Louisiana's 2nd District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| How it's 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, |
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§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.
Her campaign website says she has worked in healthcare for more than 25 years, beginning in frontline nursing and moving into operations and senior leadership, and that she currently serves as Senior Director of Surgical Services, overseeing physician practices, clinical operations and healthcare teams across multiple hospitals.5 It says she is president of the West Jefferson Hospital Foundation and has had years of volunteer leadership and fundraising roles with Children's Hospital New Orleans.5 It says the New Orleans City Council appointed her in 2017 to the city's Neighborhood Housing Advisory Committee and that she was appointed in 2025 to the Louisiana State Museum Board.5
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running because the district deserves a representative who is accessible, independent, accountable and focused on results, and that public service should be about service rather than preserving a political career.5 It says she is running so that federal money spent in Louisiana actually arrives in the form of lower costs and better care, with every part of the district getting its fair share.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteballayforcongress.com5,
6 - Instagraminstagram.com/lisaballayforcongress5
- X (Twitter)x.com/LBforCongress5
§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.
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says she supports spending discipline and serious fiscal reform, and that Washington cannot keep borrowing as though the bill never arrives.7
Her campaign website says improper federal payments are overwhelmingly paperwork and eligibility errors made by the government rather than families cheating programs, and that the answer is knowing where the money went, not cutting benefits for the people who depend on the programs.5
Her campaign website lists No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime among its fifteen plans.5
Social Security and Medicare
Her campaign website says she supports maintaining a meaningful safety net and keeping the promises made to people who spent a lifetime paying into Social Security.7
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says she supports responsible administration and accountability in SNAP and that SNAP should remain a real safety net, with the program run better and stronger paths to work and better wages for adults who are able to take them.7
Health Care
Her campaign website says she would protect access to Medicaid while demanding responsible administration, and would oppose any approach that shifts costs onto patients or leaves people without a realistic way to see a doctor.7
Infrastructure and Transportation
Her campaign website says she wants FEMA to be faster, more transparent and less bureaucratic, with more authority for state and local officials and real accountability for how federal disaster dollars are spent, and says federal agencies should be held to firm deadlines for determinations and appeals.7
- Shift most disaster costs and response to states, and shrink or close FEMA
- Keep FEMA's role, with changes to speed up aid
- Expand FEMA's funding and role, including more help preparing before disasters
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she supports responsible domestic energy production, including offshore, and does not accept that Louisiana has to choose between the energy industry and the coast.7
Her campaign website says data center development should not come at the expense of Louisiana residents, taxpayers, water, power or communities, and that water use, energy infrastructure, environmental effects, taxpayer subsidies and community impact need transparency and accountability before a deal is signed.7
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by members of Congress, saying they should not be able to turn information or influence from public office into personal investment returns.7
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website says she is not pro-abortion, does not believe abortion should be treated as contraception and opposes elective late-term abortion, supports exceptions for rape, incest and threats to the mother's life or health, and believes reproductive medical decisions belong to a woman in consultation with her physician.7
Her campaign website says reproductive medical decisions belong to a woman in consultation with her physician, not to politicians and not to the federal government.7
Immigration
Her campaign website says she supports enforcing immigration law and securing the border, and that enforcement must be constitutional, targeted and accountable, with due process and clear standards when federal agents operate in communities.7
Foreign Policy and Defense
Her campaign website says the standard for military action against Iran should be whether it actually makes Americans safer, paired with a clear threat, a clear objective and a clear way out.7
Her campaign website says her approach to the conflict in Israel and Gaza is to protect civilians, avoid unnecessary American military entanglement and demand clear objectives for any U.S. involvement, and says she has not adopted a detailed platform on it.7
Housing
Her campaign website lists a plan to make it easier for working people to buy their first home.5
Her campaign website says she opposes federal rent and price controls as the primary answer to expensive housing, and would focus on construction costs, insurance, financing and regulations that limit supply.7
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her campaign website says she supports innovation and does not want regulation that smothers development, and also supports safeguards on privacy, transparency, cybersecurity and misuse by government or large corporations.7
§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, 2026.8
| Raised | $1,110 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $500 |
| Cash on hand | $610 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $18,930 |