Candidate · November 3, 2026
Tia LeBrun
On the ballot for U.S. House · Louisiana's 3rd District
- raised through Sep 30, 2026
- $7,383
- cash on hand
- $3,880
- issues with public statements
- 27
§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 3rd District1, |
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| Party on the ballot | No Party1, |
| 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 became an educator, studied at Louisiana State University to become a teacher and also holds a master's degree from UNO.5 It says she was named Teacher of the Year at Lake Charles Boston High School in 2007, was honored as Louisiana Public Broadcasting's American Graduate in 2015 and was named Teacher of the Year by the Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers' Association in 2016.5 It says she was a member of that association from 2005 to 2017, has served on the Louisiana Consortium of Immersion Schools board since 2016 and has served on the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana board since 2019.5
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says her own experience struggling to make ends meet drives her to fight for people who work hard to afford basic needs, and that she wants a Louisiana where children have the career opportunities they seek without having to move out of state.5 Its Key Issues page says an elected official's responsibility is to represent the people, not a political party.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitelebrun4la.com7,
8 - Facebookfacebook.com/Lebrun4la8
- Instagraminstagram.com/lebrun4la8
- TikToktiktok.com/@lebrun4la8
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@lebrun4la8
- Blueskylebrun4la.bsky.social8
§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.
Immigration
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists securing the border with modern technology and targeted enforcement among its immigration goals.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists increasing staffing to process asylum and immigration cases faster among its immigration goals.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists creating a pathway to legal status for long-term residents who pass background checks and contribute to their communities, and protecting Dreamers brought here as children.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists expanding legal immigration pathways for industries facing labor shortages.9
- Admit more immigrants, such as by adding work visas or clearing family backlogs
- Keep green cards and work visas near recent levels
- Admit fewer immigrants than in recent years
- Pause most new legal immigration for a time
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists universal access to high-quality preschool and expanded childcare assistance for working families among its education goals.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists expanding the Child Tax Credit among its goals for working families.9
Education
Her campaign website's Key Issues page says public money should not go to private schools.6
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists two years of tuition-free community college among its higher education goals.9
- No free tuition program
- Free tuition at community colleges
- Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists student loan reform and repayment assistance for public service workers among its higher education goals.9
- Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
- Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
- Broad cancellation of student debt
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her campaign website's Key Issues page says AI poses threats to communities and that protecting people requires proprietary rights over their likeness, voice and intellectual creations.6
- Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
- Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
- Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she opposes data centers that consume massive amounts of water and electricity without providing substantial local employment, and says land should not be taken and destroyed for short-term data center jobs that do not contribute to schools and infrastructure.6,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists offshore wind development where appropriate among the energy sources it supports.9
- Stop offshore wind projects, including some already approved
- Let projects go forward case by case under the usual federal reviews
- Lease more ocean sites and speed approvals to build more offshore wind
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists advanced nuclear research and deployment among the energy sources it supports.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page says it would require meaningful local input before major industrial projects are approved, strengthen environmental review processes and increase transparency about project risks.9
- Strengthen reviews and give nearby communities more say over projects
- Keep current review rules and rights to challenge projects in court
- Shorten reviews but keep current rights to challenge projects in court
- Shorten reviews and limit lawsuits against energy projects
Social Security and Medicare
Her campaign website's Key Issues page says Social Security and Medicare are necessary components of seniors' care, that some improvements should be made, and that she is against any cuts to funding that hard-working Americans have invested.6
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists increasing tax relief for middle-class households and closing loopholes that allow billionaires and large corporations to pay lower effective tax rates than working families.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists supporting tax incentives for small businesses, family farms, commercial fishermen and local entrepreneurs, and opposing tax giveaways to profitable corporations that fail to create local jobs.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists ending pay for Congress during government shutdowns.9
Infrastructure and Transportation
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists creating a federal National Disaster Insurance Program, increasing federal investment in flood mitigation projects and expanding grants for home elevation and hurricane hardening among its goals for lowering insurance costs.9
Housing
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists expanding down-payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers among its housing goals.9
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists cracking down on large investment firms purchasing single-family homes and driving up prices among its housing goals.9
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks.9
- 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
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists ending Citizens United among its government reform goals.9
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists supporting term limits through constitutional reform.9
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists expanding the Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices.9
- Add justices to the court
- Keep nine justices under current law
- Fix the number at nine in the Constitution
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists replacing lifetime Supreme Court appointments with staggered 18-year terms.9
- Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
- Keep lifetime appointments
Her campaign website's Policy Plans page lists establishing a binding code of ethics for Supreme Court justices, with enhanced financial disclosures, independent review procedures for ethical complaints and stronger recusal standards.9
- Pass a law setting a binding ethics code, with outside review of complaints and recusal decisions
- Keep ethics rules in the court's hands, but have it add its own way to enforce them
- Keep the court's current code
§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 September 30, 2026.10
| Raised | $7,383 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $4,102 |
| Cash on hand | $3,880 |
| Debts owed by the campaign | $2,350 |