Upset Brief · Louisiana U.S. Senate · Jamie Davis (D) vs. Julia Letlow (R)
Davis can win. The math closes using 43 percent of what history allows.
15%
odds today
52%
odds with the plan
71,414
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 20
Where
- 01+26,030Orleans ParishStarting line Davis +79. 16,289 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 47,463 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 02+19,059East Baton Rouge ParishStarting line Davis +24. 18,331 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 53,668 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 03+6,737Jefferson ParishStarting line Letlow +1. 11,725 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 58,626 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 04+3,796Lafayette ParishStarting line Letlow +16. 7,759 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 34,508 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 05+2,402Ouachita ParishStarting line Letlow +13. 3,574 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 20,896 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 06+1,956St. Landry ParishStarting line even. 2,909 persuadable voters leaning Letlow; 9,191 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
The top 12 parishes carry 87% of the plan.
How
- P+54,722PersuadeTicket splitters and the 8 percent still undecided in the latest poll: 127,078 leaning Letlow today.
- M+17,834MobilizeAt least 192,715 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in parishes where Davis's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+2,428ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the parishes that lean Davis's way.
What has to be true
- Davis wins 22 percent of the ticket splitters and undecided voters now leaning Letlow.
- In the precincts Davis's side carries in Orleans Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish, 15 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
- No national wave is required. The plan closes at 43 percent of what recent Louisiana results show is possible.
- The starting line comes from published 2026 polls, including campaign or party sponsored polls where those are the only ones; if the true gap is different, so is the plan.
The numbers behind it
- 01Crossover regression3,863 precincts, R² 0.983, 476 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 5-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -116,604 to 125,534 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Davis $479,104 cash on hand; Letlow $1,427,072.
- 04Call program for this list116,027 households, 348,082 dials, about 18,239 live conversations: an estimated $31,896 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Louisiana Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 through 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 26, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.