Republican lawmakers grow alarmed over signs of 2026 election wipeout

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10. Unfortunately, there's No chance of that

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He did not even have a Democratic Challenger in 2024.

One guy has declared for 2026, but he is the longest of long shots to win.

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/09/02/louisiana-democratic-dirt-row-vegetable-farmer-targets-speaker-mike-johnson-in-2026-election/85930491007/

Louisiana Democratic 'dirt row farmer' targets Speaker Mike Johnson in 2026 election
Democrat Conrad Cable, a vegetable farmer from Union Parish, wants to take on America's most powerful member of Congress in the 2026 election in Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's 4th District.

"This isn't about left versus right or Democrat verses Republican; it's about the bottom versus the top," Cable, 33, said in an interview with USA Today Network. "I want to represent working people who are working harder than ever and getting back less and less."

But before Cable can go head to head against Johnson he'll have to win the Democratic primary election April 18 while Johnson runs in the Republican primary. They are the first closed primary elections in Louisiana in more than a decade. No other candidates have yet declared for the race.

Cable, who kicked off his campaign with a Labor Day event in his hometown of Marion, described himself as a "dirt row farmer" who understands the struggles of the working class.