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<ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Committee_assignments"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#U.S._Senate"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">U.S. Senate</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#2013-2014"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">2013-2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#2011-2012"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">2011-2012</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Key_votes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Key votes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#113th_Congress"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">113th Congress</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#National_security"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">National security</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#John_Brennan_CIA_nomination"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">John Brennan CIA nomination</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Farm_bill"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Farm bill</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#2014_Budget"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">2014 Budget</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Government_shutdown"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Government shutdown</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#No_Budget,_No_Pay_Act_of_2013"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Immigration"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Immigration</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Mexico-U.S._border"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mexico-U.S. border</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Social_issues"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Social issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#Violence_Against_Women_(2013)"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Violence Against Women (2013)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Previous_congressional_sessions"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Previous congressional sessions</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-21"><a href="#Fiscal_cliff"><span class="tocnumber">4.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fiscal cliff</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Issues"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#National_security_2"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">National security</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24"><a href="#American_response_in_Syria"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">American response in Syria</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Healthcare"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Healthcare</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-26"><a href="#Vanishing_healthcare_plans"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Vanishing healthcare plans</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-27"><a href="#Delay_in_Obamacare_mandate"><span class="tocnumber">5.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Delay in Obamacare mandate</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Social_issues_2"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Social issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-29"><a href="#Gay_marriage"><span class="tocnumber">5.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Gay marriage</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Noteworthy_events"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Noteworthy events</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-31"><a href="#Banned_from_Russia"><span class="tocnumber">5.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Banned from Russia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-32"><a href="#Husband's_real_estate_career"><span class="tocnumber">5.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Husband's real estate career</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-35"><a href="#Election_results"><span class="tocnumber">6.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Election results</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-36"><a href="#Dec._5_general_election"><span class="tocnumber">6.1.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Dec. 5 general election</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-37"><a href="#Nov._4_primary_election"><span class="tocnumber">6.1.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Nov. 4 primary election</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href="#Media"><span class="tocnumber">6.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Media</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"><a href="#Polls"><span class="tocnumber">6.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Polls</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Full_history"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Full history</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-41"><a href="#Campaign_finance_summary"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance summary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-42"><a href="#Personal_Gain_Index"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Personal Gain Index</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#PGI:_Change_in_net_worth"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">PGI: Change in net worth</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#PGI:_Donation_Concentration_Metric"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">PGI: Donation Concentration Metric</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-45"><a href="#Analysis"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Analysis</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href="#Ideology_and_leadership"><span class="tocnumber">9.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ideology and leadership</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Like-minded_colleagues"><span class="tocnumber">9.2</span> <span class="toctext">Like-minded colleagues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-48"><a href="#Lifetime_voting_record"><span class="tocnumber">9.3</span> <span class="toctext">Lifetime voting record</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"><a href="#Congressional_staff_salaries"><span class="tocnumber">9.4</span> <span class="toctext">Congressional staff salaries</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-50"><a href="#National_Journal_vote_ratings"><span class="tocnumber">9.5</span> <span class="toctext">National Journal vote ratings</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-51"><a href="#2013"><span class="tocnumber">9.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-52"><a href="#2012"><span class="tocnumber">9.5.2</span> <span class="toctext">2012</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-53"><a href="#2011"><span class="tocnumber">9.5.3</span> <span class="toctext">2011</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-54"><a href="#Voting_with_party"><span class="tocnumber">9.6</span> <span class="toctext">Voting with party</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-55"><a href="#2014_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-56"><a href="#2013_2"><span class="tocnumber">9.6.2</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-57"><a href="#Personal"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Personal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-58"><a href="#Recent_news"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Recent news</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-59"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-60"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-61"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">14</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><b>Mary Loretta Landrieu</b> (b. November 23, 1955, in Arlington, <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>) was previously a <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> from the state of <a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. Landrieu was first elected to the Senate in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Landrieu and Rep. <a href="/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Bill Cassidy</a> were the top two vote-getters in the November 4, 2014, <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014">"jungle primary"</a>. Cassidy defeated Landrieu in a runoff election on December 6, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-relec14_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relec14-2">[2]</a></sup> Some speculated that the Landrieu-Cassidy runoff election would receive significant <a href="/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">satellite spending</a> and national media attention because the winner of the race was expected to decide which party would gain control of the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-media_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-media-3">[3]</a></sup> The race, however, was less competitive and contentious because <a href="/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> secured control of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on November 4, 2014. </p><p>Landrieu was a member of the <a href="/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> from 1980 to 1988 and served as the <a href="/Louisiana_State_Treasurer" title="Louisiana State Treasurer">Louisiana State Treasurer</a> from 1988 to 1996. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2> <p>Landrieu was born in 1955 in Arlington, <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Va.</a>, and she attended high school at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, <a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">La</a>. She attended Louisiana State University and graduated in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2> <p>Below is an abbreviated outline of Landrieu's professional and political career:<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Member of the <a href="/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a>, 1980-1988</li> <li><a href="/Louisiana_State_Treasurer" title="Louisiana State Treasurer">Louisiana State Treasurer</a>, 1988-1996</li> <li>Member of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a>, 1997-2015</li></ul> <p>She has also worked as a real estate agent.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013-2014">2013-2014</span></h4> <p>Landrieu served on the following Senate committees:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a> <i>Chairwoman</i></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Appropriations Committee</a> <ul><li>Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs</li> <li>Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies</li> <li>Subcommittee on Department of Homeland</li> <li>Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development</li> <li>Subcommittee on Department of Defense</li> <li>Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a> <i>Chairwoman</i> <ul><li>Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining</li> <li>Subcommittee on National Parks</li> <li>Subcommittee on Energy</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> <ul><li>Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia</li> <li>Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight</li> <li>Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Landrieu was selected as the chair of the <a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee</a> on February 11, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2011-2012">2011-2012</span></h4> <p>Landrieu served on the following Senate committees:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a> <i>Chairwoman</i></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Appropriations Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Key_votes">Key votes</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="113th_Congress">113th Congress</span></h3> <p>The second session of the <a href="/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th Congress</a> enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the <a href="/112th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Congress">112th Congress</a> had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> The Senate confirmed 13,949 out of 18,323 executive nominations received (76.1 percent). For more information pertaining to Landrieu's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="National_security">National security</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="John_Brennan_CIA_nomination">John Brennan CIA nomination</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Landrieu voted for the confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, 2013, with a vote of 63 - 34. Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-votes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Farm_bill">Farm bill</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> On February 4, 2014, the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> controlled <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HR2642:">H.R. 2642</a>, also known as the <a href="/United_States_Farm_Bill_2013" title="United States Farm Bill 2013">Farm Bill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> It passed the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> with a vote of 68-32. The nearly 1,000-page bill reformed and continued various programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that will kick in if or when prices drop; however, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.<sup id="cite_ref-farm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farm-13">[13]</a></sup> Landrieu joined with 46 other <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">senators</a> in favor of the bill. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_Budget">2014 Budget</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> On January 16, 2014, the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a>-controlled <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> approved <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00013#position">H.R. 3547</a>, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-polsenate_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polsenate-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> The <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> voted 72-26 for the 1,582 page bill, with 17 <a href="/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> and 55 <a href="/Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrats">Democrats</a> voting in favor of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency and left the <a href="/Healthcare.gov_website_rollout" title="Healthcare.gov website rollout">Affordable Care Act</a> without any drastic cuts. Landrieu voted with the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> Party in favor of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-polsenate_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polsenate-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Government_shutdown">Government shutdown</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_budget_debate,_2013" title="United States budget debate, 2013">United States budget debate, 2013</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> During the shutdown in October 2013, the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate Democrats</a> was to require income verification for <a href="/Obamacare" class="mw-redirect" title="Obamacare">Obamacare</a> subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill from <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> members. Landrieu voted with the <a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> for the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="No_Budget.2C_No_Pay_Act_of_2013"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="No_Budget,_No_Pay_Act_of_2013">No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Landrieu voted for H.R.325 -- No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, 2013, with a vote of 64 - 34. The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-votes_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration">Immigration</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Mexico-U.S._border">Mexico-U.S. border</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Nay3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/55px-Nay3.png" width="55" height="30" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/83px-Nay3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/110px-Nay3.png 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="106" /></a><span style="display:inline-block; filter:alpha(opacity=0); -moz-opacity:0.0; -khtml-opacity: 0.0; opacity: 0.0;"></span> Landrieu voted against Senate Amendment 1197 -- Requires the Completion of the Fence Along the United States-Mexico Border. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 39 - 54. The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of 350 miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted. It would also require 700 miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines.<sup id="cite_ref-votes_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Social_issues">Social issues</span></h3> <h4><span id="Violence_Against_Women_.282013.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Violence_Against_Women_(2013)">Violence Against Women (2013)</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Landrieu voted for S.47 -- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, 2013, with a vote of 78 - 22. The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons. All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-votes_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votes-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Previous_congressional_sessions">Previous congressional sessions</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Fiscal_cliff">Fiscal cliff</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Landrieu voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1610395138232-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1610395138232-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Issues">Issues</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="National_security_2">National security</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="American_response_in_Syria">American response in Syria</span></h4> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_involvement_in_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="United States involvement in Syria">United States involvement in Syria</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Landrieu released the following statement on September 10, 2013, on the unfolding situation in Syria: "The use of chemical weapons is cruel and inhumane, and I'm convinced by the evidence presented that the Assad regime used them. During the last few days, I've taken in a tremendous amount of information and views and listened closely to the people of Louisiana and will continue to do so. I believe that we should all push as hard as possible for a diplomatic solution, which would require Syria to give up its complete stockpile of chemical weapons and agree to cease future production and use, in a way that can be verified."<sup id="cite_ref-syria_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syria-20">[20]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Healthcare">Healthcare</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Vanishing_healthcare_plans">Vanishing healthcare plans</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Health_insurance_policy_cancellations_since_Obamacare" title="Health insurance policy cancellations since Obamacare">Health insurance policy cancellations since Obamacare</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Landrieu spoke in favor of a proposal for legislation on October 29, 2013, that would ensure that all Americans could keep their existing insurance coverage under Obamacare.<sup id="cite_ref-vanish_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanish-21">[21]</a></sup> </p><p>“The promise was made, and it should be kept. And it was our understanding when we voted for that bill that people when they have insurance could keep with what they had. So I’m going to be working on that fix," Landrieu said.<sup id="cite_ref-vanish_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanish-21">[21]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Delay_in_Obamacare_mandate">Delay in Obamacare mandate</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Obamacare_overview" class="mw-redirect" title="Obamacare overview">Obamacare overview</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>On October 24, 2013, Landrieu endorsed a proposal to give Americans more time to sign up for benefits under the Affordable Care Act. The enrollment deadline to sign up for coverage in the first year of the health law's exchanges was March 31, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-mandate_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mandate-22">[22]</a></sup> </p><p>"I've always been committed to making the Affordable Care Act work and will continue doing so. I support extending the enrollment period to give people who haven't had access or who want more choice enough time to shop from the 40 competitively priced plans in Louisiana's marketplace. The administration should consider this commonsense suggestion," Landrieu said in a statement.<sup id="cite_ref-mandate_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mandate-22">[22]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Social_issues_2">Social issues</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Gay_marriage">Gay marriage</span></h4> <p>Landrieu released the following statement on gay marriage: "I feel very strongly that people should be allowed to love who they love, but unfortunately my state has a very strong ban against gay marriage constitutionally, so I'm going to have to think really carefully and listen to the voters of my state about that issue. But it's very tough because I think most people believe that people should love who they love," Landrieu said.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> </p><p>Landrieu was one of only three <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> <a href="/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">Senators</a> who have not voiced support for same-sex marriage, as of April 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-metro_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metro-24">[24]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Noteworthy_events"><a href="/Noteworthy_events" title="Noteworthy events">Noteworthy events</a></span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Banned_from_Russia">Banned from Russia</span></h4> <p>In March 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin banned Landrieu from entering Russia. The ban was reportedly in response to the United States government enacting sanctions against the Russian Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="Husband.27s_real_estate_career"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Husband's_real_estate_career">Husband's real estate career</span></h4> <p>After lobbyist Tony Podesta hired real estate agent Frank Snellings, Landrieu's husband, to sell his Capitol Hill townhouse, it drew national media attention in August 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-estate_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estate-27">[27]</a></sup> </p><p>Podesta had previously hired Snellings, a lawyer-turned-property agent, to broker his 2009 purchase of the townhouse for just under $1.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-estate_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estate-27">[27]</a></sup> "I don't remember when I first met Frank, but it was a long time ago. Frank's a really go get 'em agent, and he has a good instinct," Podesta said.<sup id="cite_ref-estate_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estate-27">[27]</a></sup> </p><p>Landrieu's communications director, Matt Lehner said in a statement: "After practicing law in Louisiana for 19 years, Mr. Snellings decided 11 years ago to sell real estate. At that time, he and Sen. Landrieu received guidance from the Senate Ethics Committee that stated it is completely permissible and appropriate for Mr. Snellings to be a real estate agent for anyone. Mr. Snellings and Sen. Landrieu have always abided by the committee's rules and guidance, and they disclose their finances every year."<sup id="cite_ref-estate_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estate-27">[27]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014">United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014</a></i></dd> <dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014">United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Landrieu and Rep. <a href="/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Bill Cassidy</a> were the top two vote-getters in the November 4 <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Louisiana,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014">primary election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reelec14_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reelec14-28">[28]</a></sup> Cassidy defeated Landrieu in a general election on December 6, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-relec14_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relec14-2">[2]</a></sup> Some speculated that the Landrieu-Cassidy general election would receive significant <a href="/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">satellite spending</a> and national media attention because the winner of the race was expected to decide which party would gain control of the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-media_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-media-3">[3]</a></sup> The race, however, was less competitive and contentious because <a href="/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> secured control of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on November 4, 2014. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_results">Election results</span></h4> <h5><span class="mw-headline" id="Dec._5_general_election">Dec. 5 general election</span></h5> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible table70"> <caption class="general"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana General Election, 2014</b> </caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</th> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="grey;text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Mary Landrieu <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">44.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">561,210</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Bill Cassidy</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">55.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">712,379</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>1,273,589</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/12062014/12062014_Congressional.html">Louisiana Secretary of State</a> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <h5><span class="mw-headline" id="Nov._4_primary_election">Nov. 4 primary election</span></h5> <table class="table table-responsive table-hover mw-collapsible collapsed table-sixty"> <caption class="general"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana Primary Election, 2014</b> </caption> <tbody><tr class="thead"> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</th> <th width="275px" style="text-align:left">Candidate</th> <th width="75px" style="grey;text-align:right">Vote %</th> <th width="100px" style="text-align:right">Votes</th> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Mary Landrieu</b> <small><i><b>Incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">42.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">619,402</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Wayne Ables </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">0.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">11,323</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Vallian Senegal </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">3,831</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> William Waymire Jr. </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">4,673</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Bill Cassidy</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">41%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">603,084</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Rob Maness </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">13.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">202,556</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Thomas Clements </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">14,173</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:left"> Brannon Lee McMorris </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:right">0.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right">13,034</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="text-align:left;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><b>1,472,076</b></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mary Landrieu</a> and <a href="/Bill_Cassidy" title="Bill Cassidy">Bill Cassidy</a> headed to a runoff election on December 6, 2014.</b> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11042014/11042014_Congressional.html"><i>Louisiana Secretary of State</i></a> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Media">Media</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">Media involvement in the race</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Some speculated that the Landrieu – Cassidy runoff election would receive significant <a href="/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">satellite spending</a> and national media attention because the winner of the race was expected to decide which party would gain control of the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-media_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-media-3">[3]</a></sup> The race, however, was less competitive and contentious because <a href="/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> secured control of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on November 4, 2014. At least <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Anti-Landrieu_ads" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">seven groups</a> ran ads against Landrieu tying her to Obama and Rep. <a href="/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D) and criticizing her for her stances on gun control, abortion, <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Healthcare" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Healthcare">the Affordable Care Act</a> and immigration. Cassidy also ran ads promising to oppose Obama's <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Bill_Cassidy" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">energy policies</a>, his <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Bill_Cassidy" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">"amnesty plan"</a> and <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Bill_Cassidy" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">the Affordable Care Act</a>. Landrieu's first ad, <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Mary_Landrieu" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">"Whoa,"</a> featured Cassidy giving a speech that the narrator called "incoherent." Landrieu also released ads that criticized Cassidy's positions on <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Mary_Landrieu" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">social security, raising the minimum wage and equal pay for women</a> and accused him of <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Mary_Landrieu" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">cutting $86 million dollars from Louisiana's schools</a> to pay for a tax break for millionaires. Louisiana's Democratic Central Committee also ran a <a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Media#Anti-Cassidy_ads" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Media">radio spot</a> for Landrieu. The narrator in the ad said, "They have shown our president so much disrespect. From playing the race card in commercials, talking about trying to impeach him, to lying about the progress the country has made under his leadership. The president needs you to have you have his back, now more than ever."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Polls">Polls</span></h4> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>December 6 Runoff</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Bill Cassidy</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2014/IWV_GEB_LA_1214.pdf">IWV/GEB International</a><br />November 20, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">34%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">60%</td><td>+/-3.4</td><td>850</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://winwithjmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Louisiana-Senate-Runoff-Executive-Summary-Release.pdf">JMC Analytics</a><br />November 20, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">38%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">53%</td><td>+/-3.6</td><td>734</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/louisiana/election_2014_louisiana_senate">Rasmussen Reports</a><br />November 16-19, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">56%</td><td>+/-3.0</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.poppolling.com/index.php?polls-news&a=view&article_id=45#.VG4QS1VdeQ1">Vox Populi</a><br />November 16-17, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">53%</td><td>+/-3.55</td><td>761</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/senate/la/louisiana_senate_cassidy_vs_landrieu-3670.html">Gravis Marketing</a><br />November 12-14, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">38%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">59%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>643</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1360398/cassidy-survey-111214-memo.pdf">Magellan Strategies</a><br />November 12, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">40.5%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">56.6%</td><td>+/-2.2</td><td>1,917</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>Landrieu (D) v. Cassidy (R)</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu (D)</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Bill Cassidy (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Undecided</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/louisiana/election_2014_louisiana_senate">Rasmussen Reports</a><br />October 13-14, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">43%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">52%</td><td style="text-align:center;">5%</td><td>+/-3</td><td>965</td></tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/239575871/LA-Sen-GQR-for-Senate-Majority-PAC-Sept-2014">Greenberg Quinlan Rosner</a><br />August 28-September 2, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">48%</td><td style="text-align:center;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;">6%</td><td>+/-4</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_701.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />June 26-29, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">6%</td><td>+/-3.8</td><td>664</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/gqr-d-senate-majority-pac-19469">Greenberg Quinlan Rosner</a><br />May 5-8, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">49%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">49%</td><td style="text-align:center;">2%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.americancrossroads.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AC-14.04-LA-Toplines.pdf">Harper Polling</a><br />April 6-7, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">43%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td>+/-4.22</td><td>538</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://lapolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Toplines_LA-health-care-issuesVCR14025.pdf">Voter/Consumer Research</a><br />February 20-25, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">45%</td><td style="text-align:center;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;">9%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://buildkxlnow.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Louisiana-Topline-Tables.pdf">Hickman Analytics</a><br />February 17-24, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;">12%</td><td>+/-4.9</td><td>404</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_211.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />February 6-9, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">45%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td>+/-3.9</td><td>635</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/landrieu_cassidy_senate_poll.html">Rasmussen Reports</a><br />January 28-29, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;">40%</td><td style="text-align:center;">16%</td><td>+/-4.5</td><td>500</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://images.politico.com/global/2014/02/06/ac_1401_la_toplines.html">Harper Polling</a><br />January 19-20, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">45%</td><td style="text-align:center;">11%</td><td>+/-3.11</td><td>992</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/louisiana_poll_landrieu_cassidy_jindal_vitter.html">Southern Media and Opinion Research</a><br />November 6-12, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">34%</td><td style="text-align:center;">25%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_LA_082013.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />August 16-19, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">50%</td><td style="text-align:center;">40%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td>+/-3.6</td><td>721</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://conservativeintel.com/819-conservative-intel-poll-of-louisiana/#">Harper Polling/Conservative Intel</a><br />August 14-15, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">45%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">8%</td><td>+/-4.01</td><td>596</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/161484229/LA-Sen-OnMessage-for-NRSC-Aug-2013">OnMessage</a><br /> August 12-15, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">14%</td><td>+/-3.5</td><td>800</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://harperpolling.com/polls/louisiana-senate-landrieu-holds-narrow-lead-over-cassidy">Harper Polling</a><br />April 6-7, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">13%</td><td>+/-4.21</td><td>541</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>General election match-up</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu (D)</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Bill Cassidy (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Rob Maness (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2;"><b>Paul Hollis (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2;"><b>Undecided</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/louisiana/election_2014_louisiana_senate">Rasmussen Reports</a><br />October 13-14, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">38%</td><td style="text-align:center;">14%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">5%</td><td>+/-3</td></tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/09/28/topla1.pdf">CNN/ORC</a><br />September 22-25, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">43%</td><td style="text-align:center;">40%</td><td style="text-align:center;">9%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">8%</td><td>+/-3</td><td>1,013</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/upshot/explaining-online-panels-and-the-2014-midterms.html">CBS/NYT/YouGov</a><br />July 5-24, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">1%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>1,428</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/louisiana/election_2014_louisiana_senate">Rasmussen Reports</a><br />July 8-9, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">43%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">6%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>750</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_701.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />June 26-29, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;">27%</td><td style="text-align:center;">8%</td><td style="text-align:center;">5%</td><td style="text-align:center;">17%</td><td>+/-3.8</td><td>664</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2014/Magellan_LA_0614.pdf">Magellan Strategies</a><br />June 5-8, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">50%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">1%</td><td>+/-3.65</td><td>719</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/gqr-d-senate-majority-pac-19469">Greenberg Quinlan Rosner</a><br />May 5-8, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">48%</td><td style="text-align:center;">29%</td><td style="text-align:center;">7%</td><td style="text-align:center;">8%</td><td style="text-align:center;">8%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.bayoubuzz.com/buzz/item/664287-breaking-smor-poll-landrieu-hits-new-low-39">Southern Media Opinion Research</a><br />April 28-30, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">36%</td><td style="text-align:center;">35.4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">7.1%</td><td style="text-align:center;">3.9%</td><td style="text-align:center;">16.6%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1146701/polls-in-four-southern-states-april-8-15-2014.pdf">Kaiser Foundation</a><br />April 8-15, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;">18%</td><td style="text-align:center;">4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">5%</td><td style="text-align:center;">20%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>1,075</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.americancrossroads.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AC-14.04-LA-Toplines.pdf">Harper Polling</a><br />April 6-7, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">40%</td><td style="text-align:center;">35%</td><td style="text-align:center;">4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">3%</td><td style="text-align:center;">18%</td><td>+/-4.22</td><td>538</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://theadvocate.com/news/politics/8813165-123/landrieu-leads-in-conservatives-poll">Magellan Strategies</a><br />March 24-26, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">39.3%</td><td style="text-align:center;">26.3%</td><td style="text-align:center;">2.6%</td><td style="text-align:center;">3.4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">28.4%</td><td>+/-4.1</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://buildkxlnow.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Louisiana-Topline-Tables.pdf">Hickman Analytics</a><br />February 17-24, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">46%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">12%</td><td>+/-4.9</td><td>404</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_211.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />February 6-9, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">43%</td><td style="text-align:center;">25%</td><td style="text-align:center;">3%</td><td style="text-align:center;">5%</td><td style="text-align:center;">25%</td><td>+/-3.9</td><td>635</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://images.politico.com/global/2014/02/06/ac_1401_la_toplines.html">Harper Polling</a><br />January 19-20, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;">29%</td><td style="text-align:center;">4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">4%</td><td style="text-align:center;">20%</td><td>+/-3.11</td><td>992</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/louisiana_poll_landrieu_cassidy_jindal_vitter.html">Southern Media Opinion Research</a><br />November 6-12, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">34%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td style="text-align:center;">0%</td><td style="text-align:center;">15.5%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>Landrieu (D) v. Guillory (R)</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu (D)</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Elbert Guillory (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Undecided</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_LA_082013.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />August 16-19, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">50%</td><td style="text-align:center;">36%</td><td style="text-align:center;">14%</td><td>+/-3.6</td><td>721</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://conservativeintel.com/819-conservative-intel-poll-of-louisiana/#">Harper Polling/Conservative Intel</a><br />August 14-15, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">44%</td><td style="text-align:center;">11%</td><td>+/-4.01</td><td>596</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>Landrieu (D) v. Maness (R)</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu (D)</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Rob Maness (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Undecided</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_211.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />February 6-9, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td>+/-3.9</td><td>635</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/louisiana_poll_landrieu_cassidy_jindal_vitter.html">Southern Media and Opinion Research</a><br />November 6-12, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">49%</td><td>+/-4.0</td><td>600</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_LA_082013.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />August 16-19, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">50%</td><td style="text-align:center;">37%</td><td style="text-align:center;">13%</td><td>+/-3.6</td><td>721</td></tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://conservativeintel.com/819-conservative-intel-poll-of-louisiana/#">Harper Polling/Conservative Intel</a><br />August 14-15, 2013<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">47%</td><td style="text-align:center;">41%</td><td style="text-align:center;">12%</td><td>+/-4.01</td><td>596</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="1" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="collapsible collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="15"><b>Landrieu (D) v. Hollis (R)</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="300px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Poll</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Mary Landrieu (D)</b></td> <td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Paul Hollis (R)</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Undecided</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Margin of Error</b></td><td width="100px" style="background-color:#e5e4e2"><b>Sample Size</b></td> </tr><tr> <td height="5px" style="color:white;background-color:#444;" colspan="20"></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr><tr> <td style="background-color:#ccccff"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_LA_211.pdf">Public Policy Polling</a><br />February 6-9, 2014<br /></td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFFF77;">48%</td><td style="text-align:center;">42%</td><td style="text-align:center;">10%</td><td>+/-3.9</td><td>635</td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="15"><small><i>Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">editor@ballotpedia.org</a></i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Full_history">Full history</span></h3> <table width="90%" class="collapsible collapsed" style="border:none;"><tbody><tr><th width="90%" style="text-align:left;"><div style="background:#FFFDD0;">To view the full congressional electoral history for Mary Landrieu, click [show] to expand the section.</div></th><th width="90%"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <p><big><b>2008</b></big> </p><p>On November 4, 2008, Mary Landrieu won re-election to the United States Senate. She defeated John Kennedy (R), Richard Fontanesi (L), Jay Patel (I) and Robert Stewart (I) in the primary election. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana Primary Election, 2008</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Mary Landrieu</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">52.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">988,298</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> John Kennedy </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">45.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">867,177</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Richard Fontanesi </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">18,590</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Jay Patel </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.7%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">13,729</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Robert Stewart </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,887,794</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><big><b>2002</b></big> <br /> On December 7, 2002, Mary Landrieu won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. She defeated Suzanne Haik Terrell (R) in the runoff election. </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana Runoff Election, 2002</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Mary Landrieu</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">51.7%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">638,654</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Suzanne Haik Terrell </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">48.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">596,642</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,235,296</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> On November 5, 2002, Mary Landrieu and Suzanne Haik Terrell (R) were the top two vote recipients in the "jungle primary." </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana "Jungle Primary", 2002</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Mary Landrieu</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">46%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">573,347</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Suzanne Haik Terrell</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">27.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">339,506</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> John Cooksey </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">13.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">171,752</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> "Tony" Perkins </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">9.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">119,776</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Ernest Edward Skillman, Jr. </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,668</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Raymond Brown </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">23,553</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Patrick E. "Live Wire" Landry </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">10,442</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> James Lemann </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">3,866</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Garry D. Robbins </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,423</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,246,333</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><big><b>1996</b></big> </p><p>On November 5, 1996, Mary Landrieu won election to the United States Senate. She defeated Louis "Woody" Jenkins (R) in the runoff election.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Louisiana Runoff Election, 1996</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Mary Landrieu</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">50.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">852,945</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Louis "Woody" Jenkins </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">49.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">847,157</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>1,700,102</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_finance_summary">Campaign finance summary</span></h2> <style>.cf_bp_logo {width: 35px !important;}</style><hr /><p><img class="cf_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /><i>Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">Satellite spending groups</a> may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/candcmte_info.shtml">FEC website</a>. Click <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_campaign_finance_laws_and_regulations" title="Federal campaign finance laws and regulations">here</a> for more on federal campaign finance law and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_campaign_finance_information" title="State campaign finance information">here</a> for more on state campaign finance law.</i></p><hr /><div class="widget-table-container widget-pagination" style="max-width: 950px; padding-top:10px"><table data-enable-pagination="true" data-page-size="5" id="cf_summary_622" class="table table-responsive table-hover bp-table"><caption style="text-align:center">Mary Landrieu campaign contribution history </caption><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Office</th><th>Status</th><th>Contributions</th><th>Expenditures</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td data-cell="Year">2008</td><td data-cell="Office">U.S. Senate (Louisiana)</td><td data-cell="Status">Won </td><td data-cell="Contributions">$11,304,952</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr><tr><td data-cell="Year">2002</td><td data-cell="Office">U.S. Senate (Louisiana)</td><td data-cell="Status">Won </td><td data-cell="Contributions">$9,755,656</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr style="background-color: transparent;"><td colspan="3" class="data-cell-empty">Grand total</td><td data-cell="Contributions">$21,060,608</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0;background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-bottom : hidden!important;padding: 0"><span>Sources: <i><a target="_blank" href="https://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets</a>,  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/">Federal Elections Commission</a> <small>***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).</small></i></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0; background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-style : hidden!important;padding: 0"><i>** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle</i></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0; background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-style : hidden!important;padding: 0"><i>Note: Totals above reflect only available data.</i></td></tr></tfoot></table><nav aria-label="Table navigation" id="navcf_summary_622"></nav></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_Gain_Index">Personal Gain Index</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)"><img alt="Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/200px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="109" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/300px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/400px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="274" /></a></div> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)">Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)</a></i><br /></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <b><a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)">Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)</a></b> is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the <a href="/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> have prospered during their tenure as public servants. <br /> It consists of two different metrics: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Changes_in_Net_Worth_of_U.S._Senators_and_Representatives_(Personal_Gain_Index)" title="Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)">Changes in Net Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/The_Donation_Concentration_Metric_(U.S._Congress_Personal_Gain_Index)" title="The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)">The Donation Concentration Metric</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PGI:_Change_in_net_worth">PGI: Change in net worth</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Changes_in_Net_Worth_of_U.S._Senators_and_Representatives_(Personal_Gain_Index)" title="Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)">Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)</a> and <a href="/Net_worth_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" title="Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives">Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png" class="image"><img alt="Net Worth Metric graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/170px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/255px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/340px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></div> <p>Based on <a href="/Household_net_worth_(Member_of_Congress)" title="Household net worth (Member of Congress)">congressional financial disclosure forms</a> and calculations made available by <i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, Landrieu's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $894,018 and $2,695,997. That averages to <b>$1,795,007.50</b>, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic senators in 2012 of $13,566,333. Landrieu ranked as the 53rd most wealthy senator in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> Between 2004 and 2012, Landrieu's calculated net worth<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> decreased by an average of 5 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> </p> <table class="collapsible" width="600px" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #a3bfb1 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th style="background-color:blue; color:white;" colspan="2">Mary Landrieu Yearly Net Worth </th></tr><tr><th>Year</th><th>Average Net Worth</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center">2004</td><td style="text-align:center">$2,875,121</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center">2012</td><td style="text-align:center">$1,795,007</td></tr><tr><td style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Growth from 2004 to 2012:</b></td><td style="text-align:center"><b>−38%</b></td></tr><tr><td style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Average annual growth:</b></td><td style="text-align:center"><b>−5%<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup></b></td></tr><tr><td style="color:black;background-color:#98FB98;text-align:center" colspan="2">Comparatively, the <b>American citizen</b> experienced a median yearly <i>decline</i> in net worth of <b>-0.94%</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup><b></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><small><i>The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.</i></small> </p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PGI:_Donation_Concentration_Metric">PGI: Donation Concentration Metric</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/The_Donation_Concentration_Metric_(U.S._Congress_Personal_Gain_Index)" title="The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)">The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Filings required by the <a href="/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a> report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by <i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). In the <a href="/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th Congress</a>, Landrieu was the Chair of the <a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a>. Landrieu received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the <i>Lawyers/Law Firms</i> industry. </p><p>From 1995-2014, <b>22.9 percent of Landrieu's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.</b><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> </p> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png" class="image"><img alt="Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/179px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="179" height="189" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/269px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/358px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="635" /></a></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #a3bfb1 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:blue;text-align:center" colspan="2"><b>Mary Landrieu Campaign Contributions</b></th></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>Total Raised</b></td> <td width="250" style="text-align:center">$37,974,536</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>Total Spent</b></td> <td width="250" style="text-align:center">$32,004,744</td> </tr> <tr><td width="500" style="text-align:center;background-color:#98FB98" colspan="2">Chair of the <a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:grey;" colspan="2"><b>Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee</b></td></tr> <tr><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Lawyers/Law Firms</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$3,965,863</td> </tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Oil & Gas</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,395,920</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Leadership PACs</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,223,500</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Lobbyists</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,103,177</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Real Estate</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,006,762</td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>% total in top industry</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>10.44%</b></td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>% total in top two industries</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>14.12%</b></td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center;color:white;background-color:#444"><b>% total in top five industries</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>22.9%</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Analysis">Analysis</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ideology_and_leadership">Ideology and leadership</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by <i>GovTrack</i>, Landrieu was a <a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">rank-and-file Democrat</a> as of November 2014. She was a <a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">moderate Democratic leader</a> in July 2014 and a "<a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">rank-and-file Democrat</a>" in June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Like-minded_colleagues">Like-minded colleagues</span></h3> <p>The website <i>OpenCongress</i> tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> </p> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="multicol" style="background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p>Landrieu most often voted with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Tom_Udall" title="Tom Udall">Tom Udall</a></li> <li><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Susan_Collins_(Maine)" title="Susan Collins (Maine)">Susan Collins</a></li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p>Landrieu least often voted with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Joe_Manchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a></li> <li><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Mike_Lee_(Utah)" title="Mike Lee (Utah)">Mike Lee (Utah)</a></li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lifetime_voting_record">Lifetime voting record</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Lifetime_voting_records_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives">Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>According to the website <i>GovTrack,</i> Landrieu missed 177 of 5,657 roll call votes from January 1997 to November 2014. This amounts to <b>3.1 percent</b>, which is worse than the median of 2.0 percent among currently serving senators as of November 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Congressional_staff_salaries">Congressional staff salaries</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Staff_salaries_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" title="Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives">Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The website <i>Legistorm</i> compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Landrieu paid her congressional staff a total of $2,621,357 in 2011. She ranked 20th on the list of the lowest paid Republican senatorial staff salaries and ranked 55th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, <a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> ranked 27th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="National_Journal_vote_ratings">National Journal vote ratings</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/National_Journal_vote_ratings" title="National Journal vote ratings">National Journal vote ratings</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Each year, <i>National Journal</i> publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted, as compared to other members, in the previous year. More information about the analysis process can be found on the vote ratings page. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h4> <p>Landrieu ranked 44th in the liberal rankings in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h4> <p>Landrieu ranked 47th in the liberal rankings in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2011">2011</span></h4> <p>Lanrieu ranked 47th in the liberal rankings in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Voting_with_party">Voting with party</span></h3> <p>The website <i>OpenCongress</i> tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_2">2014</span></h4> <p>Landrieu voted with the Democratic Party <b>87.4 percent</b> of the time, which ranked 44th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of November 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013_2">2013</span></h4> <p>Landrieu voted with the Democratic Party <b>85.3 percent</b> of the time, which ranked 44th among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal">Personal</span></h2> <p><i>Note: Please <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">contact us</a> if the personal information below requires an update.</i><br /> Landrieu is married to attorney Frank Snellings. They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup> </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_news">Recent news</span></h2> <p>This section links to a Google news search for the term <b>Mary + Landrieu + Louisiana + Senate</b> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="rss-feed"> <p><b><span style="font-size:135%"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Mary+Landrieu+Louisiana+Senate&um=1&ie=UTF-8">Mary Landrieu News Feed</a></span></b> </p> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Senate_delegation_from_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate delegation from Louisiana">U.S. Senate delegation from Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014" title="United States Senate elections, 2014">United States Senate elections, 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014">United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_in_Louisiana,_2014/Keystone_Pipeline" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate runoff in Louisiana, 2014/Keystone Pipeline">United States Senate runoff in Louisiana, 2014/Keystone Pipeline</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_runoff_election_in_Louisiana,_2014/Healthcare" title="United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Healthcare">United States Senate runoff election in Louisiana, 2014/Healthcare</a></li> <li><a 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2014/Media</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <p>  </p> <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;" class="mobile-columns"> <ul><li>Social media: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.facebook.com/senatormarylandrieu">Facebook</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/senatorlandrieu">Flickr</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://twitter.com/SenLandrieu">Twitter</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/senatorlandrieu">YouTube</a></li></ul></li> <li>Biographies: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=l000550">U.S. Congress</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" 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noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/personalities/mary-landrieu">PolitiFact</a></li></ul></li> <li>Financial (federal level): <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=S6LA00227">FEC contributions</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00005395">OpenSecrets.org</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.legistorm.com/member/60/Sen_Mary_Loretta_Landrieu.html">LegiStorm.com</a></li></ul></li> <li>Interest group ratings: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/661">Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul></li> <li>Issue positions: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external 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Post</i></a></li></ul></li> <li>Media appearances: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/person/22357"><i>C-SPAN</i></a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1981189">IMDb</a></li></ul></li> <li>Media coverage: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/mary-landrieu"><i> Bloomberg</i></a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/mary_landrieu/index.html"><i> New York Times</i></a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gIQAi61x9O_topic.html"><i> Washington Post</i></a></li></ul></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-bioguide-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_1-3">1.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000550"><i>Bioguide</i>, "Mary Landrieu," accessed June 21, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-relec14-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-relec14_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-relec14_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/02/landrieu-leads-potential-foes-for-reelection.html"><i>Public Policy Polling</i>, "Landrieu leads potential foes for re-election," accessed February 13, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-media-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-media_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-media_3-1">3.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-media_3-2">3.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/10/17/?entry=2791"><i>New York Times</i>, "A Bipartisan Bet: Louisiana Race Is Headed for a Runoff," October 17, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://theadvocate.com/home/8352252-125/landrieu-tapped-as-chairwoman-of"><i>The Advocate</i>, "Sen. Mary Landrieu tapped to head powerful Energy committee," accessed February 12, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm"><i>Official U.S. Senate website</i>, "Committee Assignments," accessed October 20, 2011</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/Resumes/112_2.pdf"><i>Congressional Record</i>, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/Resumes/113_2.pdf"><i>Congressional Record</i>, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-votes-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-votes_11-0">11.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-votes_11-1">11.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-votes_11-2">11.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-votes_11-3">11.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/661/mary-landrieu#.Ul_3KVN0I7I"><i>Project Vote Smart</i>, "Mary Landrieu Key Votes," accessed October 17, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00021"><i>Senate.gov</i>, "H.R. 2642 (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013)," accessed February 12, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-farm-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-farm_13-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us/politics/senate-passes-long-stalled-farm-bill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0"><i>NY Times</i>, "Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and Losers," accessed February 12, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-polsenate-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-polsenate_14-0">14.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-polsenate_14-1">14.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ted-cruz-obamacare-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-102285.html"><i>Politico,</i> "Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vote-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-0">15.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-1">15.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-2">15.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00013#position"><i>U.S. Senate,</i> "January 16 Vote," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-passes-1-1-trillion-omnibus-prewrite/"><i>Roll Call,</i> "House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-effort-to-end-fiscal-crisis-collapses-leaving-senate-to-forge-last-minute-solution/2013/10/16/1e8bb150-364d-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story_1.html"><i>The Washington Post</i>, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00219#top"><i>Senate.gov</i>, "H.R. 2775 As Amended," accessed October 31, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00251"><i>U.S. Senate</i>, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-syria-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-syria_20-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.katc.com/news/senator-mary-landrieu-s-statement-on-unfolding-situation-in-syria/"><i>KATC.com</i>, "Senator Mary Landrieu's Statement on Unfolding Situation in Syria," accessed September 11, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vanish-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vanish_21-0">21.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vanish_21-1">21.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/mary-landrieu-vanishing-health-plans-99101.html"><i>Politico</i>, "Landrieu to propose halting vanishing health plans," accessed October 30, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mandate-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mandate_22-0">22.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mandate_22-1">22.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/sen_landrieu_supports_delay_in.html"><i>NOLA.com</i>, "Sen. Mary Landrieu supports delay in enrollment deadline for Affordable Care Act," accessed October 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/26/gay-marriage-rights_n_2957319.html"><i>Huffingtonpost</i>, "Gay Marriage Rights: The 10 Democratic Senators Who Still Say No," accessed August 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-metro-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-metro_24-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2013/04/bill-nelson-becomes-51st-senator-to-support-same-s.html"><i>Metro Weekly</i>, "Bill Nelson becomes 51st senator to support same-sex marriage," accessed April 5, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/sen-tim-johnson-endorses-gay-marriage"><i>Talking Points Memo</i>, "Senator Tim Johnson Endorses Gay Marriage," accessed April 9, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.bayoubuzz.com/buzz/item/635120-edwin-edwards-ahead-in-poll-sen-landrieu-banned-from-russia"><i>Bayou Buzz</i>, "Edwin Edwards Ahead in Poll; Sen. Landrieu Banned from Russia," accessed March 31, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-estate-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-estate_27-0">27.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-estate_27-1">27.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-estate_27-2">27.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-estate_27-3">27.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/mary-landrieu-husband-real-estate_n_3837993.html?utm_hp_ref=politics"><i>Huffington Post</i>, "Mary Landrieu's Husband Brokered Real Estate Deals For Lobbyists, Campaign Donors," accessed August 30, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reelec14-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-reelec14_28-0">↑</a></span> <span class="error mw-ext-cite-error" lang="en" dir="ltr">Cite error: Invalid <code><ref></code> tag; no text was provided for refs named <code>reelec14</code></span></li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-11-17/the-very-mild-race-war-in-louisianas-runoff"><i>Bloomberg.com</i>, "The Very Mild Race War in Louisiana's Runoff," accessed November 18, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf"><i>Clerk.House.gov</i>, "Election Results," accessed December 4, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00005395&year=2012"><i>OpenSecrets</i>, "Landrieu, (D-LA), 2012," accessed February 18, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://docs.google.com/a/ballotpedia.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmrQhCgFokf8dFczQjBwUnF2bFNMUDVsUmktejdCd3c&usp=drive_web#gid=11">Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet</a> for more information on this calculation.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00005395&newMem=N"><i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, "Sen. Mary L. Landrieu," accessed September 18, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300063"><i>GovTrack</i>, "Mary Landrieu," accessed November 24, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304184927/http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300063_Mary_Landrieu"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Rep. Mary Landrieu," archived March 4, 2016</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/mary_landrieu/300063"><i>GovTrack</i>, "Mary Landrieu," accessed July 22, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.legistorm.com/member/60/Sen_Mary_Landrieu.html"><i>LegiStorm</i>, "Mary Landrieu," accessed 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2013-vote-ratings"><i>National Journal</i>, "2013 Senate Vote Ratings," accessed July 22, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings/table-house-liberal-scores-by-issue-area-20130221"><i>National Journal</i>, "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," accessed February 26, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223"><i>National Journal</i>, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140722131600/http://www.opencongress.org/people/votes_with_party/senate/democrat"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140722132843/http://www.opencongress.org/people/votes_with_party/house/democrat"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://landrieu.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm"><i>Official Senate Page</i>, "Biography," accessed October 20, 2011</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background: #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1">Preceded by<br /><b>J. 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