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Pagel’s place in the race
Candida Pearll Pagel is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House seat representing Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
The race is contested, with five candidates listed. Pagel is one of three Democrats in the field. Two Republicans are also running, including the incumbent, Steve MR Scalise. An incumbent is the person who currently holds the office.
Pagel’s official candidate entry contains no biography. It also lists no documented policy positions, money raised, money spent or cash on hand. Those entries do not establish Pagel’s professional history, public service experience, campaign priorities or approach to issues before Congress.
The full candidate field
Lauren Jewett, Democrat: Jewett is listed as a candidate for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The candidate entry contains no biography or documented policy positions. It also has no figures on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand.
Donna Faye Major, Democrat: Major is listed as a candidate for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The candidate entry contains no biography or documented policy positions. It also has no figures on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand.
Candida Pearll Pagel, Democrat: Pagel is listed as a candidate for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The candidate entry contains no biography or documented policy positions. It also has no figures on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand.
Steve MR Scalise, Republican: Scalise is listed as the incumbent candidate for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The candidate entry contains no biography or documented policy positions. It also has no figures on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand.
Randall Arrington, Republican: Arrington is listed as a candidate for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District. The candidate entry contains no biography or documented policy positions. It also has no figures on file for money raised, money spent or cash on hand.
Policy and campaign information
No documented policy positions are listed for any of the five candidates. That means the official race entries do not identify where Pagel, Jewett, Major, Scalise or Arrington stands on specific federal issues.
Campaign finance figures are also not on file for any candidate in the race. There are no listed totals for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand for Pagel or any of the other four candidates. Without those figures, the entries do not show the size of each campaign’s financial activity.
The same limitation applies to candidate backgrounds. No biography is listed for Pagel, Jewett, Major, Scalise or Arrington. Scalise is identified as the incumbent, but the entries contain no additional biographical information about any candidate.
Election details to follow
The election is the 2026 general election for Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District, with voting scheduled for Nov. 3. Because five candidates are listed, voters will have a choice among multiple candidates and two party affiliations.
The central developments to watch are whether candidates add biographies, publish documented issue positions or report campaign finance totals.
