# Candace Newell

Candace Newell is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House for district 99.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Louisiana House, district 99
- Serving since: 2020-01-13
- Current term: LA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/85a96a1b-a8a0-4ddd-acd7-9452b48f5ace

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/85a96a1b-a8a0-4ddd-acd7-9452b48f5ace (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Newell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Louisiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.73 (standard error 0.03), from 77 donors and 977 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (LA 2025–26 session)

2,668 roll calls. Attendance 92.9% (Louisiana House 90.7%). Party unity 98.9% (89%). 78 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-01 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · SB 237 CHILDREN: Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB237/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1650) · SB 132 SCHOOLS: Provides that each public school board is to install exterior master key boxes to allow for rapid entry, response, and rescue by law… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB132/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1647) · SB 228 LOCAL FINANCE: Constitutional amendment to allow for the use of public funds to replace drinking water utility service lines located on private… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB228/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1634) · SB 202 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor meetings in certain parishes for certain races. (8/1/26) (EN… · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB202/
- 2026-05-29 · voted nay · FINAL PASSAGE (#1644) · SB 513 PUBLIC CONTRACTS: Provides for public works project delivery methods. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB513/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1651) · SB 25 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS: Adjusts compensation schedule for Registrar of Voters. (7/1/26) (EN +$496,168 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB25/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1762) · SB 80 COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides for the regulation of certain broadband services. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1645) · SB 268 LOCAL FINANCE: Provides for lead service line replacement. (8/1/26) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB268/
- 2026-05-29 · voted not voting · FINAL PASSAGE (#1638) · SB 406 TAX/LOCAL: Authorizes the city of Slidell to levy a hotel occupancy tax. (gov sig) (EN +$590,000 LF RV See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB406/
- 2026-05-29 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE (#1641) · SB 433 MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain medications. (1/1/27) (EN +$3,000,000 GF EX See Note) · pass · https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB433/

## Legislation (LA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 32 bills: 24 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 138. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Louisiana House 47.9%; rank 88 of 101).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 395: COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the ninetieth anniversary of the New Orleans Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (introduced, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR395/
- HB 1254: DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to the New Orleans Regional Business Park (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1254/
- HR 176: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Mable Harris Thomas on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday (introduced, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR176/
- HR 167: CONDOLENCES: Expresses condolences on the death of Mable Harris Thomas (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR167/
- HR 122: COMMENDATIONS: Commends Heaven Riley Breaux for being named Miss Louisiana Teen USA (introduced, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR122/
- HR 111: COMMENDATIONS: Commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of New Hope Baptist Church (introduced, 2026-04-10) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR111/
- HR 3: HOUSING: Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to work in conjunction with the division of administration and the State Civil Service Commission to study… (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HR3/
- HB 912: COSMETOLOGY: Provides relative to cosmetology (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB912/
- HB 705: LEGISLATIVE POWERS: Provides relative to contempt of the legislature (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB705/
- HB 822: DISTRICTS/ECONOMIC DEVEL: Provides relative to nonprofit entities that appoint members to the board of commissioners of certain economic development districts (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB822/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=99
- Campaign site: https://candacenewell.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepNewell99
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candace.newell.7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candaceforla99
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candace-n-newell-8456a517/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/85a96a1b-a8a0-4ddd-acd7-9452b48f5ace