Louisiana in Common Endorses Jamie Davis for U.S. Senate

Louisiana deserves a senator whose first loyalty is to the people—not to a president, a corporation, or a personal investment portfolio.

Our choice begins with the principles that brought this organization together: integrity, competence, and public service must come before party loyalty. We are guided by center-left values, but we are not interested in defending politicians simply because they wear the right party label.

Our opposition to corruption is explicit and nonnegotiable. We oppose self-dealing, political favoritism, and the use of public office for private advantage. Democrats do not get a pass. Republicans do not get a pass. Neither would a candidate we have endorsed.

Those principles require us to take a hard look at Julia Letlow’s record—and at what that record means for the people she wants to represent.

Financial disclosures are a public obligation

In January, Forbes reported that Letlow disclosed 211 stock and bond transactions more than 45 days after they occurred, in violation of the STOCK Act’s reporting deadline. Almost half dated back to 2024. Her office attributed the omissions to an outside investment firm, but lawmakers remain personally responsible for complying with disclosure requirements. (Source: Zach Everson, Forbes, January 15, 2026; updated January 16, 2026.) Forbes

Then came the reporting about Meta.

Letlow signed a nondisclosure agreement with Laidley LLC, a Meta subsidiary, in June 2024. Letlow's purchases of Meta and Nvidia stock followed within months and went undisclosed for more than a year. The sequence of getting secret information and subsequently purchasing socks in the company providing that secret information raises serious conflict-of-interest and insider-trading concerns (Source: Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom, published by WWNO–New Orleans Public Radio, August 10, 2026.) WWNO

The Meta story is about Louisiana’s interests—not just a politician’s portfolio

On October 12, Red River Radio reported that Entergy Louisiana’s chief executive accidentally disclosed the Meta data center’s projected peak electricity demand: 4,500 megawatts—approximately four times the peak demand of the entire city of New Orleans. Entergy and Meta fought for months to keep that figure private while using their demand projections to justify new gas-fired power plants and an expedited regulatory review. (Source: Jeff Ferrell, “Entergy Louisiana CEO Accidentally Reveals Meta AI Data Center Peak Power Demand,” Red River Radio, October 12, 2026,) Red River Radio

The report demonstrates why the public needs independent scrutiny of major development projects—not simply assurances from the companies involved. Louisianans deserve answers before decisions are made: Who pays for the infrastructure? Who bears the risk if the projected demand does not materialize? What protections are enforceable? And can the public examine the evidence behind the promises?

For LIC, this is what makes Letlow’s choices so troubling: she signed a corporate confidentiality agreement obscuring the massive impact of this data center, and publicly championed the project while buying shares based on information the public had no access to. In our judgment, that combination, at best, puts her too close to the interests she should be independently scrutinizing, and, at worst, it appears to be a straightforward case of insider trading. 

Louisiana can welcome investment without surrendering transparency. We can support jobs without treating corporate promises as a substitute for public accountability. A senator should be the person insisting on those safeguards—not someone whose own financial disclosures leave constituents asking whom they can trust.

Louisiana needs independent judgment, not a loyalty pledge

Letlow has publicly and unequivocally pledged her loyalty to President Donald Trump and promised to work in lockstep with him to advance his agenda. (Source: Thomas Beaumont and Jack Brook, Associated Press, June 27, 2026.) AP News

That is the wrong starting point for representing Louisiana.

A senator’s first responsibility is not to advance a president’s agenda: it is to exercise independent judgment on behalf of the people who sent them to Washington. Sometimes that means working with the president. Sometimes it means saying no.

We would apply the same standard to a Democrat promising unquestioning loyalty to a Democratic president.

In LIC’s judgment, Letlow’s financial-disclosure record, questionable stock trading, and her emphasis on presidential loyalty offer the wrong model of representation. We want fewer questions about personal financial interests and fewer pledges to powerful political patrons. We want a clear commitment to the public interest.

Jamie Davis offers a more grounded alternative

Jamie Davis is a third-generation farmer from Waterproof in Tensas Parish. He has spent most of his life working on his family’s farm, growing cotton, corn, and soybeans. He has also served on the Tensas Parish Police Jury.* He is not a newcomer to public service, but his livelihood is rooted in farming—not a career in Washington. (Source: Wesley Muller, “‘I’m a country boy’: Farmer Jamie Davis goes grassroots to mount US Senate challenge,” Louisiana Illuminator, April 30, 2026.) Louisiana Illuminator

That background gives us hope.

Being a farmer does not automatically make someone a good senator. But we value experience in work where decisions have tangible consequences, resources are limited, and a persuasive speech cannot substitute for getting the job done.

Davis has also offered a straightforward position on data-center costs: “The data center should pay its own bills. Bottom line. Period.” He has publicly said he would not sign the kind of nondisclosure agreements that have become controversial in Louisiana’s economic-development deals. (Sources: Plunk and O’Donoghue, Louisiana Illuminator, October 5, 2026; Julie O’Donoghue, “NDA secrecy for major projects hovers over Louisiana’s congressional elections,” Louisiana Illuminator, September 16, 2026.) Louisiana Illuminator

Davis has identified education, health care, affordability, and the Constitution as his central priorities. He said he did not want to lean into party politics and described finding common ground with Republican farmers. (Source: Liam Combs, “A farmer’s longshot: Jamie Davis’s bid for U.S. Senate,” WAFB 9News, June 24, 2026.) https://www.wafb.com

Those are commitments we welcome—and intend to hold him to.

When Democrats are wrong for Louisiana, we expect Davis to say so. When Republicans offer a useful solution, we expect him to help make it work. When a powerful company seeks public support, we expect him to ask difficult questions and insist on protections for the people affected.

Our endorsement is not a blank check. It is an expectation of honest, independent service.

Our choice is Jamie Davis

Louisiana in Common rejects the idea that ethical shortcuts are simply the price of getting things done. We reject the notion that political loyalty should excuse financial conflicts or that ordinary people should accept secrecy because powerful interests consider it convenient.

We want a senator who treats affordable electricity, accountable government, and public trust as responsibilities—not talking points.

Letlow’s record does not meet that standard. Davis’s background and publicly stated priorities give us hope for a legislator who is grounded, accessible, and willing to put the people he represents ahead of the party he belongs to.

That is why Louisiana in Common endorses Jamie Davis: people over party, integrity over influence, and Louisiana’s interests over personal and political advancement

*For those not familiar with the Police Jury system, it functions as the parish government. “The Police Jury is the governing agency for Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is made up of seven jurors who are duly elected by the residents of the Parish.” (source: Tensas Parish Police Jury Facebook page)