Jamie Davis
Progressive
Democrat
N/A
Louisiana
Current Position: Farmer
Running For: Senator
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against the 2025 tax law that added $4 trillion in debt to extend tax breaks for high earners; supports rolling it back
- For federal action on Louisiana's homeowners insurance crisis, including a federal backstop requiring insurers to justify rate hikes, loss-data transparency, and reform of the 'pay or sue' process
- For strengthening the National Flood Insurance Program to keep coastal and riverside families covered
- Against the expansion of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance as a permanent insurer of last resort
- For building affordable housing in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, and Shreveport
- For protecting federal crop insurance and disaster aid programs for farmers
- For federal investment in Delta region infrastructure, including ports, roads, and rural broadband
Business & Labor
- For raising the federal minimum wage above $7.25
- For cracking down on fuel price-gouging by refiners
- For passing a five-year Farm Bill with reference prices reflecting actual cost of production
- For antitrust action to break up consolidation in seed, fertilizer, and grain industries
Health Care
- Against the OBBBA Medicaid cuts; supports reversing the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts to prevent rural hospital closures in Louisiana
- For protecting maternal care access in the Mississippi Delta region of Louisiana
- For lowering prescription drug prices using Medicare's buying power to negotiate against pharmaceutical companies
- For moving toward a Medicare public option available to all, with fair reimbursement for doctors and nurses
- For funding health monitoring and clinics in St. James, St. John the Baptist, Iberville, and Ascension parishes
Environment
- For stricter Clean Air Act enforcement against petrochemical polluters in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' corridor
- Against issuing new petrochemical facility permits in communities already heavily affected by industrial pollution
- For building clean energy transition infrastructure in Louisiana to employ existing energy workers