Dan McKay
Dan McKay is an attorney from Avoyelles Parish who has practiced law for over 45 years, including as a public defender, assistant district attorney, and city attorney for several central Louisiana towns. He is a U.S. Army veteran running as the Democratic candidate for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District on protecting rural hospitals, democratic institutions, and reproductive healthcare decisions.[7]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Positions on the issues
- SupportsProtect legal access to abortion
Says decisions about women's healthcare should be made between a woman and her medical professionals.[7]
“Women's healthcare should be a matter of decision-making between a woman and her medical professionals.”
- SupportsExpand public health coverage
Says healthcare should be viewed as a human right and opposes Medicaid cuts that threaten rural hospitals in the district.[7]
- SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporations
Says working people are "starved financially and paid sparsely while repeated tax cuts favor only the most wealthy."[7]
In their words — priorities
- Warns that about 20 rural hospitals in the 5th District are under threat of closing due to Medicaid cuts in the 2026 federal budget law.[7]
- Says healthcare should be viewed as a human right, and that a woman's healthcare decisions should be made between her and her medical professionals.[7]
- Says the principles of democracy, including separation of church and state, free elections, rule of law, and a free press, are under attack and must be protected.[7]
Background
- U.S. Army veteran with two years overseas service; graduate of the LSU Law Center.[7]
- Maintained a general law practice in Avoyelles Parish for over 45 years, including 15 years as a public defender and more than 11 years as an assistant district attorney.[7]
- Has served as city attorney for Bunkie (12 years), Hessmer (24 years) and Evergreen (18 years).[7]
Campaign money
Raised $90K · spent $109K · $-19K cash on hand (through 2026-07-18) FEC filing ↗