Rigamer

Rigamer is a Louisiana-based market research and survey firm. It operates primarily within the Gulf South and is periodically commissioned to Conduct political surveys on Louisiana state races. In June 2026, a Rigamer poll fielded 15-16 June found Louisiana Senate runoff candidate Julia Letlow at 40.2% against John Fleming's 38.2%, a margin inside the statistical margin of error that effectively called the race a tie . The result was notable because a Kaplan Research survey from early June had shown Letlow ahead by 15 points (52 to 37), indicating a sharp collapse in her lead in under three weeks.

Rigamer is not a nationally prominent pollster and does not appear routinely in major aggregators. Its work is concentrated in Louisiana political and commercial research, and it is one of few firms that conducts bespoke surveys on state runoff elections in the Gulf South where national polling organisations rarely operate. The firm is associated with the Gris Group, a Louisiana market research consultancy; corporate details are not widely publicised and Lowdown does not have verified founding or ownership information beyond what is publicly observable.

For the Louisiana Senate runoff, the Rigamer poll was the primary independent data point available ahead of the 27 June 2026 runoff date, and was widely cited as evidence that Fleming's late surge on minimal outside funding had made the race genuinely competitive.