Louisiana 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Louisiana 2017 General Election

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Louisiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Open Primary - Special Election Treasurer: Saturday 14 October 2017
✓ Open General (runoff) Treasurer: Saturday 18 November 2017

✓ Friday 14 July 2017 - Filing Deadline - Special Election Treasurer .
✓ Saturday 14 October 2017 - Open Primary - Special Election Treasurer. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC).
✓ Saturday 18 November 2017 - Open General (runoff) Treasurer. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	4,553,962	(1.47% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	8	(1.49% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	6	(1.38% of 435)
Capital:	Baton Rouge

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Louisiana State and Local Government

There are no party primaries in Louisiana. All candidates from all parties appear on the open primary ballot. If no candidate receives a majority (50% of the vote plus 1), a runoff is held between the top two vote getters.

Elections for Governor and statewide officers are held every 4 years. The primary is on the second to last Saturday in October and the runoff is on the fourth Saturday after the second to last Saturday in October.
Congressional elections are held every two years. The primary is on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and the run-off (where necessary) is held 32 days thereafter (on the first Saturday after the first Wednesday in December).

Candidates can withdraw until poll closing time on election day. Should a candidate withdraw after the ballots are printed, votes cast for that candidate are not counted.

Louisiana does not permit write-ins.

Candidate Inquiry from the Louisiana Department of State.

14 October 2017 election results graphical/html from the Louisiana Department of State.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2		Republican	Senator William M. "Bill" Cassidy • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (1)

		*Republican*			*Senator William M. "Bill" Cassidy* • FEC S4LA00107

Class 3		Republican	Senator John Neely Kennedy • First elected to the office of state Treasurer as a Democrat: 1999; re-elected: 2003; switched affiliation to Republican 27 August 2007; re-elected: 2007, 2011, 2015. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor John Bel Edwards • First elected: 2015 • Chair up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019. Elected separately from Governor.

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor "Billy" Nungesser • First elected: 2015 • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (5 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise • First elected in a special election 3 May 2008 to fill the vacancy re: Congresman Piyush "Bobby" Jindal election as Governor • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • 14 June 2017: Shot in Alexandria, Virginia at a Congressional baseball team practice.
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Republican*			*Congressman Stephen J. "Steve" Scalise* • FEC H0LA01087; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,382,058; Dsb $984,114

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Cedric L. Richmond • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*			*Congressman Cedric L. Richmond* • FEC H8LA02054; 30 Sep 17; Tot $540,339; Dsb $350,522

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Clay Higgins • First elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Democratic			Phillip Conner • FEC H8LA03045; 30 Sep 17; Tot $20,000; Dsb $0
		Republican			Joshua S. "Josh" Guillory • FEC H8LA03037; 30 Sep 17; Tot $72,295; Dsb $23,112
		*Republican*			*Congressman Clay Higgins* • FEC H6LA03148; 30 Sep 17; Tot $293,689; Dsb $261,017
		Democratic			Charles David Metcalf, Jr. • FEC H8LA03052

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman James Michael "Mike" Johnson • First elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Republican*			*Congressman James Michael "Mike" Johnson* • FEC H6LA04138; 30 Sep 17; Tot $297,832; Dsb $117,694

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr. • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Republican*			*Congressman Ralph Lee Abraham, Jr.* • FEC H4LA05221; 30 Sep 17; Tot $347,591; Dsb $258,590

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Garret Graves • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic			Jason Dewitt • There are 2 similar filings with the FEC. One, H8LA06154, for Justin Dewitt the other, H8LA06147, for Jason Dewitt. • FEC H8LA06147
		Democratic			Justin Dewitt • There are 2 similar filings with the FEC. One, H8LA06154, for Justin Dewitt the other, H8LA06147, for Jason Dewitt. • FEC H8LA06154
		*Republican*			*Congressman Garret Graves* • FEC H4LA06153; 30 Sep 17; Tot $868,717; Dsb $353,976

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

		Republican	Secretary of State J. Thomas "Tom" Schedler • Appointed 22 November 2010 upon the election of Secretary of State "Jay" Dardenne as Lieutenant Governor; first elected: 2011; re-elected: 2015. • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

		Republican	Attorney General "Jeff" Landry • First elected: 2015 • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

		Republican	Treasurer John M. Schroder, Sr. • First elected in a Special Election: 18 November 2017 (re: resignation of John Neely Kennedy (Republican) who was elected to the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in 2016) • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019
	Treasurer John Neely Kennedy (Republican) who was first elected Treasurer as a Democrat in 1999; re-elected in 2003; switched affiliation to Republican 27 August 2007; re-elected in 2007, 2011, and 2015; ran for and won the Senate Class 3 seat in 2016; resigned effective 3 January 2017. Treasurer Ron J. Henson (Republican) was appointed to the office to serve until the special election. 18 November 2017: former state Representative John M. Schroder, Sr. (Republican) is first elected in a special election.

Special Election		Republican	• Seat up for special election: Saturday 18 November 2017 • Special Election
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	208,118	55.74%	former state Representative John M. Schroder, Sr. • Received 24% of the vote in the Saturday 14 October 2017 open primary. Proceeded to and won the Saturday 18 November 2017 Open General.
		Democratic	165,269	44.26%	Derrick Edwards • Received 31% of the vote in the Saturday 14 October 2017 open primary. Proceeds to the Saturday 18 November 2017 Open General.
Total			373,387	100.00%
	There are no party primaries in Louisiana. All candidates from all parties appear on the Saturday 14 October 2017 open primary ballot. If no candidate receives a majority (50% of the vote plus 1), a Saturday 18 November 2017 runoff will held between the top two vote getters. 14 October 2017 election results graphical/html from the Louisiana Department of State. Since no candidate received a majority in the Saturday 14 October 2017 open primary, the top two candidates, Derrick Edwards (Democratic) 31% and former state Representative John M. Schroder, Sr. (Republican) 24%, proceed to the Saturday 18 November 2017 Open General (runoff). 18 November 2017: election results graphical/html from the Louisiana Department of State.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

		Republican	Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Michael G. "Mike" Strain • First elected: 2007; re-elected: 2011, 2015 • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2015, 2019

		Republican	Insurance Commissioner James J. "Jim" Donelon • Appointed: 16 February 2006; first elected in Special Election 30 September 2006; re-elected: 2007, 2011, 2015 • Seat up for regular election: Saturday 26 October 2019

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 14 incumbents, 8 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.