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ELECTION
CALENDAR:
Filing
Deadline: August 10, 2023
Primary: October 14, 2023
Run-Off (if needed): November 18, 2023
Filing Deadline: July 19, 2024
Primary: November 5, 2024
Run-Off (if needed): December 7, 2024 |
CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First) |
This
page was last updated on September 20, 2023
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
[ John Bel Edwards
(D) - Term-Limited in 2023. ]
Benjamin Barnes (I)
Patrick "Dat" Barthel (R) - Electrician & '03 Candidate
Danny Cole (D) - Teacher, Pastor & '19 St Sen Candidate
Oscar "Omar" Dantzler (D) - Bus Driver, Bail Bondsman & Frequent Candidate
Xavier Ellis (R) - Teacher
Keitron Gagnon (I)
Sharon Hewitt (R) - State Sen., Ex-Oil Executive & Mechanical Engineer
Jeffery Istre (I) - Oilfield Worker, Ex-Truck Driver & Army Veteran
Xan John (R) - Businessman & '20/'22 US Sen Candidate
Jeff Landry (R) - Attorney General, Ex-Congressman, Ex-Police Officer & Army Veteran
Hunter Lundy (I) - Attorney, Christian Conservative Activist & '96 US Rep Candidate
Richard Nelson (R) - Withdrew, but name remains on primary ballot.
John Schroder (R) - State Treasurer, Ex-State Rep, Businessman & Army Veteran
Frank Scurlock (I) - Retired Businessman & '17 New Orleans Mayor Candidate
Stephen Waguespack (R) - Ex-State Chamber CEO, Ex-Governor's Chief of Staff & Attorney
Shawn Wilson (D) - Ex-State Transportation Secretary & Ex-Gubernatorial Aide
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2023.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Billy Nungesser
(R)* - (Campaign Site)
Elbert Guillory (R) - Ex-State Sen., Attorney, '16 US Rep Candidate & '15 Candidate
Tami Hotard (R) - Real Estate Developer & Community Activist
Willie Jones (D) - Claims Adjuster, Democratic Activist & '19 Candidate
Bruce Payton (I) - Audio-Visual Consultant
Gary Rispone (I) - TV Show Host & Conservationist
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
[ Kyle Ardoin (R)* - Retiring in 2023. ]
Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) - Attorney, Accountant & Community Activist
Mike Francis (R) - State Public Service Commissioner, Ex-State GOP Chair & Businessman
Amanda "Smith" Jennings (I) - Confederate Heritage Activist & '19 Candidate
Thomas Kennedy (R) - Physician, Community Activist & '18/'19 Candidate
Nancy Landry (R) - Asst Secretary of State, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Arthur Morrell (D) - Ex-Orleans Parish Criminal District Clerk of Court & Attorney
Clay Schexnayder (R) - State House Speaker, Auto Repair Shop Owner & Ex-Race Car Driver
Brandon Trosclair (R) - Grocery Store Chain Owner & Anti-Vaccine Mandate Activist
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
[ Jeff Landry (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2023. ]
Lindsey Cheek (D) - Attorney
Marty Maley (R) - Attorney & '15 Candidate
Liz Baker Murrill (R) - State Solicitor General & Ex-Gubernatorial Aide
John Stefanski (R) - State Rep. & Attorney
Perry Terrebonne (D) - Attorney
STATE
TREASURER:
[ John Schroder (R)* - Candidate for Governor in 2023. ]
John Fleming (R) - Ex-Congressman, Physician, Navy Veteran & '16 US Sen Candidate
Dustin Granger (D) - Financial Planner & Investment Manager
Scott McKnight (R) - State Rep., Auto Dealer & Ex-Insurance Broker

STATE
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY:
Mike
Strain (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
[ Jim
Donelon (R)* - Retiring in 2023. ]
Tim Temple (R) - Businessman, Ex-Insurance Executive & '19 Candidate
LOUISIANA
STATE LEGISLATURE:
State
House
State Senate
U.S.
SENATOR:
John Kennedy (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2028.

Bill Cassidy (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2026.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Steve Scalise (R)*
- (House
Majority Leader Site) - (Campaign Site)
Mel Manuel (D) - Teacher & LGBT Rights Activist
District
2:
Troy Carter (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District
3:
Clay Higgins (R)* - (Campaign Site)
District
4:
Mike Johnson (R)*
- (Campaign Site)

District
5:
Julia Letlow (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Dany Kitishian (R) - Businessman
District
6:
Garret Graves (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Scott Sonnier (R) - Blue Collar Worker

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Conservative
Party of Louisiana (CPL)
Constitution
Party of Louisiana (C)
Louisiana Democratic Party (D)
Green Party of Louisiana (G)
Libertarian Party
of Louisiana (L)
Republican Party of Louisiana (R)
Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)
STATE
ELECTION OFFICES:
Secretary
of State's Office
Louisiana
Board of Ethics (Campaign Finance Reports)

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Alexandria
Daily Town Talk
Baton Rouge Advocate
Baton Rouge Business
Report
Baton Rouge Weekly Press (African-American)
Bayou Brief
Bogalusa Daily News
Bossier Press-Tribune
Caddo Inquisitor
Crowley Post Signal / Acadia Parish Today
Beauregard
Daily News
Franklin Banner-Tribune / Morgan City Review / St. Mary Now
Gonzalez Weekly Citizen
Hammond Daily Star
The Hayride (Politics)
Houma Today
Houma/Thibodaux Times
Jambalaya News (Spanish)
L'Observateur (River Parishes
- South Louisiana)
Lafayette
Daily Advertiser
Lafourche Daily Comet
Lafourche Gazette
Lake Charles American
Press
L.S.U. Reveille
Louisiana Tracker (Politics)
Louisiana Weekly (African-American)
Minden Press-Herald
Monroe Dispatch (African-American)
Monroe Free Press (African-American)
Monroe News-Star

New Iberia Daily Iberian
Axios New Orleans
New Orleans Ambush Magazine
(LGBT)
New Orleans City
Business
New Orleans Data News Weekly (African-American)
News
Orleans Gambit (Alternative)
New Orleans Times-Picayune
New Orleans Tribune (African-American)
New Orleans Verite
Opelousas Daily World
Ponchatoula Drum (African-American)
Ruston Leader
St. James Parish News Examiner-Enterprise
Shreveport Times
Southern Digest (Southern University)
Thibodaux Daily Comet
Ville Platte Gazette / Evangeline Today / Acadian Press
Xavier University Herald

Louisiana Public Broadcasting (PBS)
WAFB TV-9 (CBS - Baton Rouge)
WGMB TV-44 (FOX - Baton Rouge)
WBRZ TV-2 (ABC - Baton
Rouge)
WWL TV-4 (CBS - New Orleans)
WDSU TV-6 (NBC
- New Orleans)
WVUE TV-8 (FOX - New Orleans)
WGNO TV-26 (ABC - New Orleans)
KGLA TV-42 (Telemundo - New Orleans)
WWNO New Orleans Public Radio (NPR)
WWL 870 AM Radio (New Orleans)
Louisiana Radio Network
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