On Saturday, November 17, Louisiana held run-off elections for all state offices in which no one had polled 50% in the first round in October. In State House district 55, independent Jerome “Dee” Richard defeated his Democratic opponent, Michael Matherne, by 58.6% to 41.4%. The 55th district is in Lafourche Parish.

Louisiana now has two independents in the legislature. The other one, Joel Robideaux, had been elected outright in October.

There are 153 instances at which someone has been elected to state office during the period 1980 through 2007, even though he or she was not the Democratic or Republican nominee (this list excludes non-partisan elections). The December 1, 2007 printed Ballot Access News will include the entire list.