Louisiana elected its state officials on October 20. The only statewide race with any minor party members running was the gubernatorial race, where the Libertarian Party was running its first-ever candidate for Governor of Louisiana. The results:
Bobby Jindal, Republican, 53.91%
Walter Boasso, Democrat, 17.44%
John Georges, independent, 14.39%
Foster Campbell, Democrat, 12.44%
Mary Smith, Democrat, .45%
Belinda Alexandrenko, independent .37%
Anthony Gentile, independent .26%
T. Lee Horne, Libertarian, .20%
Sheldon Forest, independent, .18%
M. V. Mendoza, Democrat, .16%
Hardy Parkerson, Democrat, .13%
Arthur Nichols, independent, .08%
Since Bobby Jindal got over 50%, there will be no run-off. Louisiana is the only state which elects its state officials in a “top-two” primary. No party technically has any nominees; that is why there were five Democrats running, instead of just one.
Wow. T. Lee Horne performed awfully.
Louisiana is the only state that uses the “top two” to elect ALL of its state officials. Nebraska has nonpartisan legislative elections, and some states elect education officials on a nonpartisan basis.
Louisiana, which alone has used the “top two” (popularly called the “open primary”) for its congressional elections, is next year restoring party primaries for those elections. There is talk of restoring party primaries for state offices as well.
The Washington law enacted by Initiative 872 is virtually identical to Louisiana’s. It was found to violate parties’ Constitutional rights by a Federal District Court judge and, on appeal, the 9th Circuit. The State’s appeal was the first case argued this month before the U.S. Supreme Court. If the Washington parties (Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians) win, Louisiana’s law is without Constitutional basis and it will be just a matter of time before it is struck down.
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