On December 15, the filing deadline for Louisiana presidential primaries passed.  Candidates needed a filing fee of $750.  Among the eight Democratic presidential primary candidates who filed is Cenk Uygur, who was born in Turkey.  The other Democrats are Joe Biden, Rob Ely, Frank Lozada, Stephen Lyons, Armando Serrato, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson.

Nine Republicans filed:  Ryan Binkley, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy, David Stuckenberg, Rachel Swift, and Donald Trump.