This article says that the President of the Louisiana Senate, and the Lieutenant Governor, predict that next year the Louisiana legislature will eliminate the closed primary that is being used for congressional elections this year.
This article says that the President of the Louisiana Senate, and the Lieutenant Governor, predict that next year the Louisiana legislature will eliminate the closed primary that is being used for congressional elections this year.
The article is confusing because of the terminology used in Louisiana. In Louisiana, an Open Primary is open to all voters and all candidates. If a candidate receives a majority they are elected. Otherwise, the two top candidates are in a runoff.
A Closed Party Primary is an exclusionary partisan primary.
When Louisiana switched to a partisan primary for congressional elections, they included some other offices. These are Supreme Court (LASC), Public Service Commission (PSC), and Board of Elementary and Secondary Election (BESE). All of these offices are district offices. LASC and PSC are elected in even years, the same as congressional elections. Rather than having the Open Primary for LASC and PSC and a Closed Party Primary for congressional offices, they switched the LASC and PSC to Closed Party Primary, and moved the primary to the spring.
But the BESE is elected in odd years, the same as state and legislative elections. So in 2027, Louisiana would have a Closed Party Primary, and the state and legislative elections would continue to be Open Primary. The filed bills would switch the BESE back to the Open Primary so it could be contested at the same time and system as the legislative and gubernatorial election.
The article then included some speculation about switching congressional elections back to the Open Primary; or alternatively switching state and legislative elections to Closed Party Primary.