Louisiana held its election for all statewide offices on Saturday, October 24. The two independents in the State House were re-elected. Jerome “Dee” Richard of the 55th district was re-elected unanimously because no one filed against him. Terry Brown of the 22nd district was re-elected, defeating a Republican by 6,627 to 6,026.
The only minor party candidates for state office were Green Party member Adrian Juttner for Agriculture Commissioner, and Libertarian Party member Jason France for State Board of Education, district six. Juttner polled 36,180 votes (3.49%) against a Republican and two Democrats. France polled 15,424 votes (11.3%) against three Republicans.
Juttner polled the largest vote ever received by a Green Party candidate in Louisiana. He was the first Green to run for statewide office in Louisiana other than President. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s web page showing election returns.
In some races, no one got 50%, and there will be a runoff. So far, the Republican Party gained one seat in the House and the Democratic Party gained one seat in the State Senate.
Jennifer Werther was also on the ballot as a Libertarian for Sheriff in St. Tammany Parish. She got 3% according to your link. I assume the ballots have all or pretty much all been counted by now, although I missed if it said that.
Right, I didn’t include county office because I was afraid there are others that I might have missed. Thank you for telling us about that sheriff’s race.
California should move their Open Primary to a Saturday in October in odd years.