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.

Cenk Uygur will appear on the Connecticut Democratic presidential primary ballot, even though he was born in Turkey.  The Connecticut law on presidential primary ballot access directs the Secretary of State to list candidates who are discussed in news media.

The other Democrats in Connecticut will be President Joe Biden, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson.

Republicans on the Republican primary ballot will be Ryan Binkley, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump.  Candidates may withdraw as late as February 26, so probably DeSantis will withdraw, but he hasn’t yet.  The primary is April 2.

On January 22, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 17, the bill that provides for party nominees in congressional elections, but which also makes ballot access for qualified minor parties impossible if they want to run congressional candidates.  Also it makes it difficult for independent candidates to run.  Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.