Acadia Parish Schools elections (2014)
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Eight seats on the Acadia Parish School Board were up for election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents for all districts were up for re-election.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Half of the districts' races were contested. Jeffrey A. Cavell (I) lost to District 1 incumbent Israel Syria (D). District 3 incumbent Lynn Shamsie (D) did not run for re-election. Delo Hebert Jr. (D) and Dalton Newman (D) ran for the open seat, which Hebert won. David Lalande (R), the District 5 incumbent, defeated Blane Harmon (I). Candy Leger (I) lost to incumbent Gene I. Daigle (D) for the District 6 seat.[1]
The following incumbents were elected without opposition at the close of the candidate filing period: Douglas J. LaCombe (I) in District 2, John Suire (R) in District 4, James Higginbotham, Jr. (I) in District 7 and Milton Simar (D) in District 8.[1]
About the district
- See also: Acadia Parish Schools, Louisiana
Acadia Parish Schools is located in southern Louisiana in Acadia Parish. Crowley is the seat of the parish government. Acadia Parish was home to approximately 62,204 residents according to 2013 estimates by the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Acadia Parish was the 20th-largest school district in Louisiana and served 9,657 students.[2]
Demographics
Acadia Parish underperformed compared to the rest of Louisiana in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 9.9 percent of Acadia Parish residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 21.4 percent for Louisiana as a whole. The median household income for the parish was $38,686 compared to $44,673 statewide. The poverty rate in the parish was 19.1 percent compared to 18.7 percent for the entire state.[2]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Voter and candidate information
The Acadia Parish School Board consists of eight partisan members who serve four-year terms. All of the members are elected concurrently by district. This means that regular school board elections are held every four years with all eight members being up for re-election at that time. Additionally, all members are elected by an area or district which they represent. Beginning with terms starting January 2015 or later, any member who, at the end of his or her term, has served more than two and one-half terms in the last three consecutive terms cannot be re-elected in the following term. However, they can be re-elected following the one term break.[4]
The primary election was held on November 4, 2014. Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.
- Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.
School board candidates were required to file a Notice of Candidacy or Qualifying Form during the qualifying period which ran from August 20, 2014, to August 22, 2014. At the same time, they were required to either pay a qualifying fee of $115.00 or submit a nominating petition with 100 valid signatures.[5]
To vote in the primary election, voters were required to register by October 6, 2014. Early voting ran between October 21, 2014, and October 28, 2014.[6]
Elections
2014
Candidates
District 1
- Incumbent
District 2
- Incumbent
District 3
District 4
- Incumbent
District 5
- Incumbent
District 6
- Incumbent
District 7
- Incumbent
District 8
- Incumbent
Election results
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Israel Syria Incumbent |
58% | 1,187 | |
| Independent | Jeffrey A. Cavell | 42% | 860 | |
| Total Votes | 2,047 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 24, 2014 | ||||
District 2
Douglas J. LaCombe (I) was re-elected without opposition.
District 3
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Delo Hebert Jr. |
62% | 1,331 | |
| Democratic | Dalton Newman | 38% | 817 | |
| Total Votes | 2,148 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 24, 2014 | ||||
District 4
John Suire (R) was re-elected without opposition.
District 5
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David Lalande Incumbent |
60.8% | 1,708 | |
| Independent | Blane Harmon | 39.2% | 1,102 | |
| Total Votes | 2,810 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 24, 2014 | ||||
District 6
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Gene I. Daigle Incumbent |
52.9% | 1,395 | |
| Independent | Candy Leger | 47.1% | 1,241 | |
| Total Votes | 2,636 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 24, 2014 | ||||
District 7
James Higginbotham Jr. (I) was re-elected without opposition.
District 8
Milton Simar (D) was re-elected without opposition.
Endorsements
None of the candidates received any official endorsements.
Campaign finance
Candidates received a total of $2,952.93 and spent a total of $2,124.53 as of October 29, 2014, according to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program.[7]
District 1
In the District 1 race, candidates received a total of $2,952.93 and spent a total of $2,124.53.
| Candidate | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Syria | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Jeffrey A. Cavell | $2,952.93 | $2,124.53 | $828.40 |
District 2
In the District 2 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 3
In the District 3 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 4
In the District 4 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 5
In the District 5 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 6
In the District 6 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 7
In the District 7 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
District 8
In the District 8 race, no contributions or expenditures were reported.
Past elections
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2010Only elections for Districts 2, 3 and 6 went to election in 2010. The other three seats being retained by their incumbents. Israel Syria (D), John Suire (R), Roland Boudreaux (D), James Higginbotham, Jr. (D) and Milton Simar (D) retained the District 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 seats, respectively. The District 2 contest went to a general election. General electionDistrict 2
General electionDistrict 1Israel Syria (D) was unopposed and retained his seat. District 2
District 3
District 4John Suire (R) faced no opposition and retained his seat. District 5Roland Boudreaux (D) was unopposed and kept his seat. District 6
District 7James Higginbotham, Jr. (D) was unopposed in his 2010 re-election bid. District 8Milton Simar (D) retained his seat after facing no opposition in the election. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for the Acadia Parish Schools election in 2014.[5][6][8]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 20-22, 2014 | Qualifying period for candidates |
| October 5, 2014 | Campaign finance report due |
| October 6, 2014 | Last day to register to vote in the primary election |
| October 21-28, 2014 | Early voting period |
| October 25, 2014 | Campaign finance report due |
| November 4, 2014 | Election Day |
| December 14, 2014 | Campaign finance report due |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Louisiana elections, 2014
This election shared the ballot with primary elections for the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, two down ballot state executive positions, 14 statewide ballot measures, judicial elections as well as local and municipal elections.[9]
Recent news
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See also
- Louisiana
- Acadia Parish Schools, Louisiana
- Louisiana school board elections, 2014
- List of school board elections in 2014
- School board elections, 2014
- Acadia Parish, Louisiana ballot measures
- Local ballot measures, Louisiana
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry, Election Date 11/04/2014," accessed September 2, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Acadia Parish, Louisiana, Quick Facts," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed September 2, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedterm - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "FEES/NOMINATING PETITIONS TO QUALIFY FOR OFFICE," accessed September 2, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "2014 Elections," accessed September 2, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Louisiana Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Commission, "SCHEDULE OF REPORTING AND FILING DATES PROPOSITION ELECTION: NOVEMBER 4, 2014," accessed August 15, 2014
- ↑ Jefferson Parish Clerk of Courts, "Election Calendar: 2014 Elections," accessed August 15, 2014
