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Albert Burl III
Albert Burl III (Democratic Party) (also known as Ali) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 57. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
In 2011, Burl was a Democratic candidate for District 57 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57
Sylvia Taylor defeated Russ Wise in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sylvia Taylor (D) | 65.2 | 4,488 |
| Russ Wise (Independent) | 34.8 | 2,398 | ||
| Total votes: 6,886 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57
The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sylvia Taylor (D) | 17.4 | 1,722 |
| ✔ | Russ Wise (Independent) | 15.9 | 1,573 | |
 | Shondrell Perrilloux (R) | 15.5 | 1,530 | |
| Shane Bailey (D) | 12.8 | 1,264 | ||
| Albert Burl III (D) | 12.2 | 1,211 | ||
| Larry Sorapuru Jr. (D) | 10.0 | 990 | ||
| Rodney Nicholas (D) | 8.7 | 864 | ||
| Michelle Sweeney (D) | 7.5 | 741 | ||
| Total votes: 9,895 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Burl in this election.
2017
A special election for the position of Louisiana State Senate District 2 was called for April 29, 2017. A general election was called for May 27, 2017. The filing deadline for political parties to nominate their candidates to run in this election was March 17, 2017.[1]
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.
The seat became vacant following Troy Brown's (D) resignation on February 16, 2017, after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of domestic abuse.[2]
Warren Harang III (D) and Ed Price (D) advanced past Elton M. Aubert (D), Wayne Brigalia (R), Albert Burl III (D), Shannon Comery Sr. (D), Chris Delpit (D), Jerry Jones (D), Edmond Jordan (D), Patrick Lawless (D), Thomas L. Lyons (non-partisan), Willie Massey-Favre (non-partisan), and Jamie Roussell (D) in the special election on April 29, 2017.[3][4] Price defeated Harang in the general election on May 27, 2017.[5][6]
| Louisiana State Senate, District 2, General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Edward "Ed" Price |
62.6% | 9,224 | |
| Democratic | Warren Harang III | 37.4% | 5,507 | |
| Total Votes | 14,731 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
| Louisiana State Senate, District 2, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Warren Harang III (advanced to general) |
26.5% | 4,001 | |
| Democratic | Edward "Ed" Price (advanced to general) |
22.1% | 3,334 | |
| Democratic | Elton M. Aubert | 15.1% | 2,283 | |
| Republican | Wayne Brigalia | 7% | 1,051 | |
| Democratic | Albert "Ali" Burl III | 6.3% | 957 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Lawless | 4.6% | 699 | |
| Democratic | Edmond Jordan | 4.5% | 675 | |
| Democratic | Jerry Jones | 4.2% | 640 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Roussell | 3.2% | 489 | |
| Democratic | Shannon Comery, Sr. | 2.9% | 436 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas L. Lyons | 2.5% | 374 | |
| Democratic | Chris Delpit | 0.6% | 84 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Massey-Farve | 0.4% | 54 | |
| Total Votes | 15,077 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2011
Burl ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57. He faced Democrats Olangee Breech, Shane Bailey, Randal Gaines and Independent Russ Wise in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. Gaines and Wise won the primary.[7]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 57 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Randal Gaines |
41.8% | 5,463 | |
| Independent | Russ Wise |
28.8% | 3,768 | |
| Democratic | Albert Burl III | 12.6% | 1,644 | |
| Democratic | Shane Bailey | 12.5% | 1,641 | |
| Democratic | Olangee Breech | 4.3% | 562 | |
| Total Votes | 13,078 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2023 Elections
- Louisiana State Senate
- Louisiana State Senate District 2
- Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2017
- Louisiana State Legislature
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Qualifying for Special Senate District 2 Election," March 14, 2017
- ↑ Nola, "Troy Brown resigns Louisiana Senate, avoiding expulsion," February 16, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "State Senator 2nd Senatorial District," March 19, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for 4/29/2017," accessed April 29, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "State Senator 2nd Senatorial District," March 19, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for 5/27/2017," accessed April 29, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
