Alice Hammond
Alice Hammond was a 2015 special election Democratic candidate for District 26 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[1]
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 was called for February 21, with a runoff, if necessary, on March 28. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 9.[2]
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 was vacant following Herbert Dixon's (D) resignation on December 11, 2014, for health reasons.[3]
Jeff Hall (D) defeated Alice "Red" Hammond (D) and Daniel Williams (D) in the special election on February 21.[4][1]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 26, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jeff Hall |
84.1% | 3,361 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Williams | 11.4% | 457 | |
| Democratic | Alice "Red" Hammond | 4.5% | 180 | |
| Total Votes | 3,998 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 26
- Louisiana State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election results," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Get Election Information," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ The Advocate, "State Rep. Herbert Dixon resigns House seat," December 12, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed January 28, 2015
