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Andrew Bennett (Louisiana)
Andrew Bennett (independent) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 85. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Bennett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andrew Bennett earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in 2019. His career experience includes working as a data analyst.[1]
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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 85
Vincent Cox III won election outright against Andrea Manuel and Andrew Bennett in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 85 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vincent Cox III (R) | 62.0 | 4,061 |
 | Andrea Manuel (D) | 31.8 | 2,080 | |
 | Andrew Bennett (Independent)  | 6.2 | 409 | |
| Total votes: 6,550 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bennett in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Andrew Bennett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bennett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Fund our schools. Feed the children. Pay the teachers.
- Empower our workers. Support our labor unions. Raise wages. Provide mandatory paid vacation and paternity leave.
- Give control of utilities to tax payers. Let the people of Louisiana decide the prices they pay for internet, electricity, etc. Cut out the greedy middlemen.
Labor rights in Louisiana are in a catastrophic state. Employees have close to zero protections. The minimum wage is a measly $7.25 and hour. We have no mandatory paid vacation or paternity leave. Unions have had one hand tied behind their backs because of Louisiana’s terrible “right to work” law. We must repeal this horrible legislation, and support our workers’ rights to collectively bargain for better wages and benefits. Louisiana is built by workers, not shareholders. It’s time labor gets its fair cut of the profits.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 24, 2023
