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Arthur Morrell
Arthur Morrell (Democratic Party) was the Orleans Parish Criminal Court Clerk in Louisiana. He assumed office in 2006. He left office on May 1, 2022.
Morrell (Democratic Party) ran for election for Louisiana Secretary of State. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Morrell was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Louisiana.[1] Morrell was one of eight superdelegates from Louisiana. Superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were not bound by the results of their state’s primary or caucus to support a specific presidential candidate. Morrell supported Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.[2] Clinton formally won the Democratic nomination for president on July 26, 2016.[3]
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana Secretary of State election, 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 Secretary of State
Nancy Landry defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup in the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Landry (R) | 66.8 | 446,494 |
 | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 33.2 | 221,739 | |
| Total votes: 668,233 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Landry (R) | 19.3 | 197,514 |
| ✔ | | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 19.2 | 196,534 |
 | Mike Francis (R) | 17.9 | 182,842 | |
 | Clay Schexnayder (R) | 14.7 | 149,987 | |
 | Arthur Morrell (D) | 11.1 | 113,703 | |
 | Thomas Kennedy III (R) | 10.1 | 102,628 | |
 | Brandon Trosclair (R) | 6.3 | 64,686 | |
 | Amanda Smith Jennings (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,275 | |
| Total votes: 1,021,169 | |||
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Endorsements
Morrell received the following endorsements.
2017
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, held a primary election for parish coroner on October 14, 2017. Incumbents for four offices - sheriff, civil court clerk, criminal court clerk, and assessor - were automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot due to a lack of opposition. A general election was not necessary because no primaries featured more than two candidates. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[4][5]
Morrell was re-elected without opposition after the filing deadline on July 14, 2017. In Louisiana, unopposed candidates win election without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Arthur Morrell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
What is a superdelegate?
Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[6]
Louisiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Louisiana, 2016
Hillary Clinton won the Louisiana Democratic primary election. The call was made only 10 minutes after the polls closed in the state. Polls from late February and early March 2016 showed her with a thirty point lead over her opponent Bernie Sanders. Clinton defeated Sanders in 62 of the state’s 64 parishes. She won the two largest Democratic-voting parishes, Orleans and East Baton Rouge, both of which have large African American populations, by 79 and 78 percent, respectively. Sanders won Cameron and LaSalle Parishes.
| Louisiana Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Steve Burke | 1.5% | 4,785 | 0 | |
 Hillary Clinton |
71.1% | 221,733 | 37 | |
| Roque De La Fuente | 0.4% | 1,341 | 0 | |
| Henry Hewes | 0.3% | 806 | 0 | |
| Keith Judd | 0.4% | 1,357 | 0 | |
| Martin O'Malley | 0.8% | 2,550 | 0 | |
| Bernie Sanders | 23.2% | 72,276 | 14 | |
| Michael Steinberg | 0.3% | 993 | 0 | |
| Willie Wilson | 0.5% | 1,423 | 0 | |
| John Wolfe | 1.4% | 4,512 | 0 | |
| Totals | 311,776 | 51 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Louisiana had 59 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 51 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[7][8]
Eight party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[7][9]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ “Uptown Messenger, “Majority of Louisiana’s Democratic superdelegates support Clinton; Gov. Edwards still uncommitted,” March 3, 2016
- ↑ To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
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