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Benedict Willard
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2026
Benedict Willard is a judge for Section C of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Willard (Democratic Party) won re-election for the Section C judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
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
The primary election was canceled. Benedict Willard (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Willard ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Benedict Willard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Willard earned his J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 1992. Later, he worked as adjunct faculty at Southern University.[2]
Career
Willard began his career as a staff attorney for the Louisiana Secretary of State. He then served as a law clerk and staff attorney for Justice Bernette Johnson of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1994 through 1998. He joined the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office in 1999, and worked as an assistant district attorney until 2001. After that, he was an administrator of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court until he was elected to the district court in late 2002.[2]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
