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Blair Downing Edwards

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Blair Downing Edwards
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Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2034

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Louisiana 21st Judicial District Court

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Blair Downing Edwards (Republican Party) is a judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2034.

Downing Edwards (Republican Party) won election for judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District outright in the primary on November 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Edwards worked in the 21st Judicial District Public Defender's office prior to joining the court. She also worked with kids in various capacities, including working with the Office of Child Services as an intern with the Family In Need of Services (FINS) Program. She has also taught at Northwood Preparatory Charter High School and was a former church youth counselor and Sunday school teacher.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2024


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. Blair Downing Edwards (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Downing Edwards in this election.

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Downing Edwards ran for re-election to the 19th Judicial District.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [2]


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary


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Blair Downing Edwards campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd DistrictWon primary$110,750 $47,270
Grand total$110,750 $47,270
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named facebook
  2. Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014