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Bruce Payton
Bruce Payton (independent) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Payton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bruce Payton was born in Harahan, Louisiana. Payton earned an associate degree from Nicholls State University in 1985. His career experience includes working as a media consultant.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial 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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Billy Nungesser (R) | 65.5 | 678,531 |
 | Willie Jones (D) | 20.5 | 211,988 | |
 | Elbert Guillory (R)  | 6.2 | 64,058 | |
 | Tami Hotard (R) | 4.9 | 50,711 | |
 | Bruce Payton (Independent) | 1.7 | 17,195 | |
 | Gary Rispone (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,111 | |
| Total votes: 1,035,594 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clay Schexnayder (R)
- Chester Pritchett (Independent)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Payton in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bruce Payton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Payton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- It's time to sweep our state government clean; let's go in a new direction Louisiana! We can and will do better.
- Term limits are good for Louisiana; change is good for Louisiana; that's why the Governor's term limited.
- The Lt. Governor is the Marketing Dept. of our State; hire a Salesman to sell our State, not a career Politician.
I believe-in our Legislative Auditor; he & his staff are doing a good job keeping an eye on Louisiana Politicians and the assets they control. He published 92 pages of scathing reports this year regarding the Office of Lt. Governor. I don't expect you to read all of that;I certainly didn't. But I did read his 7 pages of Summary Reports. Wow. Ouch. You should do your due diligence before you vote and read those Summary Reports yourself before you vote.
Don't let the title fool you; the Lt. Governor is nothing more than Marketing Department of our state. It's a sales position! You wouldn't hire a Politician to sell your home! You'd hire a Realtor; that's the right person for the job.
The Governor is too busy every day to do this function; that's why you need a camera
friendly, passionate, Lt Governor...and preferably a man of the people-not a career
There's nothing that explains who I am and how I'll be as a politician.
Here are two of my sound bites describing my philosophy on politics in Louisiana in 2023:
"Republicans and Democrats aren't that different; one's an ointment, the other's a suppository."
You have to be passionate; people can feel that.
11 flight on TV and thinking "my daddy's there watching that happen in person!" That was July 1969 and I was five.
You never know what you're gonna' get outta' my mouth.
I saw him at Jazzfest years ago; he could probably still belt out Led Zeppelin hits all night.
It doesn't stop me from trying, but I'm not getting any better.
Sadly, our state has hit rock bottom! We're on the top of the naughty list and the bottom of the nice list.
Don't be surprised if Santa Claus passes us by this year without stopping. Under the incumbent, our
for Official Museum business; but it's highly regulated by our state constitution.
The City of New Orleans just stopped their Mayor from using that building's
upper apartment unconstitutionally as her own boudoir. And in the process,
stopped the Office of Lt. Governor from also using it for private usage by the
You want a businessman to run the State Parks and Museums as Business'. They have to stand on their own.
You need fresh ideas in this position, not the same unsuccessful stuff that hasn't worked for the last seven years.
was classically trained by Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Dale Carnegie, Omar Periu, and Gayle Kasper. You also have to be an exceptional pubic speaker; I am. I can be amusing, entertaining, charismatic, and motivational. Lastly,
I traveled regionally and did current event jokes; I shouldn't
tell any of my own jokes because they may offend someone.
Edwin Edwards had a great joke he told before his death;
I have that on my phone and listen to it annually. You can
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 25, 2023
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