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Charlene Charlet Day
Charlene Charlet Day is a judge for Section 2, Division C of the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court in Louisiana. She assumed office in 2011. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Day (Republican Party) won re-election for the Section 2, Division C judge of the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Day attended Louisiana State University for her bachelor's, master's and law degrees. She received a B.S. in elementary education in 1974, a Master's of Education in supervision and administration in 1980, and a J.D. in 1994.[1]
Career
Prior to her judicial election, Day was an attorney in private practice at the firm Myles, Cook & Day. Prior to her law career, she taught English and social studies at a middle school in Zachary, La., and taught fourth grade in Clinton, La.[1]
Awards and associations
Day has been involved in the following associations:
- Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation
- Board of directors, Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Member, Wex S. Malone American Inn of Court
- Legislative committee member, Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges[1]
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, 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. Charlene Charlet Day (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2011
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2011
Day narrowly defeated Hunter Greene on April 2, 2011, winning 51 percent of the vote.[2][3]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Charlene Charlet Day did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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
