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Chelsey Richard Napoleon
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2018 - Present
2026
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Chelsey Richard Napoleon (Democratic Party) is the Orleans Parish Civil Court Clerk in Louisiana. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on May 4, 2026.
Richard Napoleon (Democratic Party) won re-election for Orleans Parish Civil Court Clerk in Louisiana outright in the primary on October 11, 2025, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2025)
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. Chelsey Richard Napoleon (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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2021
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2021)
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. Chelsey Richard Napoleon (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2018
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 Orleans Parish Civil Court Clerk
Incumbent Chelsey Richard Napoleon won election outright against Jared Brossett in the primary for Orleans Parish Civil Court Clerk on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chelsey Richard Napoleon (D) | 53.6 | 65,576 | |
 | Jared Brossett (D) | 46.4 | 56,743 | |
| Total votes: 122,319 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2025
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2021
Chelsey Richard Napoleon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
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