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Clint Smith (Louisiana)
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2021 - Present
2026
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Clint Smith (Democratic Party) is a judge for Section A of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Smith (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Section A judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana. He won in the general election on December 5, 2020.
Smith was a 2013 candidate for the Orleans Parish Traffic Court in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.[1]
Smith was a temporary judge for the Traffic Court (Division A) of Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He took office on July 1, 2011 (to replace the late Judge Dennis Dannel). He was replaced by John "Ross" Smith on September 15, 2011.[2]
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.
General election
General election for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Section A
Clint Smith defeated Kevin Guillory in the general election for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Section A on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Clint Smith (D) | 58.7 | 38,199 | |
| Kevin Guillory (D) | 41.3 | 26,862 | ||
| Total votes: 65,061 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Section A
Clint Smith and Kevin Guillory defeated Marie Williams in the primary for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Section A on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Clint Smith (D) | 38.8 | 57,945 | |
| ✔ | Kevin Guillory (D) | 32.6 | 48,675 | |
 | Marie Williams (D) | 28.7 | 42,833 | |
| Total votes: 149,453 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2013
Smith ran for election to the Orleans Parish Traffic Court.
Primary: He received 17.4 percent of the vote in the primary on October 19, 2013, defeating Marie A. Bookman, Demetrie Ford, Patrick A. Giraud, Charmaine L. Marchand, Richard Perque, Nanak Rai and D. Nicole Sheppard.
General: He was defeated by Steven Jupiter in the general election on November 16, 2013, after receiving 46.2 percent of the vote.[3][4][5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Education
Smith earned an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College, going on to receive his J.D. from Tulane University Law School.[6]
Career
Upon graduating law school, Smith worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Revius Ortique, Jr. He later practiced law broadly as a partner with Bryan & Jupiter and two other law firms before founding his own.[6]
Smith served appointed terms as judge pro tempore of the Orleans Parish Traffic Court and as ad hoc judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.[6]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: Elections & Voting, 10/19/2013 Candidates (Select "Races in a Parish" & "Orleans")
- ↑ Chron.com, "Attorney to serve as N.O. traffic court judge," September 13, 2011
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: Elections & Voting, 10/19/2013 Candidates (Select "Races in a Parish" & "Orleans")
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: Official Election Results by Parish, October 19, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: Official Election Results by Parish, November 16, 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Clint Smith for Judge, About Clint
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
