Darrell Ourso
Darrell Ourso is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 66 in 2015. He was elected to the chamber in the March 28, 2015, special election.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
After being sworn in, Ourso served on the following committees:
| Louisiana committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Commerce |
| • Insurance |
| • Retirement |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2015
A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 66 was called for February 21, with a runoff, if necessary, on March 28. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 9.[2]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
The seat was vacant following Hunter Greene's (R) election as a family court judge.[3]
Buddy Amoroso (R), Richard "Rick" Bond (R), Darrell Ourso (R) and Susan Nelson (Nonpartisan) faced off in the special election on February 21.[4] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Amoroso and Ourso, met in a runoff election on March 28, which Ourso won.[5][1]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Darrell Ourso |
50.9% | 1,958 | |
| Republican | Buddy Amoroso | 49.1% | 1,886 | |
| Total Votes | 3,844 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 66, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Buddy Amoroso |
35.6% | 1,512 | |
| Republican | Darrell Ourso |
34.8% | 1,477 | |
| Republican | Richard "Rick" Bond | 18.2% | 771 | |
| Nonpartisan | Susan Nelson | 11.4% | 483 | |
| Total Votes | 4,243 | |||
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2015
In 2015, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 13 through June 11.
- Legislators are scored on bills of interest to Louisiana businesses.
- Legislators are scored on votes related to educators and public education.
- Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues.
- Legislators are scored on bills related to the environment.
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Recent news
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See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Louisiana State Legislature
- Joint Committees
- Louisiana state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results Results for Election Date: 3/28/2015," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Get Election Information," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Republican candidates for open House seat participate in GOP forum," January 16, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed January 28, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election results," accessed March 18, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hunter Greene (R) |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 66 2015-present |
Succeeded by N/A |
