Dwayne Bailey
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Dwayne Bailey was a Republican candidate for District 1 representative on the Ascension Parish School Board in Louisiana. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2014. Bailey previously sought this office as a Democrat in 2010.
Bailey was a 2012 Republican candidate for U.S. House representing the 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana.
Elections
2014
All 11 seats on the Ascension Parish School Board were up for election in 2014. District 1 incumbent Catherine Davis (D) did not file to run for re-election. Dwayne Bailey (R), Percy "Coach" Cargo Sr. (D), Robyn Penn Delaney (D), Dwayne "Trendsetter" Thomas (D) and Jevella Williamson (D) ran to fill the open seat. Delaney and Williamson advanced to a general election on December 6, 2014.
Similarly, District 2 incumbent Thomas "Moose" Pearce (D) did not seek re-election, and Scott Duplechein (I) was elected to the seat without opposition. Richard Brown (D), who was elected to complete the remaining two years of Ed Price's term when Price was elected to the state house of representatives, did not run for re-election to a full term in District 3. Julie Blouin (D) and Nathaniel "Nat" Stephens (D) ran for the District 3 seat. Mark Peters (D) withdrew from the race on September 16, 2014.[1]
In District 4, Vickie Tolliver Auguste (I) and Robb Marcus (I) challenged Seat A incumbent Kerry Diez (R). Seat B incumbent John D. Murphy (R) faced Steve Barrow (R). Incumbent A. J. Nickens (D) withdrew from the District 5 Seat A contest, leaving Shawn K. Sevario (I) to be elected without opposition to the seat. Seat B was also an uncontested race, and incumbent Taft C. Kleinpeter (R) was re-elected without opposition.[1]
Incumbent Lorraine Wimberly (R) sought re-election to Seat A in District 6 against challenger Denise Bruno (L). Seat B incumbent Jamie Bourgeois (D) withdrew from the race. Chad J. Bourgeois (L) and Louis D. Lambert (I) vied for the open seat, but Bourgeois withdrew from the race on October 20, 2014. Lambert was automatically elected to the seat without opposition.[1]
Both Seat A and B incumbents in District 7 were re-elected without opposition. Troy J. Gautreau Sr. (R) retained Seat A, and Patricia "Pat" Russo (I) retained Seat B.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Robyn Penn Delaney |
34% | 1,068 | |
| Democratic | Jevella Williamson |
20.6% | 645 | |
| Republican | Dwayne Bailey | 20% | 628 | |
| Democratic | Percy "Coach" Cargo Sr. | 13.8% | 433 | |
| Democratic | Dwayne "Trendsetter" Thomas | 11.6% | 363 | |
| Total Votes | 3,137 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 6, 2014 | ||||
2012
Bailey ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 2nd District and lost. Bailey faced incumbent Cedric Richmond (D), Gary Landrieu (D), Josue Larose (R) and Caleb Trotter (L) in the November 6 blanket primary.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cedric Richmond Incumbent |
55.2% | 158,501 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 25% | 71,916 | |
| Republican | Dwayne Bailey | 13.5% | 38,801 | |
| Republican | Josue Larose | 3.9% | 11,345 | |
| Libertarian | Caleb Trotter | 2.4% | 6,791 | |
| Total Votes | 287,354 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2011
Bailey ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 58. He faced fellow Democrats Heurlin Delpit, Gail Holland and Ed Price in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. Price defeated Bailey in the November 19 general election to win the seat.[3]
| Louisiana House of Representatives District 58 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ed Price |
58.3% | 4,816 | |
| Democratic | Dwayne Bailey | 41.7% | 3,447 | |
| Total Votes | 8,263 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 58 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ed Price |
45.7% | 5,455 | |
| Democratic | Dwayne Bailey |
29.9% | 3,563 | |
| Democratic | Gail Holland | 16.1% | 1,925 | |
| Democratic | Heurlin Delpit | 8.3% | 992 | |
| Total Votes | 11,935 | |||
2010
| Ascension Parish Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Catherine C. Davis Incumbent |
55.3% | 696 | |
| Democratic | Dwayne Bailey | 44.7% | 562 | |
| Total Votes | 1,258 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed September 5, 2014 | ||||
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