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Dwight McKenna
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2017 - Present
2026
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Dwight McKenna (Democratic Party) is the Orleans Parish Coroner in Louisiana. McKenna assumed office in 2017. McKenna's current term ends on May 4, 2026.
McKenna (Democratic Party) won re-election for Orleans Parish Coroner in Louisiana outright in the primary scheduled 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. Dwight McKenna (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. Dwight McKenna (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2017
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, held a primary election for parish coroner on October 14, 2017. Incumbents for four offices - sheriff, civil court clerk, criminal court clerk, and assessor - were automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot due to a lack of opposition. A general election was not necessary because no primaries featured more than two candidates. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[1][2] Dwight McKenna (D) defeated incumbent Jeffrey Rouse (D) in the primary election for Orleans Parish Coroner.
| Orleans Parish Coroner, Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dwight McKenna |
59.53% | 43,146 | |
| Democratic | Jeffrey Rouse Incumbent | 40.47% | 29,328 | |
| Total Votes | 72,474 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeffrey Rouse |
50.8% | 30,665 | |
| Democratic | Dwight McKenna | 49.2% | 29,661 | |
| Total Votes | 60,326 | |||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dwight McKenna did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Dwight McKenna did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
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