Elizabeth Wolfe
2020 - Present
2032
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Elizabeth Wolfe (Republican Party) is a judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District. She assumed office in 2020. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
Wolfe (Republican Party) won re-election for judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Wolfe was the Division F judge of the 21st Judicial District in Louisiana. She was first elected to this position on April 23, 2005.[1][2] She was re-elected in 2014 for a term beginning on January 1, 2015, and expiring on December 31, 2020.[3][4]
Biography
Education
Wolfe received her undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1983 and her J.D. from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1986.[5]
Career
Wolfe began her career in 1987 as a sole practitioner. She continued to work in that capacity until her judicial election in 2005 while also serving as an assistant district attorney of the 21st Judicial District from 1990 to 2005.[5]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
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. Elizabeth Wolfe (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2020
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 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 Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District
Elizabeth Wolfe defeated Richard A. Swartz Jr. in the general election for Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District on July 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elizabeth Wolfe (R) | 55.3 | 40,786 |
| Richard A. Swartz Jr. (R) | 44.7 | 32,978 | ||
| Total votes: 73,764 | |||
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2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Wolfe ran for re-election to the 21st Judicial District.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Elizabeth Wolfe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Elizabeth Wolfe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," April 23, 2005
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed December 9, 2014 (Scroll down to "District Judge…")
- ↑ Judgepedia.org, “Judicial selection in Louisiana,” accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 21st Judicial District Court, "Judge Elizabeth P. Wolfe," accessed December 15, 2014
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