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Ernest Baylor Jr.
Ernest Baylor Jr. was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 3 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Baylor previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007. He has worked as the Executive Director of Community Service from 1983 to 1995, part of the Patrol Division of the Police Department from 1980 to 1983, and was an educator from 1971 to 1979.[1]
Elections
2011
Baylor ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 3. He faced incumbent Barbara Norton (D), Anna Marie Arpino (R) and Lynn Cawthorne (D) 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. Cawthorne and Norton won the primary.[2]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 3 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Barbara Norton Incumbent |
44.7% | 3,078 | |
| Democratic | Lynn Cawthorne |
26.9% | 1,850 | |
| Democratic | Ernest Baylor, Jr. | 22.5% | 1,548 | |
| Republican | Anna Marie Arpino | 5.9% | 408 | |
| Total Votes | 6,884 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Baylor received his B.S. from Southern University, MFA from Louisiana State University, and attended Bossier City Police Academy. Baylor has a wife, Shirley Guiden.[1]
External links
- Facebook campaign page
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2005, 2003, 1999
Footnotes
