George Grace Jr.
George Grace Jr. was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 2 of the Louisiana State Senate.
Grace is an attorney for the Grace Law Firm, a position he has held since opening the practice in 2007. He also clerked for District 18 Judge Alvin Batiste. Grace also serves as a public defender.
Grace received his Bachelor's from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2002. He earned a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 2006. He was born in St. Gabriel
Elections
2011
- See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2011
Grace ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana Senate District 2. He faced Elton Aubert (D), Troy Brown (D), Alfred Carter (R), Michael Bell (D) and Zaine Kasem (R) 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. Aubert and Brown advanced past the primary.[1]
| Louisiana State Senate District 2 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Elton M. Aubert |
31% | 10,932 | |
| Democratic | Mike Bell | 12.8% | 4,519 | |
| Democratic | Troy E. Brown |
34.2% | 12,082 | |
| Republican | Al Carter | 14.1% | 4,966 | |
| Democratic | George Grace, Jr. | 6.2% | 2,198 | |
| Republican | Zaine Kasem | 1.7% | 584 | |
| Total Votes | 35,281 | |||
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