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James Armes
Image of James Armes
Prior offices
Louisiana House of Representatives District 30
Successor: Charles Owen

Elections and appointments
Last election

October 12, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

McNeese State University

James Armes (Democratic Party) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 30. Armes assumed office in 2008. Armes left office on January 13, 2020.

Armes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 30. Armes lost in the primary on October 12, 2019.

Biography

Armes earned his B.S. in Botany/Horticulture from McNeese State University. His career experience includes working as a landscape contractor.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Armes was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Armes served on the following committees:

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
Appropriations
Natural Resources and Environment
Joint Legislative Budget

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Armes served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Armes served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019


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

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 30

Mike Reese won election outright against Brett Geymann, James Armes, and Renee Hoffpauir-Klann in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 30 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Reese
Mike Reese (R)
 
50.7
 
14,625
Image of Brett Geymann
Brett Geymann (R)
 
21.8
 
6,296
Image of James Armes
James Armes (D)
 
20.7
 
5,973
Renee Hoffpauir-Klann (R)
 
6.7
 
1,935

Total votes: 28,829
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2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[1]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent James Armes (D) was unopposed in the October 24 blanket primary.[2][3]

2011

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2011

On October 22, 2011, Armes won re-election to District 30 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He defeated Jack Causey (R) and Gregory Lord (R) in the October 22 primary. 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.

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 30 Blanket Primary, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Armes Incumbent 54.5% 3,874
     Republican Jack Causey 17.4% 1,238
     Republican Gregory Lord 28.1% 1,995
Total Votes 7,107

2007

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2007

In 2007, Armes was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He defeated Jack Causey.[4]

Louisiana House of Representatives General Election, District 30 (2007)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png James Armes (D) 3,124
Jack Causey (R) 2,832

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Campaign themes

2019

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Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 9 to June 1. The session was suspended from March 31 through May 4. A special session convened from June 1 to June 30 and from September 28 to October 23.

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Personal

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Armes is a member of the Democratic Caucus, and Louisiana Rural Caucus.[8]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Louisiana House of Representatives District 30
2008–2020
Succeeded by
Charles Owen (R)


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