Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.
Jason Williams (Louisiana)
2021 - Present
2027
4
Jason Williams (Democratic Party) is the Orleans Parish District Attorney in Louisiana. Williams assumed office on January 11, 2021. Williams' current term ends on December 31, 2027.
Williams (Democratic Party) ran for election for Orleans Parish District Attorney in Louisiana. Williams won in the general election on December 5, 2020.
Williams served on the New Orleans City Council from 2014 to 2021.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (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 Orleans Parish District Attorney
Jason Williams defeated Keva Landrum in the general election for Orleans Parish District Attorney on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Williams (D) | 57.8 | 41,564 |
 | Keva Landrum (D) | 42.2 | 30,325 | |
| Total votes: 71,889 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish District Attorney
Keva Landrum and Jason Williams defeated Arthur L. Hunter Jr. and Morris Reed Sr. in the primary for Orleans Parish District Attorney on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keva Landrum (D) | 34.8 | 55,487 |
| ✔ | | Jason Williams (D) | 29.4 | 46,977 |
| Arthur L. Hunter Jr. (D) | 27.7 | 44,149 | ||
| Morris Reed Sr. (D) | 8.1 | 12,975 | ||
| Total votes: 159,588 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2017
The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017.[1][2] Incumbent Jason Williams (D) defeated David Baird (R), Jason Coleman (D), David Nowak (D), and Aaron Christopher (No Party) in the primary election for the At-large Division 2 seat on the New Orleans City Council.
| New Orleans City Council, At-large Division 2 Primary election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jason Williams Incumbent |
72.67% | 53,339 | |
| Republican | David Baird | 10.72% | 7,867 | |
| Democratic | Jason Coleman | 9.39% | 6,891 | |
| Democratic | David Nowak | 4.45% | 3,267 | |
| No Party | Aaron Christopher | 2.78% | 2,039 | |
| Total Votes | 73,403 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017 | ||||
2014
- See also: New Orleans city council elections, 2014
Elections for the city council of New Orleans, Louisiana consisted of a primary election on February 1, 2014, and a general election on March 15, 2014. Because no candidate received 50 percent of the vote on February 1, 2014, Councilmember Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (D) and Jason Williams (D), as the top two vote getters, advanced to the election runoff on March 15, 2014. Williams defeated Hedge-Morrell. Primary candidate Ernest "Freddie" Charbonnet (D) did not advance to the runoff.[3][4][5]
| New Orleans City Council, At-large Division 2, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jason Williams |
67.9% | 41,143 | |
| Cynthia Hedge-Morrell Incumbent | 32.1% | 19,488 | |
| Total Votes | 60,631 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
| New Orleans City Council, At-large Division 2, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Cynthia Hedge-Morrell Incumbent |
44.2% | 35,767 | |
| Jason Williams |
38.7% | 31,273 | |
| Ernest "Freddie" Charbonnet | 17.1% | 13,832 | |
| Total Votes | 80,872 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jason Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Williams' campaign website included the following themes:
| “ |
Part of tackling the growing crime problem is re-invigorating public confidence in the integrity and ability of the criminal justice system. Jason believes New Orleans must put a smarter criminal justice process in place, budget for proven crime prevention initiatives, efficiently manage the city's limited resources, and create meaningful alternatives to the incarceration of youth and non-violent offenders. Jason will listen to, work with, educate and enlist support of civic leaders, organizations and private citizens to improve criminal justice initiatives. Jason’s vision for a better New Orleans: 1. Criminal Justice: To re-invigorate public confidence in the integrity & ability of the criminal justice system, by focusing on: - Working with all responsible parties to determine a fiscally responsible and expedient strategy to pay the cost of the New Orleans Police Department consent decree and the Orleans Parish Prison consent decree. Increased transparency in criminal justice processes, including regularly publishing accountability metrics on websites and social media. - Budget strategies that reflect our priorities, especially violent crime, and fostering proven crime prevention initiatives inter-agency coordination - Efficient management of the cities limited resources - An intense focus on violent crime reduction strategies while protecting civil rights & liberties - Citizen awareness and direct participation, especially in the form of neighborhood policing meaningful alternatives to incarceration for youth & non-violent offenders 2. Economic Development: An at-large member of the council represents the whole city, and Jason will take the lead in recruiting and maintaining good-paying jobs in New Orleans by: - Supporting long standing industries and new entrepreneurs - Encouraging disadvantaged business enterprises and develop robust compliance initiatives - Standardizing financial incentives and programs - Creating, fostering & then nationally advertising an incentivized environment in order to recruit non-local entrepreneurs to choose New Orleans as their home - Partnering with business leaders to be pro-active and look for new development ideas & foster existing business growth - Encouraging the growth and development of Louis Armstrong International Airport - Working to re-invigorate the Port of New Orleans 3. Workforce Development strategy: Having a business select New Orleans as its home is just the start. There is at times then a mismatch between the workforce needs of the new employer and the training our people have received. Jason will work to coordinate and collaborate with business leaders, high school leaders, and community college leaders so that our young people are prepared with the proper training and soft skills to benefit from the well-paying jobs coming to New Orleans. 4. Real teamwork between the City Council and the Mayor’s office in budget preparation. The budget is tight, and for the people of New Orleans to get the government they deserve, the council and the mayor have to work together to find new and creative ways to be more efficient and effective. We must: - Use real benchmarks and disseminate those results each year to the public. - Work to require continuous, or at least quarterly, budget presentations to the council by the City’s Chief Financial officer. - Create an environment to encourage citizen participation on budget issues.[6][7] |
” |
| —Jason Williams (2017) | ||
Endorsements
2017
The following table displays group endorsements issued in New Orleans' 2017 primary election. Endorsing organizations may offer endorsements to more than one candidate in anticipation of a top-two general election or if they believe more than one candidate meets their criteria for official support.
| Candidate endorsements | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorser | Mayor | At-large 1 | At-large 2 | A | B | C | D | E |
| Alliance for Good Government[8] | Michael Bagneris | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Seth Bloom | Kristin Palmer | N/A | N/A |
| Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO[9] | Desiree Charbonnet | Joseph Bouie Helena Moreno |
Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Jay Banks Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| Independent Women's Organization[10] | LaToya Cantrell | Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Aylin Acikalin Maklansky Joe Giarrusso III |
Seth Bloom Timothy David Ray |
Nadine Ramsey (i) Kristin Palmer |
Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
| New Orleans Coalition[11] | Michael Bagneris LaToya Cantrell |
Helena Moreno | Jason Williams (i) | Joe Giarrusso III | Timothy David Ray | Kristin Palmer | Jared Brossett (i) | James Gray (i) |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 Elections," February 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedresults - ↑ Louisiana Elections "Candidate Search" accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ The lens NOLA "Live coverage: Track election results as votes are counted for New Orleans races," March 15, 2014
- ↑ Jason Williams 2017 campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 21, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Twitter, "Alliance for Good Government," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO," accessed August 13, 2017
- ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Several candidates disqualified in New Orleans, and other area political news," July 30, 2017
- ↑ New Orleans Coalition, "Endorsements," accessed August 22, 2017
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Orleans Parish District Attorney 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
New Orleans City Council At-large Division 2 2014-2021 |
Succeeded by Jean-Paul J. Morrell (D) |
| |||||||||
 |
State of Louisiana Baton Rouge (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
