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Jay Suire
Jay Suire was a 2017 Republican special election candidate for District 42 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
2017
A special election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 42 was called for March 25, 2017. The state scheduled a general election to take place on April 29, 2017, if needed. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 27, 2017.[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.
The seat became vacant following Jack Montoucet's (D) appointment as the new secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by Gov. John Bel Edwards (D). Montoucet won reelection in 2011 with 63 percent of the vote. In 2015, he ran unopposed. District 24 is located in Acadia Parish. In the 2016 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump won Acadia with 77 percent of the vote.[2] Based on voter registration data as of March 1, 2017, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in District 42 12,013 to 6,562.[3]
John Stefanski (R) defeated Jay Suire (R) in the special election. No Democrats filed for the seat. The District 42 seat was the first state legislative seat to switch parties as a result of a special election in 2017.[4][5]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 42, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  John Stefanski |
54.2% | 3,594 | |
| Republican | Jay Suire | 45.8% | 3,037 | |
| Total Votes | 6,631 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
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See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 42
- State legislative special elections, 2017
- Louisiana State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Star, "La. politics: Governor may steer clear of legislative races," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Acadia Parish," accessed March 24, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Registration Statistics - Parish," accessed March 24, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate inquiry," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for 3/25/2017," accessed March 25, 2017
