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Joe Prokop
Joe Prokop (Republican Party) ran in a special election for the Section 3, Division C judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court. He lost in the special primary on October 12, 2019.
Prokop completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2019
See also: Municipal elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 3 Division C
Beau Higginbotham won election outright against Joe Prokop in the special primary for Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 3 Division C on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beau Higginbotham (R) | 78.0 | 46,177 |
 | Joe Prokop (R)  | 22.0 | 13,037 | |
| Total votes: 59,214 | |||
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Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Joe Prokop completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Prokop's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
If elected, my top three priorities would be: 1. Impartial and unbiased. The core responsibilities of a District Court Judge are to render impartial, unbiased, and fair decisions based on the judge's knowledge of the law, and after all parties have a full and fair opportunity to present their cases. For that reason, I am not accepting campaign contributions from any lawyers that might appear before me. The only things that I will owe attorneys appearing before me will be a full and fair hearing and a well-reasoned ruling. 2. Prompt and fair. I will provide prompt and full hearings to all parties and I will use my nearly 30 years of civil and criminal court litigation to render decisions based on the law, not any other factors. 3. Hardworking, patient and courteous. I have a reputation in the legal community for being fair, hardworking, knowledgeable, patient, and polite. As your District Court Judge, I will review each file and be prepared for each hearing and trial. I and my staff will be patient, polite and courteous to the parties, attorneys, staff and other judges.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
Throughout my career, I have been especially passionate about those in our society who are vulnerable and who cannot protect themselves, such as children, the elderly, the developmentally disabled, the mentally ill, and substance abusers. For years, served as the Mental Health Liaison Officer for the 19th Judicial District Court and I handled all of the judicial commitments of juveniles and adults in East Baton Rouge Parish. These commitments involved mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and the elderly. I worked with a group that created, developed and implemented the Crisis Intervention Team. This program trains law enforcement officers and 911 operators to recognize situations involving mentally ill individuals and how to respond appropriately. I worked with a group that developed the Crisis Center to address the needs of the mentally ill and substance abusers who are in crisis, rather than take them to jail. I served on a sub-committee of the Louisiana Law Institute to develop and to propose to the Legislature a series of laws to protect vulnerable members of society who are being abused by wrongdoers using powers of attorney. I worked with local judges, mental health professionals, and attorneys to re-write the Assistive Outpatient Treatment law to provide a workable means of providing outpatient mental health services to mentally ill citizens who have a history of multiple hospitalizations caused by noncompliance with taking their medications. As your next District Court Judge, I will continue to work with other professionals to develop and implement programs that protect vulnerable citizens and that benefit society as a whole.
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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