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Joe Swider
Joe Swider was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana.[1]
Swider was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 4 of the Louisiana State Senate.
Elections
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. A total of seven candidates filed to run and competed in the primary election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Steve Scalise (R) defeated Lee Ann Dugas (D), Danil Ezekiel Faust (D), Joe Swider (D), Howard Kearney (L), Eliot Barron (G), and Chuemai Yang (I) to win the election.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Steve Scalise Incumbent |
74.6% | 243,645 | |
| Democratic | Lee Ann Dugas | 12.8% | 41,840 | |
| Democratic | Danil Faust | 3.9% | 12,708 | |
| Libertarian | Howard Kearney | 2.9% | 9,405 | |
| Democratic | Joe Swider | 2.8% | 9,237 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 2.1% | 6,717 | |
| Independent | Chuemai Yang | 1% | 3,236 | |
| Total Votes | 326,788 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2015
- See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015
Elections for the Louisiana State Senate 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.[2]
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. Wesley Bishop (D) defeated R. Erich Caulfield (D) and Joe Swider (D) in the October 24 blanket primary.[3][4]
| Louisiana State Senate, District 4 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Wesley Bishop |
64.8% | 16,336 | |
| Democratic | R. Erich Caulfield | 24.6% | 6,195 | |
| Democratic | Joe Swider | 10.6% | 2,665 | |
| Total Votes | 25,196 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Louisiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- Louisiana's 1st Congressional District
- Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
