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Jonathan Holloway
Jonathan Holloway, Sr. (Democratic Party) ran in a special election for the Division C judge of the Baton Rouge City Court in Louisiana. Holloway lost in the special primary on July 11, 2020.
He was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 101 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, 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
Special general election for Baton Rouge City Court Division C
Johnell Matthews defeated Whitney Higginbotham Greene in the special general election for Baton Rouge City Court Division C on August 15, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Johnell Matthews (D) | 63.3 | 12,621 | |
| Whitney Higginbotham Greene (R) | 36.7 | 7,326 | ||
| Total votes: 19,947 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Baton Rouge City Court Division C
Whitney Higginbotham Greene and Johnell Matthews defeated Jonathan Holloway, Sr., Greg Cook, and Donald Dobbins in the special primary for Baton Rouge City Court Division C on July 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Whitney Higginbotham Greene (R) | 32.3 | 10,170 | |
| ✔ | Johnell Matthews (D) | 28.8 | 9,071 | |
| Jonathan Holloway, Sr. (D) | 15.1 | 4,737 | ||
| Greg Cook (D) | 12.9 | 4,043 | ||
| Donald Dobbins (D) | 10.9 | 3,438 | ||
| Total votes: 31,459 | |||
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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
Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor
Incumbent Brian Wilson won election outright against Jonathan Holloway, Sr. in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Assessor on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brian Wilson (R) | 55.9 | 73,452 | |
| Jonathan Holloway, Sr. (D) | 44.1 | 58,047 | ||
| Total votes: 131,499 | |||
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2011
Holloway ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101. He faced Harold Williams (R), Sarah Holliday (R), Tiffany Foxworth (D), Edward James (D) and Frederic Reed (D) in the primary election on October 22, 2011. 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. Foxworth and James won the primary election.
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 101 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Edward James |
29.3% | 2,033 | |
| Democratic | Tiffany Foxworth |
27.3% | 1,897 | |
| Republican | Harold Williams | 17.2% | 1,196 | |
| Republican | Sarah Holliday | 12.2% | 850 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Holloway, Sr. | 7.3% | 505 | |
| Democratic | Frederic Reed | 6.7% | 468 | |
| Total Votes | 6,949 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jonathan Holloway, Sr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jonathan Holloway, Sr. did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
