Joyce Plummer
Joyce Plummer was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 63 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Plummer was a 2014 candidate for the 19th Judicial District in Louisiana.[1]
Elections
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives 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. Democrats Ulysses Addison, Barbara Carpenter, Joyce Plummer, James Slaughter, and Dean Vicknair faced off in the October 24 blanket primary. Addison and Carpenter advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Carpenter won election.[3][4]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 63 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ulysses Addison |
32.8% | 3,030 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Carpenter |
29.7% | 2,739 | |
| Democratic | Joyce Plummer | 22.2% | 2,047 | |
| Democratic | Dean Vicknair | 7.8% | 724 | |
| Democratic | James Slaughter | 7.5% | 697 | |
| Total Votes | 9,237 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 63 Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Barbara Carpenter |
58.2% | 6,255 | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Addison | 41.8% | 4,491 | |
| Total Votes | 10,746 | |||
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Plummer ran for election to the 19th Judicial District.
Primary: She was defeated in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 45.7 percent of the vote. She competed against Richard Anderson.
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Education
Plummer received a B.S. from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from Regent University.[6]
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See also
- Louisiana judicial elections
- 19th Judicial District
- Courts in Louisiana
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 63
- Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015
- Louisiana State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results – Election Results for Date 11/4/2014," accessed November 7, 2014 (Select "East Baton Rouge")
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Joyce M. Plummer - Lawyer Profile," accessed September 25, 2014
