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Kelly Balfour
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2025 - Present
2034
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Kelly Balfour (Republican Party) is a judge for the 2nd District of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2034.
Balfour (Republican Party) won election for the 2nd District judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 5, 2024, after the general election was canceled.
Elections
2024
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
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 Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District
Kelly Balfour won election outright against Eboni Johnson-Rose in the primary for Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kelly Balfour (R) | 57.3 | 89,812 | |
| Eboni Johnson-Rose (D) | 42.7 | 66,893 | ||
| Total votes: 156,705 | |||
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Endorsements
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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.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Kelly Balfour (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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
The primary election was canceled. Kelly Balfour (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kelly Balfour did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Kelly Balfour did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kelly Balfour did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District |
Officeholder Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District |
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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
