Kevin Bates
Kevin Bates (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 20. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2023
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 House of Representatives District 20
Incumbent Neil Riser won election outright against Kevin Bates in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 20 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Neil Riser (R) | 57.2 | 7,732 |
| Kevin Bates (R) | 42.8 | 5,788 | ||
| Total votes: 13,520 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bates in this election.
2019
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 20
Neil Riser defeated Kevin Bates in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 20 on November 16, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Riser (R) | 50.8 | 8,368 |
| Kevin Bates (R) | 49.2 | 8,099 | ||
| Total votes: 16,467 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 20
Neil Riser and Kevin Bates defeated Tammy Reed and Marteze Singleton in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 20 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neil Riser (R) | 47.4 | 7,720 |
| ✔ | Kevin Bates (R) | 37.4 | 6,095 | |
 | Tammy Reed (D) | 11.2 | 1,822 | |
| Marteze Singleton (D) | 4.0 | 652 | ||
| Total votes: 16,289 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Kevin Bates did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kevin Bates did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
