Kirk Talbot

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Kirk Talbot
Republican Party
Louisiana State Senate District 10
Tenure
2020 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
6
Predecessor: Daniel Martiny (R)
Prior offices:
Louisiana House of Representatives District 78
Years in office: 2008 - 2020
Successor: John Illg Jr. (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$16,800/year; plus an additional $6,000/year as an unvouchered expense
Per diem
$178/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
October 14, 2023
Education
Bachelor's
University of Mississippi
Personal
Profession
Business
Contact
Official website
Personal Facebook

Kirk Talbot (Republican Party) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 10. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.

Talbot (Republican Party) won re-election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 10 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Talbot is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 78 from 2008 to 2020.

In the 2014 legislative session, Talbot and 12 other members of the House formed the Louisiana Legislative Conservative Coalition. The coalition, under the chair of Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R), was formed with the intent of pulling the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation in a conservative direction and re-instilling conservative principles to the delegation.[1]

Biography

Talbot earned his B.A. in business administration from the University of Mississippi. His professional experience includes working as a businessman.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Talbot was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Talbot was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Talbot was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Talbot was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Talbot served on the following committees:

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
• Commerce, Vice Chair
• Insurance
• Retirement

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Talbot served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Talbot served on the following committees:

Noteworthy events

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Kirk Talbot endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.[2]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana State Senate 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

The primary election was canceled. Kirk Talbot (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Talbot received the following endorsements.

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 10

Kirk Talbot won election outright against Arita Lipps Bohannan in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 10 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kirk Talbot
Kirk Talbot (R)
 
54.9
 
16,699
Image of Arita Lipps Bohannan
Arita Lipps Bohannan (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.1
 
13,723

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,422
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives 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.[3]
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. Incumbent Kirk Talbot (R) was unopposed in the October 24 blanket primary.[4][5]

2011

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2011

On October 22, 2011, Talbot won re-election to District 78 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He ran unopposed in the October 22 primary election, assuring his re-election.

2007

In 2007, Talbot was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He defeated Tiffany Scot Wilken.[6]

Louisiana House of Representatives General Election, District 78 (2007)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kirk Talbot (R) 5,898
Tiffany Scot Wilken (R) 4,427

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kirk Talbot did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Kirk Talbot campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Louisiana State Senate District 10Won primary$357,789 $233,779
2019Louisiana State Senate District 10Won primary$417,227 N/A**
Grand total$775,016 $233,779
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Talbot is a member of the Jefferson Parish Legislative Delegation, and the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation.[7]

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Officeholder

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ www.houmatoday.com, "Conservatives in state House forming new coalition," accessed February 20, 2014
    2. ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Additional Louisiana Endorsements," March 21, 2012
    3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
    4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
    5. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
    6. ↑ Official Louisiana House of Representatives 2007 General Election Results
    7. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Talbot

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Daniel Martiny (R)     		Louisiana State Senate District 10
    2020-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Louisiana House of Representatives District 78
    2008-2020    		 Succeeded by
    John Illg Jr. (R)


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