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Leila Eames
2022 - Present
2028
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Leila Eames is a member of the Orleans Parish School Board in Louisiana, representing District 1. She assumed office on March 31, 2022. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Eames (Democratic Party) won re-election to the Orleans Parish School Board to represent District 1 in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 5, 2024, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Eames earned her B.A. and M.A. in elementary education from Southern University and A&M College. Prior to her appointment to the Orleans Parish School Board, Eames had worked in the New Orleans Public Schools for 33 years.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, 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
The primary election was canceled. Leila Eames (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Eames in this election.
2022
See also: Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, elections (2022)
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
Special nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 1
Incumbent Leila Eames won election outright against Patrice Sentino in the special primary for Orleans Parish School Board District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leila Eames (D) | 62.6 | 8,441 |
| Patrice Sentino (D) | 37.4 | 5,040 | ||
| Total votes: 13,481 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Deidra Louis (D)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Leila Eames did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Leila Eames did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
