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Louis Dutel
Louis Dutel (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 74. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Dutel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Louis Dutel was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dutel earned a bachelor's degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 1993. His career experience includes working as a businessman and insurance agent.
As of 2023, Dutel was affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce
- Business Network International
- National Notary Association
- Professional Insurance Agents Association
- American Land Title Association
- Mortgage Brokers Association
- Fentanyl Awareness Coalition
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.
General election
General election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 74
Peter Egan defeated Buffie Singletary in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 74 on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Egan (R)  | 54.0 | 4,480 |
 | Buffie Singletary (R) | 46.0 | 3,817 | |
| Total votes: 8,297 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 74
Peter Egan and Buffie Singletary defeated Louis Dutel in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 74 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Egan (R) | 46.8 | 5,872 |
| ✔ | | Buffie Singletary (R) | 31.5 | 3,948 |
 | Louis Dutel (R) | 21.7 | 2,721 | |
| Total votes: 12,541 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dutel in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Louis Dutel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dutel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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De La Salle High School 1982 and Loyola University 1993 Small Business and former owner of ABC Title, TWFG Insurance /Dutel Agency, Northlake Auto Brokers,
Louis Dutel Notary Public and Consulting. Notary Public and Licensed Insurance Agent. Life Insurance Partners
Recognized by St Tammany Parish Council for Outstanding New Business 2004
• Member of New Beginnings Church • Bible Study leader • Youth athletic coach • Counselor for Families of Addicts
• Member of the St Tammany Chamber of Commerce • Ambassador for the St Tammany Parish Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Professional Insurance Agent’s Association • National Notary Association • Louisiana Land Title Association • Original Founding member of Business Networking International (BNI)
- Insurance Reforms for Home and Auto Insurance
- Reform the Office of Motor Vehicles
- Fentanyl / Opiate Crisis and Mental Health
Completely Reform the Office of Motor Vehicles making public service & access number 1 for Citizens
Bring the likes of the Federal "Support Act" on Fentanyl / Opiate Crisis to Louisiana
I would follow his example of leadership and conservative ideology.
I was honored with New Business of the Year in 2004 by the St Tammany Parish Council. I have served on numerous business associations and organizations, such as the St Tammany Chamber of commerce, BNI, Professional Insurance Agents, Notary Association and Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Association, Louisiana Land Title Association and others
Leadership skills, business success, devoted family man and Christian, with years of volunteer service.
I was 5 years old at the time 1969.
This began to Modernize our small southern community linking New Orleans with the rest of the state and
I am committed to seeking out solutions for citizens and pledge to be more accessible.
A slow economy with few state industries
A caravan of talent leaving our state with few available jobs
poverty and educational reforms needed
Kathleen Blanco was compassionate leader who learned to put away differences to help the people of Louisiana especially after Hurricane Katrina.
Also, the grieving mother who lost her son to fentanyl addiction and her son could not obtain quality detox care.
Secondly, our ability to compromise often will lead to establishing greater trust and more effective leadership and policies that have a more far reaching affect on the masses in a positive way.
I am endorsed by Dan Schneider, a strong community activist known on Netflix as The Pharmacist.
Health and welfare
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 7, 2023
