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Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner election, 2023
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| Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: August 10, 2023 |
| Primary: October 14, 2023 (canceled) General: November 18, 2023 (canceled) Pre-election incumbent(s): Michael Strain (Republican) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections) Voting in Louisiana |
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Louisiana was expected to hold a general election for agriculture commissioner on November 18, 2023. A primary election would have been held on October 14, 2023. Both the primary election and general election were not needed after only incumbent Michael Strain (R) filed by the August 10, 2023, deadline.
Candidates and election results
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. Michael Strain (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Election history
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 Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Incumbent Michael Strain won election outright against Marguerite Green, Charlie Greer, Bradley Zaunbrecher, and Peter Williams in the primary for Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Strain (R) | 56.8 | 724,706 |
 | Marguerite Green (D)  | 20.3 | 259,718 | |
| Charlie Greer (D) | 8.4 | 106,891 | ||
| Bradley Zaunbrecher (R) | 8.3 | 105,721 | ||
 | Peter Williams (D) | 6.2 | 79,632 | |
| Total votes: 1,276,668 | |||
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2015
There was a regularly scheduled election for agriculture commissioner in 2015. Michael Strain (R) ran for re-election. The primary election took place on October 24, 2015.
Despite there being four candidates on the primary ballot, incumbent Commissioner Mike Strain won a majority of votes, eliminating the need for a general election contest in November.[1]
| Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mike Strain |
58.2% | 603,557 | |
| Democratic | Charles Greer | 30.1% | 312,335 | |
| Republican | Jamie LaBranche | 8.2% | 85,363 | |
| Green | Adrian Juttner | 3.5% | 36,180 | |
| Total Votes | 1,037,435 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
See also
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