Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2003
In 2003, Louisiana's primary election was held on October 4, 2003, and the general election was held on November 15, 2003.
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.
Qualifications
In order to qualify to run for the House of Representatives, a candidate must:
- Must be 18 years of age or older[1].
- Must be a resident of the district they seek to hold office to for a minimum of two years[1].
- Must not have served more than two and one half terms previously in office. This is for any candidate who has held office in the past after January 8, 1996[2].
- Have not been convicted of a felony offense[2].
- Have no outstanding fines with the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program[2].
- Pay a $225 filing fee with the Clerk of Court in the parish they reside in or collect 400 signatures[3].
- If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay an additional $112.50 filing fee with the state and/or parish executive committee of their party[3].
List of candidates
District 1
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Phillip Green: 677
Roy "Hoppy" Hopkins: 7,428 
Kirby Kelly: 2,441
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Henry McQueen: 1,370
Raymond S. Alley: 2,125 
Scott Hughes: 1,881
Barrow Peacock: 1,694
"Mike" Powell: 5,508 
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Tommy J. Bankston: 3,546
Joe Lynn Browning: 1,086
Todd Culpepper: 3,997 
James R. "Jim" Fannin: 6,445 
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Roger Beall: 2,702 
"Billy" Edwards: 1,982
Baron D. Glass: 1,968
Lelon Kenney: 6,728 
"Bud" Shaw: 1,286
District 21
District 22
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Floyd Smith: 1,736
"Tommy" Wright: 5,109 
Tony K. Owens: 3,170 
James Sandifer: 2,045
Henry Stringer, Jr.: 2,473
District 23
District 24
District 25
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Charles "Chuck" Adcock: 1,744
Joe R. Salter: 10,794 
Jack Adair: 1,677
District 26
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Israel "Bo" Curtis: 4,493 
Herbert B. Dixon: 2,935 
Fredell Scott Griffin: 444
Noland "Jimbo" Hammond: 519
Odessa K. Hickman: 191
Mary L. Wardsworth: 504
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Neil J. "Sam" Melancon: 3,184
"Charlie" Buckels: 4,380 
"Don" Trahan: 4,063 
Chad Zerangue: 3,246
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Rita Rae "Doc" Fontenot: 1,795
Carmen Priola: 3,820
Brett Geymann: 6,662 
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Clara Guilbeau Baudoin: 8,403 
Charlotte Stemmans Clavier: 4,200
Nestor "Tiger" Guillory: 1,714
District 40
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Charles I. "Chuck" Hudson: 8,887 
Michael "Mike" Levier: 3,001
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Rickie Pitre: 3,030
Gordon Dove: 4,413 
Robert "Bobby" Picou: 1,538
"Tom" Watkins: 4,098 
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
- October 4 primary election candidates:
George Cabanas: 3,002
John C. "Juba" Diez: 5,950 
Eddie J. Lambert: 6,581 
District 60
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Emma Devillier: 7,389 
Shannon P. Ourso: 2,139
Karen Gaudet St. Germain: 8,573 
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Gary Beard: 11,317 
Don Simmons: 1,421
Robelynn Hood Abadie: 3,091
District 70
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Carl Crane: 10,319 
Donald Gene Luther: 1,388
Bryce Murray: 2,294
District 71
District 72
District 73
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Charles J. "Chuck" Fulda IV: 3,256
Henry W. "Tank" Powell: 9,769 
District 74
District 75
- October 4 primary election candidates:
"Pat" Hemphill: 1,296
T.D. Kates: 915
"Brad" Lewis: 1,585
"Ernie" Loftice: 128
Benjamin B. "Benny" Rayburn, Jr.: 2,121
Harold L. Ritchie: 3,593 
Richard Ned Thomas: 3,960 
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
District 81
- October 4 primary election candidates:
"Mike" Armato: 1,138
Gregory Faia: 2,186
Landon Greene: 905
"Billy" Kraus: 1,519
John La Bruzzo: 4,111 
Mickey Landry: 3,717 
Eric Skrmetta: 2,488
District 82
District 83
District 84
District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Ralph Willie: 4,581 
Paul Henderson: 3,445
Michael J. "Mike" Muller: 1,221
M.J. "Mert" Smiley, Jr.: 4,678 
Willis Blackwell: 975
District 89
- October 4 primary election candidates:
"Chuck" Billeaud: 2,497
Susan Bonnett: 3,534 
"Tim" Burns: 6,152 
Patrick De Louise: 386
Alice Torry: 605
District 90
District 91
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Jalila Jefferson: 4,157 
Rosalind Magee Peychaud: 3,793 
Thomas W. "Bill" Axelrad: 768
District 92
District 93
District 94
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
- October 4 primary election candidates:
"Randy" Evans: 2,249 
Cheryl Gray: 2,915 
Anne D. Guste: 514
Rufus Johnson: 517
Woody Koppel: 1,444
David Napoleon: 280
David Nowak: 47
Glenis M. Scott, Sr.: 481
District 99
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Jean Morris Anderson: 618
Kemp A. Johnson, Sr.: 619
Myron Lee: 332
Leonard "Jr." Lucas: 2,093 
Charmaine Marchand: 3,239 
Isabell W. Moore: 1,053
Robert "Rob" Slaughter: 888
Deninah Webb-Goodwin: 134
District 100
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Austin J. Badon, Jr.: 3,331 
Dana Henry: 2,802
Patrick "Pat" Swilling: 4,587 
District 101
District 102
District 103
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr.: 7,341 
Robert Breaud: 1,451
"Joe" Long: 3,102
District 104
District 105
- October 4 primary election candidates:
Ernest D. Wooton: 9,422 
Mark L. Magee: 2,497
"Bobby" Riggs: 1,682
Dan Thompson: 1,152
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