Louisiana Insurance Commissioner election, 2023
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| Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance |
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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): James Donelon (Republican) |
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| 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 insurance 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 R.D. Weaver (D) withdrew from the race, leaving Tim Temple (R) unopposed.
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. Tim Temple (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- R.D. Weaver (D)
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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 Insurance
Incumbent James Donelon won election outright against Tim Temple in the primary for Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Donelon (R) | 53.5 | 631,728 |
 | Tim Temple (R) | 46.5 | 549,132 | |
| Total votes: 1,180,860 | |||
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2015
There was a regularly scheduled election for insurance commissioner in 2015. James Donelon (R) was eligible for re-election. The primary election took place on October 24, 2015.
Despite there being four candidates on the primary ballot, incumbent Commissioner James Donelon won a majority of votes, eliminating the need for a general election contest in November.
| Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  James Donelon |
53.5% | 561,382 | |
| Democratic | Charlotte C. McDaniel McGehee | 19% | 199,371 | |
| Republican | Matt Parker | 14.1% | 147,481 | |
| Democratic | Donald Hodge | 13.4% | 140,491 | |
| Total Votes | 1,048,725 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
See also
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