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The state of Louisiana held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Louisiana
Signature filing deadline for all candidates for primary election August 22, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for primary election October 6, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary election date November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
Statewide ballot measure election November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for general election November 5, 2014 Red padlock.png
General election date December 6, 2014

Below are the types of elections that are scheduled in Louisiana in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate Scheduled electiona
U.S. House Scheduled electiona
State Executives Scheduled electiona
State Senate Unscheduled electiond
State House Unscheduled electiond
Statewide ballot measures (14 measures) Scheduled electiona
Local ballot measures Unscheduled electiond
School boards Scheduled electiona
State courts Scheduled electiona

2014 elections

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Races to watch in Louisiana


U.S. Congress

See also: United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014

Having to run against her vote for the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) faced an uphill battle in an increasingly conservative state. Landrieu was defeated by Bill Cassidy (R) in the general election on December 6, 2014.


Elections by type

U.S. Senate

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U.S. Senate elections in Louisiana

See also: United States Senate elections in Louisiana, 2014 and United States Senate elections, 2014

Voters in Louisiana elected one member to the U.S. Senate in 2014.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
August 22, 2014
November 4, 2014
December 6, 2014

Candidates

December 6 general election

November 4 primary election

Withdrew from race

Declined to run

Race ratings

Most vulnerable seats

The Senate race in Louisiana was included on a list of the seven most vulnerable Senate seats up for election in 2014. The seven included in the list were: Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. Going into the 2014 election, all seven seats were held by Democrats.[15]

Washington Post top 10 races

According to an analysis by The Washington Post, the U.S. Senate election in Louisiana was considered one of the top 10 Senate races of 2014. Sen. Landrieu has to run while facing the fallout from The Affordable Care Act.[16]


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According to an April 2013 report, Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu raised $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, and had $3.5 million cash on hand.[17] However, challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) was not far behind, with $2 million in the bank at the end of the first quarter.[15] Cassidy far outpaced other opponents in fundraising. In reports from July 2013, Landrieu reported raising $1.7 million during the second quarter and had $4.9 million cash-on-hand.[18]

Landrieu has never won more than 52 percent of the vote in her three previous Senate victories.[15] A hypothetical Republican majority in 2015 would require winning this seat.[15]

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said on July 8, 2013, that he had no plans to run against incumbent Mary Landrieu in 2014, despite speculation about his interest.[14] The Republican governor flatly rejected the idea that he wanted to return to Congress, saying when asked about the race, "Absolutely not, emphatically no."[14] He went on to repeat his disinterest several more times.[14] "There is no caveat, no wiggle room. I'm not trying to give myself any outs. I have absolutely no interest in running for the United States Senate. I'm not a candidate for the United States Senate. I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate. You can film that. You can write that down. Absolutely not," Jindal repeated when asked about the rumor.[14]

Louisiana GOP statewide tour

In an effort to unseat Mary Landrieu in the 2014 election, the Louisiana Republican Party announced that it would embark on a statewide 100-city tour named, to the Roots, which began in August 2013.[19] "We recognize that we have quite a challenge next year in defeating Senator Landrieu, and it's going to take all hands on deck," said GOP Executive Director Jason Dore. Dore went on to add that the goal of the tour was to determine potential supporters and activists, establish precinct captains and lay the groundwork for 2014.[19]

U.S. House

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U.S. House of Representatives elections in Louisiana

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Louisiana took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected six candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's six congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
August 22, 2014
November 4, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.

Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by October 6, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was November 5, 2014.[20][21]

See also: Louisiana elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held five of the six congressional seats from Louisiana.

Members of the U.S. House from Louisiana -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 1 1
     Republican Party 5 5
Total 6 6

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the six congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Steve Scalise Ends.png Republican 1
Cedric Richmond Electiondot.png Democratic 2
Pending Ends.png Republican 3
John Fleming Ends.png Republican 4
Rodney Alexander Ends.png Republican 5
Bill Cassidy Ends.png Republican 6

List of candidates by district

1st Congressional District

2nd Congressional District

Disqualified

3rd Congressional District

4th Congressional District

Withdrew

5th Congressional District

Withdrew

Failed to file

Rumored candidates

Declined to run

6th Congressional District

Failed to file

Rumored candidates

Withdrew prior to primary

Declined to run

State Executives

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State executive official elections in Louisiana

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See also: Louisiana state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Two down ballot state executive positions were up for election in the state of Louisiana in 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014.

Office Incumbent Assumed Office Incumbent running? General Election Candidates 2015 Winner Partisan Switch?
Public Service Commission Eric Skrmetta
Eric Skrmetta.jpg		 2009 Yes Republican Party Eric Skrmetta

Republican Party Allen "Al" Leone

Republican Party Forest Wright
 Republican Party Eric Skrmetta No
Public Service Commission Foster Campbell
Foster Campbell.jpg		 2003 Yes Democratic Party Foster Campbell
Republican Party Keith Gates[66]		 Democratic Party Foster Campbell No


List of candidates by office

Public Service Commission

Current incumbents

Republican Party Eric Skrmetta (District 1)
Democratic Party Foster Campbell (District 5)

Statewide ballot measures

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Statewide ballot measure elections in Louisiana

See also: Louisiana 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

Fourteen statewide ballot questions were certified for the 2014 statewide ballot in Louisiana.

On the ballot

November 4:

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Amendment 1 Healthcare Gives constitutional protection to the Medical Assistance Trust Fund Approveda
LRCA Amendment 2 Healthcare Creates a Hospital Stabilization Fund Approveda
LRCA Amendment 3 Taxes Allows agents of tax collectors to assist in the tax sale process and recover costs from fees charged Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 4 Banking Creates a state infrastructure bank to issue loans to transportation projects Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 5 Judiciary Removes the retirement age requirement from judicial offices Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 6 Taxes Authorizes Orleans Parish to levy an additional ad valorem tax for fire and police protection Approveda
LRCA Amendment 7 Veterans Makes corrections to language of state's current homestead exemption for disabled veterans Approveda
LRCA Amendment 8 Gov't Finances Protects Artificial Reef Development Fund from being used for other purposes Approveda
LRCA Amendment 9 Taxes Deletes requirement that permanently disabled homeowners certify their income annually to keep property tax rate Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 10 Property Provides redemption period for certain property sold at tax sale Approveda
LRCA Amendment 11 Admin of Gov't Permits upwards of twenty-one state executive departments Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 12 Admin of Gov't Adds members to the state's Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 13 Property Authorizes New Orleans to sell property at a price fixed by the legislature in the Lower Ninth Ward Defeatedd
LRCA Amendment 14 Taxes Limits when tax rebates can be altered by the legislature Defeatedd

School boards

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School board elections in Louisiana

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See also: List of school board elections in 2014 and Louisiana school board elections, 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections

A total of 21 Louisiana school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 224 seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014, with general elections on December 6, 2014.

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.

Here are several quick facts about Louisiana's school board elections in 2014:

  • An average of 1.53 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Louisiana’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was lower than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
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  • 56.25 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a higher percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.
  • 79.46 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 69.64 percent of the total seats up for election.
  • At total of 68 newcomers were elected to school boards in Louisiana. They took 30.36 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was lower than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
  • The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Jefferson Parish Public Schools with 45,230 K-12 students.
  • The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Vermilion Parish Schools with 9,186 K-12 students.
  • Three districts were tied for the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with 15 seats up for election in each district.
  • Ouachita Parish School System had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with seven seats up for election.

The districts listed below served 467,051 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[67] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Louisiana School Board Elections
District Date Seats up for election Total board seats Student enrollment
Acadia Parish Schools 11/4/2014 8 8 9,551
Ascension Parish Schools 11/4/2014 11 11 19,858
Bossier Parish Schools 11/4/2014 12 12 20,656
Caddo Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 12 12 41,894
Calcasieu Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 15 15 32,841
East Baton Rouge Parish School System 11/4/2014 9 9 42,723
Iberia Parish School System 11/4/2014 14 14 13,652
Jefferson Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 9 9 45,230
Lafayette Parish School System 11/4/2014 9 9 30,218
Lafourche Parish School District 11/4/2014 15 15 14,393
Livingston Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 9 9 24,468
Ouachita Parish School System 11/4/2014 7 7 19,680
Rapides Parish School System 11/4/2014 9 9 23,989
St. Charles Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 8 8 9,555
St. Landry Parish School Board 11/4/2014 13 13 14,926
St. Mary Parish Schools 11/4/2014 11 11 9,465
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools 11/4/2014 15 15 36,651
Tangipahoa Parish School System 11/4/2014 9 9 19,400
Terrebonne Parish School District 11/4/2014 9 9 18,722
Vermilion Parish Schools 11/4/2014 8 8 9,186
Vernon Parish School District 11/4/2014 12 12 9,993


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Voting in Louisiana

See also: Voting in Louisiana

Important voting information

  • Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.
Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.


  • Louisiana has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Louisiana, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Louisiana is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permit some form of early voting. Early voting begins 14 days before an election and ends seven days prior to Election Day.[68]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Louisiana ranked 10th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Louisiana received an overall score of 70 percent.[69]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election results," accessed December 6, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Louisiana Elections and Voting, "Candidate list," accessed August 27, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Roll Call "Louisiana: Cassidy Challenging Landrieu" accessed April 9, 2013
  4. ↑ The Times-Picayune "Sen. Mary Landrieu's new challenger: Air Force veteran from Madisonville" accessed May 17, 2013
  5. ↑ The Advocate, "RNC launches anti-Landrieu ads," accessed January 13, 2014
  6. ↑ Louisiana Politics, "Another Republican Legislator Thinking About Senate Run," accessed October 28, 2013
  7. ↑ Politico, "GOPer jumps in to La. race for Senate," accessed December 30, 2013
  8. ↑ The Hill, "Louisiana Senate field narrows," accessed July 14, 2014
  9. ↑ NOLA.com, "Former Congressman Jeff Landry announces run for Louisiana attorney general," accessed February 25, 2014
  10. ↑ Shreveport Times, "Seabaugh: Cassidy not conservative enough to beat Landrieu," accessed October 9, 2013
  11. ↑ NOLA.com, "State Rep. Alan Seabaugh won't run for the Senate, endorses Bill Cassidy," accessed November 4, 2013
  12. ↑ Roll Call, "Another Potential Opponent Instead Backs Cassidy in Louisiana," accessed December 3, 2013
  13. ↑ NOLA.com, "Elbert Guillory considering U.S. Senate, Louisiana lieutenant governor run," accessed August 20, 2013
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Shreveport Times "Gov. Bobby Jindal says no to U.S. Senate race in 2014" accessed July 22, 2013
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Fiscal Times, "7 Senate Seats Most at Risk—Hint: They’re All Blue," accessed February 15, 2013
  16. ↑ The Washington Post, "The Fix’s top 10 Senate races of 2014," accessed December 10, 2013
  17. ↑ Politico, "Red-state Democrats raise millions" accessed April 18, 2013
  18. ↑ Politico, "Sen. Mary Landrieu builds up campaign funds" accessed July 9, 2013
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 WWL.com, "Louisiana GOP plans statewide tour to topple Mary Landrieu" accessed July 22, 2013
  20. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Register to Vote," accessed January 3, 2014
  21. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Search Election Dates," accessed September 4, 2014
  22. ↑ Jeff Sanford for Congress, "Home," accessed July 16, 2014
  23. ↑ NOLA.com, "Vance McAllister won't seek reelection, The News-Star reports," accessed April 28, 2014
  24. ↑ The News Star, "UPDATE: McAllister won't seek re-election, will finish term," accessed April 28, 2014
  25. ↑ KALB, "Ed Tarpley, Former DA for Grant Parish, announce Congress bid," accessed April 12, 2014
  26. ↑ The New Orleans Advocate, "Both sides gear up to unseat McAllister," accessed April 12, 2014
  27. ↑ KNOE, "Tarpley announces intention to run for 5th District seat," accessed April 12, 2014
  28. ↑ NOLA.com, "Ed Tarpley to run for Vance McAllister's US House seat," accessed April 16, 2014
  29. ↑ Shreveport Times, "Monroe businessman Harris Brown to run for 5th District," accessed May 21, 2014
  30. ↑ Ralph Abraham for Congress, "Ralph Abraham For Congress," accessed June 3, 2014
  31. ↑ Daily Journla, "'Duck Dynasty' relative running for Louisiana's 5th District congressional seat in November," accessed June 16, 2014
  32. ↑ The Town Talk, "Monroe Mayor Mayo to make second run at Congress," accessed July 7, 2014
  33. ↑ My ARKLAMISS, "UPDATE: Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo Enters 5th Congressional District Race," accessed July 7, 2014
  34. ↑ Herford for Congress, "Home," accessed January 6, 2014
  35. ↑ The Town Talk, "Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for seat," accessed April 30, 2014
  36. ↑ The Town Talk, "Marksville's Rep. Johnson won't rule out 2014 run for Congress," accessed October 24, 2013
  37. ↑ The Hill, "GOP senator moves toward run for McAllister's House seat," accessed July 9, 2014
  38. ↑ NOLA.com, "Vance McAllister's runoff opponent Louisiana state Senator Neil Riser won't rule out run for spot," accessed April 30, 2014
  39. ↑ LA Politics, "Riser Will Not Run in 5th District," accessed June 23, 2014
  40. ↑ The Town Talk, "Boyce businessman Grant announces run for Congress; Hazel won't run for seat," accessed April 30, 2014
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 NOLA.com, "Rick Ward drops out of race for Bill Cassidy's 6th Congressional District seat," accessed August 23, 2013
  42. ↑ Politico, "Ex-gov announces bid for Congress," accessed March 17, 2014
  43. ↑ Roll Call, "Report: Edwin Edwards Mulls Congressional Bid," accessed January 2, 2013
  44. ↑ Bloomberg, "Ex-Con Ex-Governor Running for Congress," accessed February 20, 2014
  45. ↑ NOLA.com, "Bloomberg report confirming Edwin Edwards run for Congress not true, wife Trina says," accessed February 20, 2014
  46. ↑ Paul Dietzel for Congress "Home" accessed July 26, 2013
  47. ↑ The Hay Ride "BREAKING: Dietzel Announces For Cassidy’s Congressional Seat" accessed July 26, 2013
  48. ↑ Bayou Buzz, "Candidate pool in race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District could double by year's end," accessed December 2, 2013 (dead link)
  49. ↑ NOLA.com, "Statement of Candidacy," accessed December 2, 2013
  50. ↑ NOLA.com, "Baton Rouge lawmaker Dan Claitor will run in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District," accessed December 9, 2013
  51. ↑ The Daily Reveille, "LSU student announces plan to run for U.S. House seat," accessed January 22, 2014
  52. ↑ The Advocate, "Thomas running for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
  53. ↑ NOLA.com, "Baker small businessman Craig McCulloch to run for seat in Louisiana's 6th District," accessed February 18, 2014
  54. ↑ AP News, "Jindal's ex-coastal leader running for Congress," accessed March 1, 2014
  55. ↑ NOLA.com, "Lenar Whitney floated as possible candidate in Louisiana's 6th congressional district," accessed May 28, 2014
  56. ↑ NOLA.com, "Houma state representative Lenar Whitney officially enters congressional race," accessed June 4, 2014
  57. ↑ Greenwich Times, "Craig seeks 6th congressional seat again," accessed March 26, 2014
  58. ↑ News Orleans Advocate, "Libertarian Craig joins 6th District race for Congress," accessed March 26, 2014
  59. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nolalist
  60. ↑ Nola.com, "Baton Rouge Council Member Ryan Heck confirms plans to run for Congress," accessed August 23, 2013
  61. ↑ The Advocate, "Lawyer joins race for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
  62. ↑ Bayou Buzz, " Tony Perkins Considers Run for Congress," accessed October 15, 2013
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 63.3 Roll Call "Landrieu Race Pivotal to Political Futures in Bayou State | Farm Team" accessed July 26, 2013
  64. ↑ NOLA.com, "Shelley Hendrix could jump into 6th District race, report says," accessed February 12, 2014
  65. ↑ Nola.com, "Newly-minted Port Allen Republican to run for Cassidy's seat," accessed August 12, 2013
  66. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidacy Inquiry, Unofficial," accessed August 21, 2014
  67. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
  68. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Website, "Early Voting, In Person," accessed December 19, 2013
  69. ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014
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