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Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2021
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A special election for two seats on the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal was held in 2021. A primary was scheduled for March 20. A general election was scheduled for April 24, 2021. The filing deadline was January 22, 2021. Elections to the court are partisan, and a full term is 10 years.
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.
Candidates and election results
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
District 1
General election candidates
- Marcus Hunter (Democratic Party) ✔
- J. Garland Smith (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
- Marcus Hunter (Democratic Party) ✔
- Larry D. Jefferson (Democratic Party)
- J. Garland Smith (Democratic Party) ✔
District 2
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Jeff Robinson (Republican Party) ✔
Vacancies
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
District 1
Former Judge Felicia Toney Williams (D) created a vacancy in District 1 when she retired on October 1, 2020.[1]
District 2
Judge Jay McCallum (R) created a vacancy in District 2 when he was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in November 2020.
Past elections
2020
First Circuit Court of Appeal
2nd Dist., Subdist. 1, Div. A
General election candidates
- Melanie Newkome Jones (Democratic Party)
- Christopher Hester (Republican Party) ✔
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Primary candidates
- Christopher Hester (Republican Party) ✔
- Johanna Landreneau (Republican Party)
- Melanie Newkome Jones (Democratic Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Toni M. Higginbotham (Incumbent)
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2nd Dist., Subdist. 2, Div. D
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- John Guidry (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
2nd Dist., Election Section 2
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Jeff Thompson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
3rd Dist., Elec. Sec. 2C
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Jeanette Garrett (Incumbent) (Independent) ✔
- Trina Chu (Independent)
Third Circuit Court of Appeal
2nd Dist., Elec. Sec. 1C
Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux did not seek re-election.
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Ronald F. Ware (Democratic Party)
- Sharon Wilson (Democratic Party) ✔
3rd Dist., Elec. Sec. 5A
Judge Phyllis M. Keaty did not seek re-election.
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Charlie Fitzgerald (Republican Party) ✔
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
At-large
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Roland L. Belsome (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
1st District, Division F
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Dale Atkins (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
1st District, Division G
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Rose Ledet (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
2nd District, Division A
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Joy Cossich Lobrano (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
3rd District, Division A
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Daniel L. Dysart (Incumbent) (Independent) ✔
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
1st Dist., Elec. Sec. 1, Division B
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Fredericka Homberg Wicker (Incumbent) (Independent) ✔
2nd Dist., Division A
General election candidates
- Jude G. Gravois (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Sharrolyn Jackson Miles (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
- Jude G. Gravois (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Sharrolyn Jackson Miles (Democratic Party) ✔
- Rob Snyder (Democratic Party)
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2019
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District
Jeff Thompson won election outright against Jason Brown in the special primary for Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District on March 30, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Thompson (R) | 75.8 | 7,337 |
| Jason Brown (R) | 24.2 | 2,340 | ||
| Total votes: 9,677 | |||
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Note: The general election was canceled after Jeff Thompson (R) won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.
Selection
- See also: Judicial selection in Louisiana
Judges of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are elected in partisan elections. Once elected, judges serve 10-year terms. Vacancies are filled via special elections; interim judges complete the remainder of the unexpired term. On each of the five courts, the judge who has served the longest is named the chief judge.[2]
Qualifications
To be considered for office, a candidate must:
- have practiced law for at least 10 years in Louisiana;
- have been a resident of the district and/or the circuit for at least one year;
- be no more than 70 years old, the mandatory retirement age[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
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