Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
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The terms of 22 Louisiana intermediate appellate court judges expired on December 31, 2022. The 22 seats were up for partisan primary election on November 8, 2022. A general election was scheduled for December 10, 2022.
An additional seat on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal was up in a special primary election on November 8, 2022. A general election was scheduled for December 10, 2022.[1]
Two seats on the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal were also up in a special primary election on March 26, 2022. A general election was scheduled for April 30, 2022, but was not needed.[2][3]
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.
Vacancies
Second Circuit Court of Appeal
District 3
Judge Jeanette Garrett (I) created a vacancy in District 3 when she resigned effective January 7, 2022.[4]
Third Circuit Court of Appeal
District 3
Former Judge John Saunders (D) created a vacancy in District 3 when he passed away in September 2021.[5]
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
District 1
Former Judge Regina Bartholomew Woods (D) created a vacancy in District 1 when she resigned in February 2022.[6]
Candidates and election results
First Circuit First District
Division B: Theriot's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Mitch Theriot (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Division D: Guidry-Whipple vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Tanner Magee (Republican Party)
- Steve Miller (Republican Party) ✔
First Circuit Second District
Subdist. 1, Division B: McDonald vacancy
General election candidates
- Donald Johnson (Democratic Party)
- Hunter Greene (Republican Party) ✔
Primary candidates
- Hunter Greene (Republican Party) ✔
- Beau Higginbotham (Republican Party)
- Donald Johnson (Democratic Party) ✔
First Circuit Third District
Division B: McClendon's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Page McClendon (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Division D: Wolfe's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Elizabeth Wolfe (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Second Circuit First District
Elec. Sect. 1C: Hunter's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Marcus Hunter (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Elec. Sect. 2B: Moore vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Daniel Ellender (Republican Party) ✔
Second Circuit Third District
Elec. Sect. 2B: Pitman's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Frances Pitman (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Elec. Sec. 2C: Garrett vacancy (special election)
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Craig Marcotte (Republican Party) ✔
- Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett (Republican Party)
Third Circuit First District
Division A: Pickett's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Elizabeth A. Pickett (Incumbent) (Independent) ✔
Third Circuit Second District
Elec. Sect. 2B: Ezell vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- H. Guy Bradberry (Republican Party) ✔
- Clayton Davis (Republican Party)
Third Circuit Third District
Elec. Sec. 1C: Ortego's seat
Regular election
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Gary J. Ortego (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Special election
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Gary J. Ortego (Republican Party) ✔
Elec. Sect. 2D: Cooks vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Valerie Gotch Garrett (Democratic Party)
- Ledricka Johnson Thierry (Democratic Party) ✔
Elec. Sect. 3E: Conery vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Wilbur Stiles (Republican Party) ✔
Fourth Circuit At-large
McKay vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Joseph Cao (Republican Party)
- Karen K. Herman (Democratic Party) ✔
- Marie Williams (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
Fourth Circuit First District
Division A: Lombard vacancy
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Nakisha Ervin-Knott (Democratic Party) ✔
Division B: Chase's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Tiffany Gautier Chase (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Division D: Woods vacancy (special election)
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Rachael Johnson (Democratic Party) ✔
Division H: Jenkins' seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Sandra Cabrina Jenkins (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Fifth Circuit First District
Election Section 1, Div. D: Chehardy's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Susan M. Chehardy (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Election Section 1, Div. E: Windhorst's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Stephen J. Windhorst (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Election Section 1, Div. F: Lilijeberg's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Hans J. Liljeberg (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Election Section 1, Div. G: Molaison's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- John J. Molaison Jr. (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Fifth Circuit Third District
Division A: Chaisson's seat
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Robert A. Chaisson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Judges not on the ballot
First Circuit Court of Appeals
- Vanessa Guidry-Whipple (First District, Division D)
- J. Michael McDonald (Second District, Division B)
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- Milton Moore (First District, Section 2B)
- Jeanette Garrett (Third District, Section 2C)
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Billy Ezell (Second District, Section 2B)
- John Saunders (Third District, Section 1C)
- Sylvia Cooks (Third District, Section 2D)
- John Conery (Third District, Section 3E)
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- James McKay (At-large)
- Edwin Lombard (First District, Division A)
- Regina Bartholomew Woods (First District, Division D)
Selection
The 53 justices on the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are elected in partisan elections. Justices serve 10-year terms and must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving on the court.[7]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- licensed to practice law in the state for at least ten years;
- a resident of the district representing for at least one year;
- under the age of 70 at the time of election (judges who turn 70 in office may serve until their term expires)[7][8]
Chief justice
The chief justice is the justice on the court with the most seniority. When he or she retires, the justice with the next most seniority becomes chief justice.[7]
Vacancies
Per Article V of the Louisiana Constitution, midterm vacancies are to be temporarily filled by the supreme court. Within one year of the opening, a special election (called by the governor, preferably on the date of a preexisting gubernatorial or congressional election) is to be held. If the supreme court has appointed a successor, that appointee may not run for the seat in the special election. The justice elected at the special election will serve the remainder of the unexpired term.[7][9][10][11]
See also
External links
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- Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal
- Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
- Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
- Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
- Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisianapublicnotice.com, "PROCLAMATION NUMBER 33 JBE 2022," March 22, 2022
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION NUMBER 210 JBE 2021," November 9, 2021
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION NUMBER 198 JBE 2021," October 18, 2021
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION NUMBER 210 JBE 2021," November 9, 2021
- ↑ KATC 3, "Services set for Judge John Saunders," September 13, 2021
- ↑ 4WWL, "Appellate judge in New Orleans retires, to work for Entergy," accessed February 25, 2022
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Louisiana; Selection of Judges," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ NOLA.com, "Lawmakers fail to pass amendment eliminating mandatory retirement age of judges," archived March 9, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Supreme Court, "Henry Julien v. The Honorable W. Fox McKeithan," accessed May 6, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Revised Statutes "RS 13:101.1," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ Leagle, "Marcelle v. DeCuir," September 21, 1995
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