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Louisiana state executive official elections, 2023
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| Louisiana state executive official elections |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: August 10, 2023 |
| Primary: October 14, 2023 General: November 18, 2023 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections) Voting in Louisiana |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Eight state executive offices were up for election in Louisiana in 2023:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Commissioner of Insurance
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (8 seats)
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.
Governor
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Benjamin Barnes (Independent)
- Patrick Henry Barthel (Republican Party)
- Daniel Cole (Democratic Party)
- Xavier Ellis (Republican Party)
- Keitron Gagnon (Independent)
- Sharon Hewitt (Republican Party)
- Jeffery Istre (Independent)
- Xan John (Republican Party)
- Jeff Landry (Republican Party) ✔
- Hunter Lundy (Independent)
- Richard Nelson (Republican Party)
- John Schroder (Republican Party)
- Frank Scurlock (Independent)
- Stephen Waguespack (Republican Party)
- Shawn Wilson (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Lieutenant Governor
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Billy Nungesser (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Elbert Guillory (Republican Party)
- Tami Hotard (Republican Party)
- Willie Jones (Democratic Party)
- Bruce Payton (Independent)
- Gary Rispone (Independent)
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Attorney General
General election candidates
- Lindsey Cheek (Democratic Party)
- Liz Murrill (Republican Party) ✔
Primary candidates
- Lindsey Cheek (Democratic Party) ✔
- Marty Maley (Republican Party)
- Liz Murrill (Republican Party) ✔
- John Stefanski (Republican Party)
- Perry Walker Terrebonne (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
Secretary of State
General election candidates
- Gwen Collins-Greenup (Democratic Party)
- Nancy Landry (Republican Party) ✔
Primary candidates
- Gwen Collins-Greenup (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mike Francis (Republican Party)
- Thomas Kennedy III (Republican Party)
- Nancy Landry (Republican Party) ✔
- Arthur Morrell (Democratic Party)
- Clay Schexnayder (Republican Party)
- Amanda Smith Jennings (Independent)
- Brandon Trosclair (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Treasurer
General election candidates
- Dustin Granger (Democratic Party)
- John Fleming (Republican Party) ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
- John Fleming (Republican Party) ✔
- Dustin Granger (Democratic Party) ✔
- Scott McKnight (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Michael Strain (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Commissioner of Insurance
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Tim Temple (Republican Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
District 1
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Paul Hollis (Republican Party) ✔
- Lauren Jewett (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Sharon Latten Clark (Democratic Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Sandy Holloway (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
District 4
General election candidates
- Emma Shepard (Democratic Party)
- Stacey Melerine (Republican Party) ✔
Primary candidates
- Paige Hoffpauir (Republican Party)
- Stacey Melerine (Republican Party) ✔
- Emma Shepard (Democratic Party) ✔
District 5
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Toby Brazzel (Republican Party)
- Lance Harris (Republican Party) ✔
District 6
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Ronnie Morris (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jodi Rollins (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 7
General election candidates
- Kevin Berken (Republican Party) ✔
- Erick Knezek (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
- Cathy S. Banks (Republican Party)
- Kevin Berken (Republican Party) ✔
- Erick Knezek (Republican Party) ✔
District 8
General election candidates
The general election was canceled.
Primary candidates
- Preston Castille (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Dolores Cormier-Zenon (Democratic Party)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Context of the 2023 elections
Party control in Louisiana
Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2025
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Seven years of Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Past elections
2022
There were no state executive elections in Louisiana in 2022.
See also
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