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Marty Maley
Marty Maley (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Louisiana. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Maley was a Republican candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in the 2015 election. He was running to unseat Buddy Caldwell (R), who was seeking re-election.[1] Maley was defeated in the blanket primary on October 24, 2015, coming in fifth place overall.[2]
Biography
Marty Maley earned a B.S. in zoology from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Southern University in 1991. Maley's career experience includes working as an attorney with the Maley Law Firm and a felony prosecutor with the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office.[3][4] He has served on the board of the South Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association and as the president of the ADA Board of Directors for the Louisiana District Attorney Association.[5]
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana Attorney General election, 2023
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.
General election
General election for Attorney General of Louisiana
Liz Murrill defeated Lindsey Cheek in the general election for Attorney General of Louisiana on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Liz Murrill (R) | 66.4 | 444,544 |
 | Lindsey Cheek (D) | 33.6 | 225,050 | |
| Total votes: 669,594 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Attorney General of Louisiana
Liz Murrill and Lindsey Cheek defeated John Stefanski, Perry Walker Terrebonne, and Marty Maley in the primary for Attorney General of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Liz Murrill (R) | 45.2 | 463,103 |
| ✔ | | Lindsey Cheek (D) | 23.4 | 239,652 |
 | John Stefanski (R) | 16.8 | 172,300 | |
| Perry Walker Terrebonne (D) | 7.3 | 74,479 | ||
 | Marty Maley (R) | 7.2 | 74,176 | |
| Total votes: 1,023,710 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Belton (Independent)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Maley in this election.
2015
Maley was a candidate for attorney general of Louisiana in the 2015 election.[1]
Primary election
No candidate received an outright majority in the blanket primary election on October 24, 2015. The two candidates with the most votes, who qualified for the November 21st runoff election, were incumbent Buddy Caldwell (R) and Jeff Landry (R).[6]
| Attorney General of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Buddy Caldwell |
35.4% | 376,187 | |
| Republican | Jeff Landry |
32.7% | 347,441 | |
| Democratic | Geraldine "Geri" Broussard Baloney | 17.6% | 187,332 | |
| Democratic | Ike Jackson | 10.8% | 115,037 | |
| Republican | Marty Maley | 3.6% | 37,787 | |
| Total Votes | 1,063,784 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
General election
Incumbent Buddy Caldwell was defeated by fellow Republican Jeff Landry in the general election.[7]
| Attorney General of Louisiana, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Buddy Caldwell | 43.7% | 473,869 | |
| Republican | Jeff Landry |
56.3% | 610,433 | |
| Total Votes | 1,084,302 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
Polls
Run-off election candidates match-up: Buddy Caldwell (R) vs. Jeff Landry (D)
| Attorney General of Louisiana | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| JMC Analytics/WVLA October 28-31, 2015 | 34% | 38% | 29% | +/-4 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary election candidates match-up
| Louisiana Attorney General | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Marty Maley (R) | Ike Jackson (D) | Geraldine Broussard Baloney (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||
| MarblePort October 20-21, 2015 | 31.5% | 31.9% | 2.2% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 10.4% | +/-3.0 | 1,464 | |||||||||||
| Triumph Campaigns September 29-30, 2015 | 27% | 24% | 6% | 24% | 0% | 20% | +/-2.4 | 1,047 | |||||||||||
| The Advocate/WWL-TV September 20-23, 2015 | 30% | 20% | 5% | 11% | 5% | 28% | +/-3.46 | 800 | |||||||||||
| Triumph Campaigns July 27-30, 2015 | 31% | 25% | 4% | 22% | 0% | 18% | +/-2.4 | 1,543 | |||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 29.88% | 25.23% | 4.3% | 17.18% | 4.28% | 19.1% | +/-2.82 | 1,213.5 | |||||||||||
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Hypothetical match-ups
| Louisiana Attorney General | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| The Hayride/MarblePort August 4-5, 2015 | 30.7% | 29.9% | 39.3% | +/--- | 1,050 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Attorney General | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Buddy Caldwell (R) | Jeff Landry (R) | Jacque Roy (D) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Triumph Campaigns March 6, 2015 | 30% | 20% | 30% | 21% | +/-2.4 | 1,655 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | |||||||||||||||||||
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Campaign finance
Third quarter report (2015)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $155,246.87 and spent a total of $156,177.14 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on September 25, 2015.[8]
| Campaign Contributions and Expenditures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Beginning balance | Contributions | Expenditures | Ending balance |
Marty Maley  |
Louisiana Attorney General | $9,518.25 | $155,246.87 | $156,177.14 | $5,777.98 |
| Grand Total Raised | $155,246.87 | ||||
| Grand Total Spent | $156,177.14 | ||||
Second quarter report (2015)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $1,124,566.47 and spent a total of $642,826.58 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on September 25, 2015.[9]
| Campaign Contributions and Expenditures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Beginning balance | Contributions | Expenditures | Ending balance |
| Jeff Landry |
Louisiana Attorney General | $1,272,250.97 | $618,543.00 | $529,143.79 | $1,356,015.18 |
| Marty Maley |
Louisiana Attorney General | $66,251.91 | $19,774.71 | $75,465.13 | $9,518.25 |
| Buddy Caldwell |
Louisiana Attorney General | $616,889.56 | $486,248.76 | $38,217.66 | $1,058,725.90 |
| Grand Total Raised | $1,124,566.47 | ||||
| Grand Total Spent | $642,826.58 | ||||
First quarter report (2015)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $1,220,243.73 and spent a total of $593,789.42 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on May 4, 2015.[10]
| Campaign Contributions and Expenditures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Beginning balance | Contributions | Expenditures | Ending balance |
| Jeff Landry |
Louisiana Attorney General | $1,011,956.15 | $792,175.85 | $521,881.03 | $1,272,250.97 |
| Marty Maley |
Louisiana Attorney General | $44,590.29 | $59,060.64 | $26,760.91 | $66,251.91 |
| Buddy Caldwell |
Louisiana Attorney General | $301,623.18 | $369,007.24 | $45,147.48 | $616,889.56 |
| Grand Total Raised | $1,220,243.73 | ||||
| Grand Total Spent | $593,789.42 | ||||
Annual report (2014)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $1,305,473.99 and spent a total of $356,235.99 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on February 19, 2015.[11]
| Campaign Contributions and Expenditures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Office | Beginning balance | Contributions | Expenditures | Ending balance |
| Jeff Landry |
Louisiana Attorney General | $0 | $1,158,338.45 | $144,226.07 | $1,011,956.15 |
| Marty Maley |
Louisiana Attorney General | $7,506.82 | $108,081.54 | $64,040.79 | $44,590.29 |
| Buddy Caldwell |
Louisiana Attorney General | $410,938.31 | $39,054 | $147,969.13 | $301,623.18 |
| Grand Total Raised | $1,305,473.99 | ||||
| Grand Total Spent | $356,235.99 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marty Maley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Maley's campaign website stated the following:
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Marty’s Four Point Plan for Louisiana Be Hard on Hardened Criminals
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| —Marty Maley's campaign website (2023)[13] | ||
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Attorney General of Louisiana |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LaPolitics, "ALFORD: Left Letting the Right Prosecute Caldwell," October 6, 2014
- ↑ The Lens, "Elections 2015," accessed October 26, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Martin K. Maley, Sr.," accessed September 11, 2023
- ↑ Maley Law Firm, "Meeting Attorney Marty Maley," accessed September 11, 2023
- ↑ Marty Maley, "Meet Marty," accessed September 11, 2023
- ↑ The Lens, "Election 2015," accessed October 25, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 21, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "View Campaign Finance Reports," accessed September 25, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "View Campaign Finance Reports," accessed September 25, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "View Campaign Finance Reports," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "View Campaign Finance Reports," accessed February 19, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Marty Maley, “Issues,” accessed September 1, 2023
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