Miguel Aubert
Miguel Aubert was a 2017 Democratic special election candidate for District 58 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Aubert ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 2015.
Elections
2017
A primary election for the position of Louisiana House of Representatives District 58 was called for October 14, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 14, 2017.[1]
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.
The seat became vacant following Ed Price's (D) election to the Louisiana State Senate.
Ken Brass (D) defeated Miguel Aubert (D), Adrienne Ricard Conish (D), and Alsie Dunbar (D) in the primary election. Since Brass received more than 50 percent of the vote, no general election was needed for the seat.[2][3]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 58, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Ken Brass |
56.6% | 3,997 | |
| Democratic | Miguel Aubert | 23% | 1,624 | |
| Democratic | Alsie Dunbar | 14.7% | 1,041 | |
| Democratic | Adrienne Ricard Conish | 5.7% | 404 | |
| Total Votes | 7,066 | |||
| Source: Official results - Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[4]
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. Incumbent Ed Price (D) defeated Miguel Aubert (D) and Nathaniel Rapp Jr. (D) in the October 24 blanket primary.[5][6]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 58 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ed Price Incumbent |
55.3% | 6,625 | |
| Democratic | Miguel Aubert | 29% | 3,478 | |
| Democratic | Nathaniel Rapp, Jr. | 15.7% | 1,881 | |
| Total Votes | 11,984 | |||
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See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 58
- Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2017
- Louisiana State Legislature
- Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2017 elections," accessed June 27, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 17, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial results - October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
