Morris Reed Sr.
Morris Reed Sr. (Democratic Party) ran for election for Orleans Parish District Attorney in Louisiana. Reed lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Reed was a Democratic candidate for Division J judge of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court in Louisiana. He was defeated in the primary election on October 14, 2017.
Reed was previously a criminal district court judge, serving from 1992 to 1996. He was also a candidate for the Orleans Parish criminal district magistrate court in 2013.[1]
Biography
Reed earned a B.S. and a J.D. from Loyola University. His experience includes work as a police officer for the New Orleans Police Department, an assistant U.S. attorney, and a special prosecutor for the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
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 Orleans Parish District Attorney
Jason Williams defeated Keva Landrum in the general election for Orleans Parish District Attorney on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Williams (D) | 57.8 | 41,564 |
 | Keva Landrum (D) | 42.2 | 30,325 | |
| Total votes: 71,889 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orleans Parish District Attorney
Keva Landrum and Jason Williams defeated Arthur L. Hunter Jr. and Morris Reed Sr. in the primary for Orleans Parish District Attorney on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keva Landrum (D) | 34.8 | 55,487 |
| ✔ | | Jason Williams (D) | 29.4 | 46,977 |
| Arthur L. Hunter Jr. (D) | 27.7 | 44,149 | ||
| Morris Reed Sr. (D) | 8.1 | 12,975 | ||
| Total votes: 159,588 | |||
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2017
D. Nicole Sheppard (D) and Omar Mason (D) defeated Morris Reed Sr. (D) and Edward Morris (D) in the primary election for the Division J seat on the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.[3]
| Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Division J, Primary Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  D. Nicole Sheppard |
38.82% | 26,841 | |
| Democratic | Omar Mason |
27.72% | 19,163 | |
| Democratic | Morris Reed Sr. | 19.01% | 13,140 | |
| Democratic | Edward Morris | 14.45% | 9,990 | |
| Total Votes | 69,134 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017 | ||||
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
There are 217 judges on the Louisiana District Courts, each elected to six-year terms. They must face re-election if they wish to serve again.[4]
The district courts select chief judges by peer vote (with term lengths that vary by individual court).[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[4][5]
- licensed to practice law in the state for at least eight years;
- a resident of the district represented for at least one year; and
- under the age of 70 at the time of election (judges who turn 70 in office may serve until their term expires)
2013
Reed ran for election to the Louisiana Magistrate Courts and was defeated in the primary election on October 19, 2013.[6]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Morris Reed Sr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Times-Picayune, "New Orleans Criminal District Court Magistrate Judge: The Candidates," September 26, 2013
- ↑ New Orleans Bar Association, "Judicial Candidate Information Form," accessed September 27, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 15, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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," June 3, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed September 27, 2017
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