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Preston Castille

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Preston Castille
Image of Preston Castille
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

October 14, 2023

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Preston Castille (Democratic Party) is a member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, representing District 8. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.

Castille (Democratic Party) won re-election to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to represent District 8 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Preston Castille earned a J.D. from Tulane Law School. Castille’s career experience includes working as president of Helix Community Schools. He also has experience working as an adjunct law professor for Southern University Law Center and Louisiana State University Law School.[1]

Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8

Incumbent Preston Castille won election outright against Dolores Cormier-Zenon in the primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8 on October 14, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Preston Castille
Preston Castille (D)
 
70.2
 
78,436
Image of Dolores Cormier-Zenon
Dolores Cormier-Zenon (D)
 
29.8
 
33,230

Total votes: 111,666
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Endorsements

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2019

See also: Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education election, 2019


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.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8

Preston Castille won election outright against Vereta Lee, Chakesha Webb Scott, and Jonathan Loveall in the primary for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Preston Castille
Preston Castille (D)
 
52.1
 
71,616
Image of Vereta Lee
Vereta Lee (D)
 
18.0
 
24,739
Chakesha Webb Scott (D)
 
16.1
 
22,214
Image of Jonathan Loveall
Jonathan Loveall (D)
 
13.8
 
18,999

Total votes: 137,568
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Campaign themes

2023

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2019

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jada Lewis (D)
Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education District 8
2020-Present
Succeeded by
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