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Richard Anderson (Louisiana)

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Richard Anderson

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Prior offices
Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 2 Division G

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Louisiana State University, 1978

Law

Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1981

Richard Anderson was a judge for Section 2, Division G of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court. He assumed office in 1997. He left office on December 31, 2020.

Anderson (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Section 2, Division G judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court. He lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 2 Division G

Christopher Dassau won election outright against incumbent Richard Anderson in the primary for Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 2 Division G on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Christopher Dassau (D)
 
53.6
 
37,191
Richard Anderson (R)
 
46.4
 
32,254

Total votes: 69,445
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2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Anderson ran for re-election to the 19th Judicial District.
Primary: He was elected in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 54.3 percent of the vote. He competed against Joyce Plummer.
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Campaign themes

2020

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Education

Anderson earned a B.S. in accounting from Louisiana State University in 1978, going on to receive his J.D. from LSU School of Law in 1981.[3]

Career

Anderson practiced law in Baton Rouge from 1981 until he took office in 1997.[3]

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