Richard Hursey
Richard Hursey (Republican Party) was a member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board in Louisiana, representing District 12. Hursey assumed office in 2015. Hursey left office on December 31, 2022.
Hursey (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the St. Tammany Parish School Board to represent District 12 in Louisiana. Hursey lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.
Hursey was appointed to the position on February 2, 2015, following the death of James "Ronnie" Panks Sr. (R).
Elections
2022
See also: St. Tammany Parish Public Schools, Louisiana, elections (2022)
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 St. Tammany Parish School Board District 12
Michelle Hirstius won election outright against incumbent Richard Hursey in the primary for St. Tammany Parish School Board District 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Hirstius (R) | 58.7 | 2,454 | |
 | Richard Hursey (R) | 41.3 | 1,727 | |
| Total votes: 4,181 | |||
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2018
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
The primary election was canceled. Richard Hursey (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2015
Two seats on the St. Tammany Parish Board of Education were up for special election in 2015, following the deaths of two sitting board members.
The District 14 seat was up for special election on March 28, 2015. The seat became vacant after incumbent Ray Anthony Alfred (D) died on September 17, 2014, at the age of 60 shortly after his automatic re-election in his uncontested 2014 election bid.[1] The vacancy on the school board created by his death was filled by a board appointment. Alfred's father, Anthony Alfred, was elected by the board to fill the vacancy in October 2014.[2]
Anthony Alfred did not file to run for the remainder of his son's unexpired term. Two candidates, Dennis "Coach" Cousin (D) and John Murchison (I) filed for the race on February 4, 2015. Cousin won the open seat, maintaining the Democratic presence on the board.
The District 12 seat was scheduled for election on October 24, 2015, following the death of incumbent James "Ronnie" Panks Sr. (R) on January 14, 2015. Panks had also won re-election in an uncontested race in the 2014 election.[3]
Richard Hursey (R) was appointed on February 2, 2015, by the remaining board members to temporarily fill the vacancy created by Panks's death until the special election was held.[4] However, the District 12 special election was canceled as Hursey was the only candidate to file for the race.
Results
The election, which was scheduled for October 24, 2015, was canceled as Hursey was the only candidate to file for the race. He was automatically elected.
Funding
Hursey reported $2,880.00 in contributions but no expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, which left his campaign with $2,880.00 on hand in the election.[5]
Endorsements
Hursey did not receive any endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Richard Hursey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "St. Tammany Parish School Board member Ray Alfred dies," September 17, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "St. Tammany School Board taps familiar candidate to fill open seat," October 3, 2014
- ↑ The Advocate, "Ronnie Panks, longest-serving St. Tammany School Board member, dies at 69," February 5, 2015
- ↑ BayouBuzz.com, "St. Tammany School Board appoints Richard Hursey to open seat," February 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Candidate's Report: Richard S. Hursey Jr.," September 25, 2015
