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Ronnie Jett
Ronnie Jett was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 62 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
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.[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. Incumbent Kenny Havard (R) defeated Ronnie Jett (D) in the October 24 blanket primary.[2][3]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 62 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Kenny Havard Incumbent |
63.4% | 8,783 | |
| Democratic | Ronnie Jett | 36.6% | 5,068 | |
| Total Votes | 13,851 | |||
2011
Jett ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 62. He faced Democrat Ken Dawson and Republicans Bob Arnold, Kenny Havard and Rob Farmer in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. Dawson and Havard won the primary.[4]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 62 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Kenny Havard |
30.2% | 4,233 | |
| Democratic | Ken Dawson |
23.4% | 3,281 | |
| Democratic | Ronnie Jett | 22.1% | 3,097 | |
| Republican | Bob Arnold | 17.4% | 2,437 | |
| Republican | Rob Farmer | 7% | 977 | |
| Total Votes | 14,025 | |||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
