Royce Duplessis
2022 - Present
2028
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Royce Duplessis (Democratic Party) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 5. He assumed office on December 6, 2022. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.
Duplessis (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana. He lost in the primary on October 11, 2025.
Biography
Royce Duplessis earned a B.A. in mass communication/media studies from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2004 and a J.D. from Howard University in 2010. Duplessis' career experience includes working as an attorney with the Duplessis Law Firm, a special counsel with the Louisiana Supreme Court, and a judicial law clerk to Judge Thomas J. Motley on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He has served as the president of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of the GNO Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc., and as a member of the New Orleans City Planning Commission.[1]
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Duplessis was assigned to the following committees:
2023-2024
Duplessis was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Duplessis was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Duplessis was assigned to the following committees:
- Administration of Criminal Justice Committee
- Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in New Orleans, Louisiana (2025)
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 Mayor of New Orleans
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of New Orleans on October 11, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Helena Moreno (D) | 54.9 | 57,797 |
 | Royce Duplessis (D) | 22.3 | 23,474 | |
 | Oliver Thomas (D) | 18.6 | 19,619 | |
 | Frank Janusa (R) | 2.2 | 2,315 | |
 | Richard Twiggs Jr. (Unaffiliated)  | 0.8 | 806 | |
| Arthur Hunter (D) (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.3 | 357 | ||
| Eileen Carter (Unaffiliated) | 0.2 | 247 | ||
 | Manny Chevrolet Bruno (Unaffiliated) | 0.2 | 206 | |
 | Renada Collins (Unaffiliated) | 0.2 | 190 | |
| Joseph Bikulege (Unaffiliated) | 0.1 | 135 | ||
 | Frank Scurlock (Unaffiliated) | 0.1 | 99 | |
 | Russell Butler (Unaffiliated) | 0.1 | 81 | |
| Total votes: 105,326 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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2023
See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 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
The primary election was canceled. Royce Duplessis (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Louisiana state legislative special 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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 5
Royce Duplessis won election outright against Mandie Landry in the special primary for Louisiana State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Royce Duplessis (D) | 53.2 | 17,066 |
 | Mandie Landry (D) | 46.8 | 15,021 | |
| Total votes: 32,087 | |||
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2019
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 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
The primary election was canceled. Royce Duplessis (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2018
A special primary election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 was called for March 24, 2018. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 5, 2018.[2]
The seat became vacant on May 6, 2018, after Helena Moreno (D) resigned her seat to join the New Orleans City Council.
Royce Duplessis (D) defeated Eldon Anderson (D), Kenneth Bordes (D), and Danil Faust (D) in the special election.[3][4]
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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93
Royce Duplessis won election outright against Kenneth Bordes, Eldon Anderson, and Danil Faust in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 on March 24, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Royce Duplessis (D) | 71.5 | 3,003 |
| Kenneth Bordes (D) | 20.6 | 865 | ||
 | Eldon Anderson (D) | 4.7 | 198 | |
| Danil Faust (D) | 3.2 | 134 | ||
| Total votes: 4,200 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2022
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2019
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2024
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In 2024, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 11 to June 3. Special sessions were convened from January 15, 2024 to January 23, 2024; February 19, 2024 to February 29, 2024; and November 6, 2024 to November 25, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 10 to June 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 14 to June 6.
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2021
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In 2021, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 12 to June 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 9 to June 1. The session was suspended from March 31 through May 4. A special session convened from June 1 to June 30 and from September 28 to October 23.
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2019
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In 2019, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 through June 6.
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2018
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In 2018, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 12 through May 18.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of New Orleans |
Officeholder Louisiana State Senate District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Royce Duplessis," accessed March 24, 2023
- ↑ Uptown Messenger, "Special election to fill Helena Moreno’s seat will be in March; Moreno will resign as soon as successor is chosen," December 13, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Election Results," accessed March 24, 2018
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