Ruben Rivera Jr.
Ruben Rivera Jr. (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 47. He lost in the special primary on February 23, 2019.
Elections
2019
See also: Louisiana state legislative special 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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 47
Ryan Bourriaque won election outright against Ruben Rivera Jr. in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 47 on February 23, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryan Bourriaque (R) | 63.5 | 3,180 |
| Ruben Rivera Jr. (R) | 36.5 | 1,831 | ||
| Total votes: 5,011 | |||
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Note: The general election was canceled after Ryan Bourriaque (R) won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ruben Rivera Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
