Rufus Craig
Rufus Craig (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. Craig lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.
Craig was a mayoral candidate for the city of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. He was defeated in the primary election on November 8, 2016.
Craig was a 2014 Libertarian candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Louisiana.[1][2] He did not receive enough votes to participate in the runoff on December 6, 2014.[3]
Craig was also a 2012 Libertarian candidate for the same seat. He was defeated during the general election on November 6, 2012.
Biography
Craig graduated from Louisiana State University in 1978 with a B.S. degree. He obtained a J.D. from Southern University in 1984.[4] Craig has been a self-employed attorney since 1984.[4]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana's 6th Congressional District election, 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 U.S. House Louisiana District 6
Incumbent Garret Graves won election outright against Rufus Craig and Brian Belzer in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Garret Graves (R) | 80.4 | 189,684 |
 | Rufus Craig (L) | 13.0 | 30,709 | |
 | Brian Belzer (R)  | 6.6 | 15,535 | |
| Total votes: 235,928 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaqueline Blaney (D)
- Scott Sonnier (R)
2019
See also: Louisiana State Senate 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
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 6
Incumbent Mack White Jr. won election outright against Rufus Craig in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 6 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mack White Jr. (R) | 79.5 | 29,531 |
| Rufus Craig (L) | 20.5 | 7,596 | |
| Total votes: 37,127 | |||
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2016
| Mayor of Baton Rouge, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Sharon Weston Broome |
31.62% | 60,368 | |
| Republican | Bodi White |
29.36% | 56,059 | |
| Democratic | C. Denise Marcelle | 13.34% | 25,477 | |
| Republican | John Delgado | 8.41% | 16,049 | |
| Republican | R.J. Bourgeois | 6.13% | 11,710 | |
| Independent | Darryl Gissel | 5.88% | 11,228 | |
| Democratic | Greg LaFleur | 1.83% | 3,498 | |
| Democratic | Byron Sharper | 1.30% | 2,484 | |
| Libertarian | Rufus Craig | 1.05% | 2,002 | |
| Independent | Beverly Amador | 0.44% | 843 | |
| Republican | Braylon Hyde | 0.42% | 805 | |
| Independent | Cade Williams | 0.21% | 410 | |
| Total Votes | 190,933 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
2014
Craig ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th District.[1] Craig ran as a Libertarian candidate on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Bell | 2.0% | 5,182 | |
| Republican | Dan Claitor | 10.26% | 26,524 | |
| Republican | Norm Clark | 0.71% | 1,848 | |
| Republican | Paul Dietzel | 13.55% | 35,024 | |
| Republican | Garret Graves |
27.36% | 70,715 | |
| Republican | Craig McCulloch | 2.25% | 5,815 | |
| Republican | Trey Thomas | 0.56% | 1,447 | |
| Republican | Lenar Whitney | 7.41% | 19,151 | |
| Democratic | Edwin Edwards |
30.12% | 77,866 | |
| Democratic | Richard Lieberman | 2.83% | 7,309 | |
| Democratic | Peter Williams | 1.56% | 4,037 | |
| Libertarian | Rufus Holt Craig Jr. | 1.38% | 3,561 | |
| Total Votes | 258,479 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Craig ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th District. Craig faced the incumbent Bill Cassidy (R) and Richard Torregano (I) in the November 6 blanket primary.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Cassidy Incumbent |
79.4% | 243,553 | |
| Libertarian | Rufus Holt Craig,Jr | 10.5% | 32,185 | |
| None | Richard Torregano | 10.1% | 30,975 | |
| Total Votes | 306,713 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rufus Craig did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Rufus Craig did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Craig submitted responses to the following questions from 225 Magazine:
| “ |
Do you believe Baton Rouge has a race problem, and if so what 2 steps would you take as mayor in your first year to address it? Yes, it absolutely does. I would advocate ending the war on people that use drugs. It’s not a war on drugs, it’s a war on people who use drugs and it’s used disproportionately against poor people and people of color. After two generations of this policy, it’s left behind the people of north Baton Rouge and created bad relationships between police and neighborhoods. As a community and a nation, we really need to stop the war on drugs. We need to look at the Portuguese model of decriminalizing drugs. If you use drugs north of Florida Boulevard you come in contact with Department of Corrections. South of Florida Boulevard, you get rehabilitation for a couple of months. East Baton Rouge Parish and its residents were severely impacted by the August floods. What specific ideas do you have to rebuild our community and strengthen its people? We need to get as much help from outside sources as we can, state and federal. Looking at it from the perspective of a libertarian, we also need to accept as much personal responsibility as possible. We need to reassess how we construct and where we construct. For example, if you build in a flood zone, you should assume that responsibility including how you build a house. We need to look at how and where we develop and what rules we put in place on construction. A lot of people are talking about the Comite River Diversion Canal, which is a boondoggle. It might have made a difference of just about 8 inches less of flooding. In order for you to consider your first term as mayor a success, what is the No. 1 thing you hope to have accomplished? Establish some sort of rapport between north and south Baton Rouge. Establish economic development in war zones, meaning the zones where the war on drugs is going on. Establish something else in those communities besides predatory loan businesses and pawn shops. It appears that the vast majority of development goes to central and south Baton Rouge, and in my mind, we have a responsibility to change this.[6][7] |
” |
| —Rufus Craig (2016) | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greenwich Times, "Craig seeks 6th congressional seat again," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ News Orleans Advocate, "Libertarian Craig joins 6th District race for Congress," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "House Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rufus Craig for Congress Facebook Page, "Info," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate List," accessed October 22,2012
- ↑ 225 Magazine, "Rufus Craig (L)," October 4, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
