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Last election

November 18, 2023

Military

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U.S. Army

Years of service

1967 - 1975

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Russ Wise (independent) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 57. He lost in the general election on November 18, 2023.

Wise was a 2011 independent candidate for District 57 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives 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.

General election

General election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57

Sylvia Taylor defeated Russ Wise in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on November 18, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sylvia Taylor
Sylvia Taylor (D)
 
65.2
 
4,488
Russ Wise (Independent)
 
34.8
 
2,398

Total votes: 6,886
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57

The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on October 14, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sylvia Taylor
Sylvia Taylor (D)
 
17.4
 
1,722
Russ Wise (Independent)
 
15.9
 
1,573
Image of Shondrell Perrilloux
Shondrell Perrilloux (R) Candidate Connection
 
15.5
 
1,530
Shane Bailey (D)
 
12.8
 
1,264
Albert Burl III (D)
 
12.2
 
1,211
Larry Sorapuru Jr. (D)
 
10.0
 
990
Rodney Nicholas (D)
 
8.7
 
864
Michelle Sweeney (D)
 
7.5
 
741

Total votes: 9,895
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2011

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2011

Wise ranin the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57. He faced Democrats Olangee Breech, Albert Burl III, Randal Gaines and Shane Bailey 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. However, since no candidate reached this threshold, a general election took place on November 19, 2011 between Wise and Gaines.[1] Gaines defeated Wise to win the seat.[2]

Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRandal Gaines 69% 5,677
     Independent Russ Wise 31% 2,548
Total Votes 8,225
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 57 Blanket Primary, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRandal Gaines 41.8% 5,463
     Independent Green check mark transparent.pngRuss Wise 28.8% 3,768
     Democratic Albert Burl III 12.6% 1,644
     Democratic Shane Bailey 12.5% 1,641
     Democratic Olangee Breech 4.3% 562
Total Votes 13,078

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