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Russ Wise
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Sylvia Taylor (D) | 17.4 | 1,722 |
| ✔ | Russ Wise (Independent) | 15.9 | 1,573 | |
 | Shondrell Perrilloux (R) | 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
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 |  Randal 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 | Randal Gaines |
41.8% | 5,463 | |
| Independent | Russ 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 | |||
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 |
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Footnotes
