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Sandra Franklin
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Sandra Franklin (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rapides Parish School Board in Louisiana, representing District I.
Franklin (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 26. She lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
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.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Ed Larvadain III won election outright against Sandra Franklin and Reddex Washington in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ed Larvadain III (D) | 61.5 | 4,224 |
| Sandra Franklin (D) | 20.2 | 1,388 | ||
| Reddex Washington (D) | 18.3 | 1,256 | ||
| Total votes: 6,868 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Franklin in this election.
2019
Regular election
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
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Ed Larvadain III won election outright against Sandra Franklin and Ken'Travius Coleman in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Larvadain III (D) | 54.1 | 4,489 |
| Sandra Franklin (D) | 26.7 | 2,216 | ||
 | Ken'Travius Coleman (D) | 19.2 | 1,595 | |
| Total votes: 8,300 | |||
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Special election
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 26
Ed Larvadain III won election outright against Sandra Franklin in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 on February 23, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Larvadain III (D) | 61.1 | 1,619 |
| Sandra Franklin (D) | 38.9 | 1,032 | ||
| Total votes: 2,651 | |||
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Note: The general election was canceled after Ed Larvadain III (D) won the position outright by receiving more than 50% of the votes cast in the primary election.
2014
All nine seats on the Rapides Parish School Board were up for election in 2014, but only two district seats saw contested races on the November 4 ballot. District D incumbent Janet H. Dixon (D) originally filed to run for re-election but later withdrew from the race. Jennifer Atwood (R) and Willard McCall (D) ran for the open seat. District H incumbent Darrell Rodriguez (D) faced challenger Al Davis (D).[1]
Five of the seats were retained by incumbents who were re-elected without opposition at the close of the candidate filing period. Wilton Barrios Jr. (R) retained the District A seat, Steve Berry (R) retained the District B seat, Stephen Chapman (R) retained the District E seat, John E. Allen Jr. (D) retained the District F seat and W. Keith Breazeale (R) retained the District G seat.[1]
Newcomer Gerald R. Crooks (R) won the District C seat without opposition. Incumbent Julie McConathy (R) did not run for re-election. Similarly, District I incumbent Pam Webb (R) did not seek re-election. Sandra Franklin (D) was elected without opposition to the open seat.[1]
Results
Franklin was elected to her first term without opposition on August 22, 2014.
Funding
Franklin reported no contributions or expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program.[2]
Endorsements
Franklin did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sandra Franklin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sandra Franklin did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 |
Footnotes
