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Sid Gautreaux

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Sid Gautreaux
Image of Sid Gautreaux
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff
Tenure

2007 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

17

Elections and appointments
Last elected

October 14, 2023

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Sid Gautreaux (Republican Party) is the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff in Louisiana. He assumed office on December 4, 2007. His current term ends in 2027.

Gautreaux (Republican Party) won re-election for East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff in Louisiana outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (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 East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff

Incumbent Sid Gautreaux won election outright against Jeffry LaMonte Sanford in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff on October 14, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sid Gautreaux
Sid Gautreaux (R)
 
85.8
 
81,864
Jeffry LaMonte Sanford (Independent)
 
14.2
 
13,556

Total votes: 95,420
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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2019

See also: Municipal elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (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 East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff

Incumbent Sid Gautreaux won election outright against Mark Milligan and Charles Jean in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sid Gautreaux
Sid Gautreaux (R)
 
70.3
 
93,858
Mark Milligan (D)
 
16.7
 
22,274
Charles Jean (D)
 
13.0
 
17,385

Total votes: 133,517
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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Sid Gautreaux did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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