Your feedback ensures we stay focused on the facts that matter to you most—take our survey.
Susan Chehardy
Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!
1998 - Present
2032
27
Susan M. Chehardy (Republican Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 1998. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
Chehardy (Republican Party) won re-election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Chehardy is a former justice pro tempore on the Louisiana Supreme Court. She was appointed by the court to fill a vacancy left by former Justice Greg Guidry.[1]
At the time of her appointment to the state Supreme Court, Chehardy was the chief judge of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. She was the first woman to be elected to the court and the first to become its chief judge.[2][3][4]
Associations
Judge Chehardy is a member of the Jefferson Bar Association and the Louisiana Bar Foundation.[5][6]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 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
The primary election was canceled. Susan M. Chehardy (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2012
Chehardy was re-elected after running unopposed in 2012. [7]
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
1998
According to the Times-Picayune, Judge Chehardy's 1998 campaign for the state Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal against Martha Sassone resulted in a run-in with the Judiciary Commission. The matter, which resulted in a reprimand, was never disclosed publicly because of a confidentiality agreement. In the commission's 1999 complaint, Sassone was accused of running an "undignified" race and misrepresenting facts, including alleging a connection between Chehardy and fallen bail bonds mogul Louis Marcotte. The commission charged that Sassone's campaign ads said that Chehardy released more than 400 criminals on bond in two years, many of them multiple offenders and some of them represented by Chehardy's then-husband, defense attorney Bruce Netterville, according to court records.[4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Susan M. Chehardy did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
|
Officeholder Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District |
Footnotes
- ↑ Nola, "Louisiana Supreme Court taps Judge Susan Chehardy to fill temporary vacancy," July 26, 2019
- ↑ 1st woman chief judge on Gretna state appeal court (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State: Elected Officials
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Times-Picayune, "Justices hear case against Jeff judge today," May 22, 2007
- ↑ Jefferson Bar Association
- ↑ Louisiana Bar Foundation member list
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Candidate Database
| ||||||||||
 |
State of Louisiana Baton Rouge (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
