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Ulysses Addison
Ulysses Addison was a candidate for the District 2 seat on the Metro Council of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Addison was defeated in the general election on December 10, 2016.
Addison was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 63 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Addison served as the District 2 member of the Metro Council from 2001 to 2012.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Addison told the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report that he filed for the Ward 2 seat due to incumbent Chauna Banks-Daniel's support for a police residency rule. Banks-Daniel placed a proposal on the council agenda in July 2016 banning new police department hires from outside city limits. Addison argued that the proposal showed insensitivity to the city's needs.[1]
Elections
2016
The city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, held elections for mayor and metropolitan council on December 10, 2016. A primary election took place on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 22, 2016. All 12 metropolitan council seats were up for election.[2][3] Incumbent Chauna Banks defeated Ulysses Addison in the Baton Rouge Metro District 2 general election.
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Chauna Banks Incumbent |
57.96% | 4,973 | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Addison | 42.04% | 3,607 | |
| Total Votes | 8,580 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed December 21, 2016 | ||||
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 2, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Chauna Banks Incumbent |
46.52% | 5,426 | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Addison |
31.30% | 3,651 | |
| Democratic | Gregory Handy Sr. | 22.18% | 2,587 | |
| Total Votes | 11,664 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[4]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Democrats Ulysses Addison, Barbara Carpenter, Joyce Plummer, James Slaughter, and Dean Vicknair faced off in the October 24 blanket primary. Addison and Carpenter advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Carpenter won election.[5][6]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 63 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Addison |
32.8% | 3,030 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Carpenter |
29.7% | 2,739 | |
| Democratic | Joyce Plummer | 22.2% | 2,047 | |
| Democratic | Dean Vicknair | 7.8% | 724 | |
| Democratic | James Slaughter | 7.5% | 697 | |
| Total Votes | 9,237 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 63 Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Barbara Carpenter |
58.2% | 6,255 | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Addison | 41.8% | 4,491 | |
| Total Votes | 10,746 | |||
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See also
- Municipal elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2016)
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- Louisiana House of Representatives District 63
- Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2015
- Louisiana State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, "Former Metro Councilman Addison to enter council race amid disgust over proposed police residency rule," July 22, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2016 Elections," accessed January 21, 2016
- ↑ The Advocate, "Baton Rouge faces political shake-up with all 12 seats on Metro Council up for grabs this fall," January 19, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
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