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Valerie Gotch Garrett
Valerie Gotch Garrett (Democratic Party) ran for election for the 3rd District judge of the Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. She lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.
Gotch Garrett was a 2014 candidate for the 15th Judicial District in Louisiana.[1]
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
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District
Ledricka Johnson Thierry won election outright against Valerie Gotch Garrett in the primary for Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ledricka Johnson Thierry (D) | 67.2 | 17,271 |
 | Valerie Gotch Garrett (D) | 32.8 | 8,411 | |
| Total votes: 25,682 | |||
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2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Gotch Garrett ran for election to the 15th Judicial District.
Primary: She was defeated in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 23.7 percent of the vote. She competed against Mark Allen Babineaux and Michelle Meaux Breaux.
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Education
Garrett received her bachelor's degree in upper elementary education and public relations & interpersonal communication from the University of Southern Louisiana. She received her J.D. from Southern University Law Center.[3]
Career
Garrett is a solo practitioner, focusing on family law.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2014: Pro Bono Publico Award, Louisiana State Bar Association
- 2013: Top Lafayette Volunteer Lawyer
- 2010: Woman Who Means Business, ABiz
- 2010-2013: Volunteer Lawyers’ Outstanding Attorney Award, Lafayette Bar Association
Associations
- Lafayette Airport Commissioner
- Member, Louisiana Bar Association
- Member, Lafayette Bar Association
- Barrister, American Inns of Court
- Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Valerie Gotch Garrett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results – Election Results for Date 11/4/2014," accessed November 7, 2014 (Select "Lafayette")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Valerie Gotch Garrett for District Judge, "Meet Valerie Gotch Garrett," archived September 12, 2014
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