Walter I. Lanier III
Walter I. Lanier III (Republican Party) is a judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Lanier (Republican Party) won election for judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District outright in the primary on November 6, 2018, after the general election was canceled.
Lanier was a judge in the 17th Judicial District, Division C in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, from 2003 to 2018. He was elected to this position on May 4, 2002.[1][2]
Elections
2018
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 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District
Walter I. Lanier III won election outright against Ellen Doskey in the primary for Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Walter I. Lanier III (R) | 68.9 | 50,401 | |
| Ellen Doskey (Independent) | 31.1 | 22,700 | ||
| Total votes: 73,101 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2014
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Lanier, III ran for re-election to the 17th Judicial District. As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.[3]
Education
Lanier received his B.S. from Nicholls State University and his J.D. from Louisiana State University.[4]
Career
Lanier worked as an attorney in Thibodaux.[5]
See also
- Louisiana District Courts
- Courts in Louisiana
- Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2018
- Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," May 5, 2002
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed December 9, 2014 (Scroll down to "District Judge…")
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Walter I. Lanier, III," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ Legal Directories, "Walter I. Lanier, III profile," accessed December 18, 2014
| ||||||||||
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
