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Willie Jones
Willie Jones (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 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 Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Billy Nungesser (R) | 65.5 | 678,531 |
 | Willie Jones (D) | 20.5 | 211,988 | |
 | Elbert Guillory (R)  | 6.2 | 64,058 | |
 | Tami Hotard (R) | 4.9 | 50,711 | |
 | Bruce Payton (Independent) | 1.7 | 17,195 | |
 | Gary Rispone (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,111 | |
| Total votes: 1,035,594 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clay Schexnayder (R)
- Chester Pritchett (Independent)
Endorsements
Jones received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 3
Davante Lewis defeated incumbent Lambert Boissiere III in the general election for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 3 on December 10, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Davante Lewis (D) | 59.5 | 53,001 |
 | Lambert Boissiere III (D) | 40.5 | 36,098 | |
| Total votes: 89,099 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 3
Incumbent Lambert Boissiere III and Davante Lewis defeated Gregory Manning, Willie Jones, and Jesse Thompson in the primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lambert Boissiere III (D) | 43.2 | 98,003 |
| ✔ | | Davante Lewis (D) | 18.3 | 41,533 |
 | Gregory Manning (D) | 16.8 | 38,056 | |
| Willie Jones (D) | 13.2 | 29,915 | |
 | Jesse Thompson (D) | 8.6 | 19,599 | |
| Total votes: 227,106 | |||
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2019
See also: Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 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 Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
Incumbent Billy Nungesser won election outright against Willie Jones in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Billy Nungesser (R) | 68.1 | 884,309 |
| Willie Jones (D) | 31.9 | 413,556 | |
| Total votes: 1,297,865 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rao Uppu (D)
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.[1]
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 John Bagneris, Alicia Clivens, Willie Jones, and Shawn Lockett faced off in the October 24 blanket primary. Bagneris and Clivens advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Bagneris won election. Jason Hughes (D) was disqualified before the primary.[2][3]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 100 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John Bagneris |
37.6% | 3,007 | |
| Democratic | Alicia Clivens |
27.5% | 2,202 | |
| Democratic | Willie Jones | 23.8% | 1,906 | |
| Democratic | Shawn Lockett | 11.1% | 885 | |
| Total Votes | 8,000 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 100 Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John Bagneris |
54.9% | 6,262 | |
| Democratic | Alicia Clivens | 45.1% | 5,150 | |
| Total Votes | 11,412 | |||
2011
Jones and Roland Barthe (D) were defeated by Wesley Bishop (D) in the District 101 special election for the Louisiana House of Representatives on January 22, 2011.[4][5]
| Louisiana House of Representatives Special Election, District 101 (2011) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Wesley Bishop (D)
|
1,294 | |||
| Roland Barthe (D) | 226 | |||
| Willie Jones (D) | 204 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Willie Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Willie Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Willie Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ WSDU, "Bishop Wins Seat In State House," January 22, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "January 22, 2011 special election results," accessed August 25, 2011
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