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Wilson Fields
2025 - Present
2030
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Wilson Fields (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 2nd District of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He assumed office on March 19, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Fields (Democratic Party) won election for the 2nd District judge of the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on March 29, 2025, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Biography
Wilson Fields received his undergraduate degree in business management from Southern University in 1991 and his J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 1994. He also received his master of law degree from Tulane Law School in 2003.[1][2] Fields was elected to the Baton Rouge City Council while in law school. He was then elected to the Louisiana State Senate on November 18, 1995 (effective in 1996). He represented District 15 in that capacity until his judicial election.[3] He also worked as a private practice lawyer during that time. In 2001, he was elected to the district court. He also taught as an adjunct professor at Southern University Law Center and served as a judge advocate general (JAG) officer in the Louisiana Army National Guard.[1][2]
Elections
2025
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2025
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. Wilson Fields (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fields in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)
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. Wilson Fields (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Fields ran for re-election to the 19th Judicial District.
As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
[4]
2010
Fields ran for a seat on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, 2nd District, Subdistrict 2, Division D. He was defeated by incumbent John Guidry, receiving only 41% of the vote.[5][6]
- Main article: Louisiana judicial elections, 2010
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wilson Fields did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Wilson Fields did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana State Senate, "Biographical Sketch," accessed December 16, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baton Rouge Bar Association, "Interview with Judge Wilson Fields," February 1, 2003
- ↑ Louisiana State Senate, "2001 Senators Archive: Wilson Fields," accessed December 16, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," October 2, 2010
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidates for 10/2 Election," 2010
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Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District 2025-Present |
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Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court Section 1 Division O 2002-2025 |
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Federal courts:
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State courts:
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