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Louisiana State Senate elections, 2003

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In 2003, Louisiana's primary election was held on October 4, 2003, and the general election was held on November 15, 2003.

Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.

Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.


Qualifications

In order to qualify to run for the Louisiana State Senate, a candidate must:

  • Must be 18 years of age or older[1].
  • Must be a resident of the district they seek to hold office to for a minimum of two years[1].
  • Must not have served more than two and one half terms previously in office. This is for any candidate who has held office in the past after January 8, 1996[2].
  • Have not been convicted of a felony offense[2].
  • Have no outstanding fines with the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program[2].
  • Pay a $300 filing fee with the Clerk of Court in the parish they reside in or collect 500 signatures[3].
  • If running as a Republican or Democrat, pay an additional $150 filing fee with the state and/or parish executive committee of their party[3].

List of candidates

District 1

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Wayne J. Landry: 12,288 Approveda
Republican Party Walter J. Boasso: 19,842 Approveda
Republican Party Wayne Mumphrey: 8,538
November 15 general election candidates:
Democratic Party Wayne J. Landry: 16,011
Republican Party Walter J. Boasso: 25,233 Green check mark transparent.png

District 2

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Ray C. Crawford: 1,574
Democratic Party Ann Duplessis: 9,121 Approveda
Democratic Party Glenda Jones Harris: 2,211
Democratic Party Jon D. Johnson: 12,175 Approveda
November 15 general election candidates:
Democratic Party Ann Duplessis: 15,963 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Jon D. Johnson: 14,120

District 3

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Lambert C. Boissiere, Jr.: 18,095 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Patricia M. "Pat" Harris: 5,643
Grey.png Jason Neville: 1,528

District 4

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Paulette R. Irons: 17,970 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Jim McKay: 7,280
Grey.png Gregory W. "Greg" Kahn: 1,366

District 5

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Diana E. Bajoie: 16,551 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Edward J. "Eddie" Rantz: 3,591

District 6

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 7

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 8

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party J. Chris Ullo: 15,986 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Robert Evans: 12,811

District 9

October 4 primary election candidates:

Republican Party "Ken" Hollis: 19,570 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party "Polly" Thomas: 12,504

District 10

October 4 primary election candidates:

Republican Party Arthur "Art" Lentini: 21,018 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Stephen Rue: 8,474

District 11

October 4 primary election candidates:

Republican Party Bruce Authement: 11,920
Republican Party "Tom" Schedler: 22,366 Green check mark transparent.png

District 12

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Dennis Davis: 2,061
Democratic Party Ivory Dyson: 3,188
Democratic Party Stanley Middleton: 909
Democratic Party Ben Nevers: 17,258 Approveda
Democratic Party Weldon Russell: 5,691
Republican Party David P. Lindsey: 2,495
Republican Party RIchard Tanner: 8,654 Approveda

District 13

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 14

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Cleo Fields: 13,467 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Byron Nigel Sharper: 3,700
Democratic Party Patricia Haynes Smith: 8,044

District 15

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Melvin L. "Kip" Holden: 24,442 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Arnold "Pop" Johnson: 6,416

District 16

October 4 primary election candidates:

Republican Party Jay Dardenne: 34,679 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Chris Warner: 9,758

District 17

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Robert "Rob" Marionneaux, Jr.: 27,845 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John M. Evans: 4,207
Republican Party "Tim" Johnson: 13,204

District 18

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party "Jody" Amedee: 12,413 Approveda
Democratic Party "Jeff" Diez: 11,323 Approveda
Democratic Party Guy M. Poche': 4,389
Democratic Party Vincent "Beazy" Sotile, Jr.: 3,717
Republican Party Warren Harang III: 5,405
Republican Party Mark Stermer: 8,332
November 15 general election candidates:
Democratic Party "Jody" Amedee: 24,190 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party "Jeff" Diez: 22,688

District 19

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 20

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Reggie P. Dupre, Jr.: 27,132 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Nathan A. Trosclair: 5,455

District 21

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Edwin "Eddie Black" Albares: 4,250
Democratic Party "Butch" Gautreaux: 31,936 Green check mark transparent.png

District 22

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 23

October 4 primary election candidates:

Republican Party "Mike" Michot: 32,566 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Herman L. Vidrine: 4,437

District 24

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Donald "Don" Cravins: 22,650 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party David Saunders: 5,176
Republican Party "Jim" Darby: 5,842

District 25

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 26

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party "Nick" Gautreaux: 20,379 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Fred Hoyt: 17,378

District 27

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 28

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 29

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Jerry M. Guillory: 5,442
Democratic Party "Joe" McPherson: 20,530 Green check mark transparent.png

District 30

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Lloydell "Iles" Mullican: 6,411
Republican Party James David Cain: 19,609 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Arnold Russell Williams: 1,345

District 31

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 32

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Noble Ellington: 27,021 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party James "Jim" Hearns: 6,947

District 33

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 34

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 35

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party "Bill" Jones: 16,122
Republican Party Robert W. "Bob" Kostelka: 17,331 Green check mark transparent.png

District 36

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party
Republican Party

District 37

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Max T. Malone: 14,790 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party "Don" Pierson, Jr.: 10,010

District 38

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party Forrest Davis: 9,403 Approveda
Republican Party Sherri Smith Cheek: 10,458 Approveda
Republican Party Ted Roberts: 4,410
Republican Party "Doug" Shurling: 5,387
November 15 general election candidates:
Democratic Party Forrest Davis:
Republican Party Sherri Smith Cheek:

District 39

October 4 primary election candidates:

Democratic Party James Edward Green: 2,317
Democratic Party Lydia Patrice Jackson: 11,171 Approveda
Democratic Party Theron "T.J." Jackson: 5,307 Approveda
Democratic Party John D. "Johnny" Reid: 3,055
Grey.png James F. "Jim" Slagle: 1,819
November 15 general election candidates:
Democratic Party Lydia Patrice Jackson: 18,131 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Theron "T.J." Jackson: 7,309

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Qualifications"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Qualification Form"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Filing Fees"


Current members of the Louisiana State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Cameron Henry
Senators
District 1
District 2
Ed Price (D)
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
Adam Bass (R)
District 37
District 38
District 39
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