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Dawn Chanet Collins
Dawn Chanet Collins (Democratic Party) was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in Louisiana, representing District 4. She left office on January 1, 2023.
Chanet Collins (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 101. She lost in the special primary on March 26, 2022.
Biography
Collins is the owner of Cogent Concepts and Project Management. She previously worked for Obama for America and the Louisiana Department of Health. She is also on the executive committee of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. Collins obtained a bachelor's degree in English from Southern University. She went on to earn a master's degree in public administration from the same university.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana state legislative special 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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101
Vanessa Caston LaFleur won election outright against Dawn Chanet Collins and Terry Hebert in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 on March 26, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vanessa Caston LaFleur (D) | 61.5 | 1,771 |
 | Dawn Chanet Collins (D) | 28.9 | 831 | |
| Terry Hebert (Independent) | 9.7 | 278 | ||
| Total votes: 2,880 | |||
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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.
General election
General election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 6
Cleve Dunn Jr. defeated Dawn Chanet Collins in the general election for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 6 on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cleve Dunn Jr. (D) | 50.5 | 3,354 | |
| Dawn Chanet Collins (D) | 49.5 | 3,292 | |
| Total votes: 6,646 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 6
The following candidates ran in the primary for East Baton Rouge Metro Council District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cleve Dunn Jr. (D) | 25.0 | 2,922 | |
| ✔ | | Dawn Chanet Collins (D) | 22.7 | 2,653 |
| Susan Kaufman (Independent) | 16.1 | 1,877 | ||
 | Corey Smith (D) | 12.6 | 1,468 | |
| Pamela Smith (D) | 12.3 | 1,432 | ||
| Reginald Pitcher (D) | 11.3 | 1,321 | ||
| Total votes: 11,673 | |||
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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 East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 4
Incumbent Dawn Chanet Collins won election outright against Chrisdelin Lyles in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawn Chanet Collins (D) | 76.0 | 8,118 |
| Chrisdelin Lyles (D) | 24.0 | 2,558 | ||
| Total votes: 10,676 | |||
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2016
One of the nine seats on the East Baton Rouge Parish School System school board was up for general election on March 5, 2016. The school board is partisan and members are elected by district. This race was a special election to fill a vacancy in District 4. Newcomers Dawn Collins and Robert Maxie Sr. ran for the seat up for election. Collins defeated Maxie for the seat.[2]
Results
| East Baton Rouge Parish School System, District 4 Special Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dawn Collins |
79.31% | 4,373 | |
| Democratic | Robert Maxie Sr. | 20.69% | 1,141 | |
| Total Votes (100) | 5,514 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed March 21, 2016 | ||||
Funding
Collins reported $14,145.65 in contributions and $6,974.84 in expenditures to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, which left her campaign with $7,170.87 on hand during the election.[3]
Endorsements
Collins received official endorsements for her campaign from the following people and organizations during the election::[4]
- School board members Kenyetta Nelson-Smith and Vereta Lee
- Baton Rouge Metro Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis
- Baton Rouge Metro Councilwoman LaMont Cole
- State representatives Edward James (D-101), Ronnie Edwards (D-29) and Patricia Haynes Smith (D-67)
- State senators Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb (D-14) and Regina Ashford Barrow (D-15)
- Former state senator Sharon Weston Broome (D-15)
- Former United States Congressman Cleo Fields
- United States congressman Cedric Richmond (D-2)
- Service Employees International Union
- Greater Baton Rouge AFL-CIO
- Baton Rouge Federation of Teachers
- Louisiana Federation of Teachers
- Louisiana Association of Educators
- East Baton Rouge Democratic Parish Executive Committee
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dawn Chanet Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dawn Chanet Collins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Candidate website
Collin's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2016:
| “ | What I Support
Safe and welcoming community schools which provide services to address students' academic, social, health and emotional needs.
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| —Dawn Collins' website (2016)[6] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Dawn Collins," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed January 14, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Ethics Administration Program, "Louisiana Campaign Finance Reports," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ Dawn Collins School Board District 4, "Endorsements," accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dawn Collins School Board District 4, "What I Support," accessed February 1, 2016
| 2016 East Baton Rouge Parish School System Elections | |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana | |
| Election date: | March 5, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Dawn Collins • Robert Maxie Sr. |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional measures on the ballot |
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