Doug Welborn

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Doug Welborn

Republican Party

East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court

Tenure

1991 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

34

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

October 14, 2023

Doug Welborn (Republican Party) is the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court in Louisiana. He assumed office in 1991. His current term ends in 2027.

Welborn (Republican Party) won re-election for East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the general election was canceled.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (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 East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court

Incumbent Doug Welborn won election outright against Donna Collins-Lewis in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court on October 14, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Doug Welborn (R)	56.8	54,975
		Donna Collins-Lewis (D)	43.2	41,789

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,764
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Welborn in this election.

2019

See also: Municipal elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (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 East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court

Incumbent Doug Welborn won election outright against Donna Collins-Lewis in the primary for East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court on October 12, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Doug Welborn (R)	54.6	72,365
		Donna Collins-Lewis (D)	45.4	60,062

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 132,427
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Campaign themes

2023

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Doug Welborn did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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