Shane Bailey
Shane Bailey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Louisiana House of Representatives to represent District 57. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Bailey was a 2011 Democratic candidate for District 57 of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Elections
2023
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57
Sylvia Taylor defeated Russ Wise in the general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sylvia Taylor (D) | 65.2 | 4,488 |
| Russ Wise (Independent) | 34.8 | 2,398 | ||
| Total votes: 6,886 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57
The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57 on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sylvia Taylor (D) | 17.4 | 1,722 |
| ✔ | Russ Wise (Independent) | 15.9 | 1,573 | |
 | Shondrell Perrilloux (R) | 15.5 | 1,530 | |
| Shane Bailey (D) | 12.8 | 1,264 | ||
| Albert Burl III (D) | 12.2 | 1,211 | ||
| Larry Sorapuru Jr. (D) | 10.0 | 990 | ||
| Rodney Nicholas (D) | 8.7 | 864 | ||
| Michelle Sweeney (D) | 7.5 | 741 | ||
| Total votes: 9,895 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bailey in this election.
2011
Bailey ran in the 2011 election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 57. He faced Democrats Olangee Breech, Albert Burl III, Randal Gaines and Independent Russ Wise in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. Gaines and Wise won the primary.[1]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 57 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Randal Gaines |
41.8% | 5,463 | |
| Independent | Russ Wise |
28.8% | 3,768 | |
| Democratic | Albert Burl III | 12.6% | 1,644 | |
| Democratic | Shane Bailey | 12.5% | 1,641 | |
| Democratic | Olangee Breech | 4.3% | 562 | |
| Total Votes | 13,078 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shane Bailey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
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