User:Longestview/List of special elections to the Louisiana State Legislature

Summary

The dates listed indicate the time of the final election, either a runoff election or the open primary round if no second round was held. If only one candidate files for office, the filing deadline will be listed, as unopposed races are canceled under Louisiana law.

Election	Date	Predecessor	Winner
House 93	March 25, 2023	Royce Duplessis (Dem.)	Alonzo Knox (Dem.)
House 101	April 30, 2022	Edward James (Dem.)	Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Dem.)
Senate 5	November 8, 2022	Karen Peterson (Dem.)	Royce Duplessis (Dem.)
Senate 17	November 8, 2022	Rick Ward III (Rep.)	Caleb Kleinpeter (Rep.)
House 35	February 6, 2021	Stephen Dwight (Rep.)	Brett Geymann (Rep.)
House 82	April 24, 2021	Charles Henry (Rep.)	Laurie Schlegel (Rep.)
Senate 7	June 12, 2021	Troy Carter (Dem.)	Gary Carter (Dem.)
Senate 27	November 13, 2021	Ronnie Johns (Rep.)	Jeremy Stine (Rep.)
House 16		Frederick Jones (Dem.)	Adrian Fisher (Dem.)
House 102		Gary Carter Jr. (Dem.)	Delisha Boyd (Dem.)
House 54	July 11, 2020	Reggie Bagala (Rep.)	Joseph Orgeron (Rep.)
House 12	February 23, 2019	Rob Shadoin (Rep.)	Christopher Turner (Rep.)
House 17	March 30, 2019	Marcus Hunter (Dem.)	Pat Moore (Dem.)
House 18		Major Thibaut (Dem.)	Jeremy LaCombe (Dem.)
House 62		Kenny Havard (Rep.)	Roy Adams (Ind.)
House 26	February 23, 2019	Jeff Hall (Dem.)	Ed Larvadain III (Dem.)
House 27		Chris Hazel (Rep.)	Michael T. Johnson (Rep.)
House 47		Bob Hensgens (Rep.)	Ryan Bourriaque (Rep.)
House 90	December 8, 2018	Greg Cromer (Rep.)	Mary DuBuisson (Rep.)
Senate 26	November 6, 2018	Jonathan Perry (Rep.)	Bob Hensgens (Rep.)
House 33	November 6, 2018	Michael Danahay (Dem.)	Stuart Moss (Rep.)
House 10	July 20, 2018	Gene Reynolds (Dem.)	Wayne McMahen (Rep.)
House 93	March 24, 2018	Helena Moreno (Dem.)	Royce Duplessis (Dem.)
House 86	February 17, 2018	Chris Broadwater (Rep.)	Nicholas Muscarello (Rep.)
House 77	November 18, 2017	John Schroder (Rep.)	Mark Wright (Rep.)
House 58	October 14, 2017	Ed Price (Dem.)	Ken Brass (Dem.)
Senate 2	April 29, 2017	Troy E. Brown (Dem.)	Ed Price (Dem.)
House 8	April 29, 2017	Mike Johnson (Rep.)	Raymond Crews (Rep.)
House 42	March 25, 2017	Jack Montoucet (Dem.)	John Stefanski (Rep.)
House 92	March 25, 2017	Tom Willmott (Rep.)	Joe Stagni (Rep.)
House 80	July 22, 2016	Joseph Lopinto (Rep.)	Polly Thomas (Rep.)
House 85	July 1, 2016	Bryan Adams (Rep.)	Joseph Marino III (Unaff.)
House 29	May 14, 2016	Ronnie Edwards (Dem.)	Edmond Jordan (Dem.)
House 66	March 28, 2015	Hunter Greene (Rep.)	Darrell Ourso (Rep.)
House 26	February 21, 2015	Herbert Dixon (Dem.)	Jeff Hall (Dem.)
House 49	February 21, 2015	Simone Champagne (Rep.)	Blake Miguez (Rep.)
House 8	January 9, 2015	Jeff R. Thompson (Rep.)	Mike Johnson (Rep.)
House 97	September 29, 2014	Jared Brossett (Dem.)	Joseph Bouie (Dem.)
House 87	October 4, 2013	Girod Jackson III (Dem.)	Ebony Woodruff (Dem.)
House 65	March 2, 2013	Clif Richardson (Rep.)	Barry Ivey (Rep.)
House 79	March 2, 2013	Anthony Ligi (Rep.)	Julie Stokes (Rep.)
House 47	April 30, 2011	Jonathan Perry (Rep.)	Bob Hensgens (Rep.)
House 46	April 2, 2011	Fred Mills (Rep.)	Pete Huval (Rep.)
Senate 26	February 19, 2011	Nick Gautreaux (Dem.)	Jonathan Perry (Rep.)
Senate 22	January 22, 2011	Troy Hebert (Unaff.)	Fred Mills (Rep.)
House 101	January 22, 2011	Cedric Richmond (Dem.)	Wesley Bishop (Dem.)
Senate 2	October 2, 2010	Ann Duplessis (Dem.)	Cynthia Willard-Lewis (Dem.)
House 5	October 2, 2010	Wayne Waddell (Rep.)	Alan Seabaugh (Rep.)
House 63	May 29, 2010	Avon Honey (Dem.)	Dalton Honore (Dem.)
House 93	May 29, 2010	Karen Carter Peterson (Dem.)	Helena Moreno (Dem.)
Senate 5	February 6, 2010	Cheryl A. Gray Evans (Dem.)	Karen Carter Peterson (Dem.)
Senate 20	August 29, 2009	Reggie Dupre (Dem.)	Norby Chabert (Dem.)
House 40	August 29, 2009	Mickey J. Guillory (Dem.)	Ledricka Johnson Thierry (Dem.)
Senate 24	May 2, 2009	Don Cravins Jr. (Dem.)	Elbert Guillory (Dem.)
House 97	May 2, 2009	Jean-Paul Morrell (Dem.)	Jared Brossett (Dem.)
Senate 16	April 4, 2009	Bill Cassidy (Rep.)	Dan Claitor (Rep.)
Senate 3	December 6, 2008	Derrick Shepherd (Dem.)	Jean-Paul Morrell (Dem.)
Senate 9	November 4, 2008	Steve Scalise (Rep.)	Conrad Appel (Rep.)
House 18		Don Cazayoux (Dem.)	Major Thibaut (Dem.)
House 31		Donald M. Trahan (Rep.)	Nancy Landry (Rep.)
House 4	March 31, 2007	Cedric Glover (Dem.)	Patrick C. Williams (Dem.)
House 40		Don Cravins Jr. (Dem.)	Elbert Guillory (Dem.)
House 94		Peppi Bruneau (Rep.)	Nick Lorusso (Rep.)
House 1	February 24, 2007	Hoppy Hopkins (Dem.)	Jim Morris (Rep.)
Senate 16	December 9, 2006	Jay Dardenne (Rep.)	Bill Cassidy (Rep.)
House 21	November 7, 2006	Bryan O. Hammett Jr. (Dem.)	Andy Anders (Dem.)
House 97	November 7, 2006	Arthur Anthony Morrell (Dem.)	Jean-Paul Morrell (Dem.)
House 22	April 29, 2006	Tommy Wright (Dem.)	Billy Chandler (Dem.)
Senate 6	July 9, 2005	John J. Hainkel Jr (Rep.)	Julie Quinn (Rep.)
House 87	July 9, 2005	Derrick Shepherd (Dem.)	Terrell Harris (Dem.)
Senate 3	May 21, 2005	Lambert C. Boissiere Jr. (Dem.)	Derrick Shepherd (Dem.)
House 29	April 2, 2005	Sharon Weston Broome (Dem.)	Regina Ashford Barrow (Dem.)
House 66	April 2, 2005	Mike Futrell (Rep.)	Hunter V. Greene (Rep.)
House 96	February 26, 2005	Edwin R. Murray (Dem.)	Juan LaFonta (Dem.)
Senate 4	December 4, 2004	Paulette R. Irons (Dem.)	Edwin R. Murray (Dem.)
House 40	November 2, 2004	Charles Hudson (Dem.)	Don Cravins Jr. (Dem.)
House 45	April 7, 2004	Jerry Luke LeBlanc (Dem.)	Joel Robideaux (Oth.)
House 13	March 15, 2003	Rodney Alexander (Dem.)	Jim Fannin (Dem.)
Senate 36	February 15, 2003	Foster L. Campbell Jr. (Dem.)	Robert Adley (Dem.)
House 12	January 18, 2003	Jay McCallum (Dem.)	Hollis Downs (Rep.)
House 28	January 18, 2003	Charles A. Riddle III (Dem.)	Monica Walker (Dem.)
House 91	May 4, 2002	Renée Gill Pratt (Dem.)	Rosalind Peychaud (Dem.)
House 102	April 6, 2002	Jackie Clarkson (Dem.)	Jeff Arnold (Dem.)
House 63	March 2, 2002	Kip Holden (Dem.)	Avon Honey (Dem.)
Senate 15	December 15, 2001	Wilson Fields (Dem.)	Kip Holden (Dem.)
House 88	November 24, 2001	James Donelon (Rep.)	Tom Capella (Rep.)
House 69	August 18, 2001	Chuck McMains (Rep.)	Gary Beard (Rep.)
House 53	June 2, 2001	Reggie P. Dupre Jr. (Dem.)	Damon J. Baldone (Dem.)
House 86	March 17, 2001	Stephen J. Windhorst (Rep.)	Jim Tucker (Rep.)
House 100	March 17, 2001	Cynthia Willard (Dem.)	Patrick Swilling (Dem.)
Senate 20	March 10, 2001	Michael Robichaux (Dem.)	Reggie P. Dupre Jr. (Dem.)
House 104	December 9, 2000	Tommy Warner (Dem.)	Nita Rusich Hutter (Rep.)
House 62	November 7, 2000	John D. Travis (Dem.)	Tom McVea (Rep.)
House 11	October 7, 2000	Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson (Dem.)	Rick Gallot Jr. (Dem.)
House 75	May 1, 1999	Jerry Thomas (Dem.)	Ben W. Nevers (Dem.)
House 81	May 1, 1999	David Vitter (Rep.)	Jennifer Sneed (Rep.)
House 105	March 27, 1999	Benny Rousselle (Dem.)	Ernest D. Wooton (Dem.)
Senate 3	February 6, 1999	Dennis Bagneris (Dem.)	Lambert C. Boissiere (Dem.)
Senate 12	February 6, 1999	Phil Short (Rep.)	Jerry Thomas (Rep.)
House 10	June 20, 1998	Everett Doerge (Dem.)	Jean M. Doerge (Dem.)
Senate 14	December 13, 1997	John Michael Guidry (Dem.)	Cleo Fields (Dem.)
House 5	December 13, 1997	Roy Brun (Rep.)	Wayne Waddell (Rep.)
House 98	October 25, 1997	Garey Forster (Rep.)	Melinda Schwegmann (Dem.)
House 37	December 7, 1996	Gerald Theunissen (Dem.)	Dan Morrish (Dem.)
House 48	November 5, 1996	Bo Ackal Jr. (Dem.)	Romo Romero (Dem.)
Senate 25	September 21, 1996	Cecil J. Picard (Dem.)	Jerry Theunissen (Dem.)
House 72	August 17, 1996	Buster Guzzardo Sr. (Dem.)	Robby Carter (Dem.)
House 95	March 4, 1995	Paulette Irons (Dem.)	Alex Heaton (Dem.)
Senate 4	November 8, 1994	Marc H. Morial (Dem.)	Paulette Irons (Dem.)
Senate 33		Willie E. Crain (Dem.)	Robert J. Barham (Dem.)
House 102		Troy Carter (Dem.)	Jackie Clarkson (Dem.)
Senate 18	October 1, 1994	Joe Sevario (Dem.)	Louis Lambert (Dem.)
House 79	May 21, 1994	Skip Hand (Rep.)	Danny Martiny (Rep.)
House 100	August 14, 1993	David Armstrong (Dem.)	Cynthia Willard-Lewis (Dem.)
House 60	April 3, 1993	Charles J. Melancon (Dem.)	Audrey A. McCain (Dem.)
House 67	April 3, 1993	John M. Guidry (Dem.)	Yvonne Dorsey (Dem.)
Senate 14	January 16, 1993	Cleo Fields (Dem.)	John Michael Guidry (Dem.)
Senate 28		John Saunders (Dem.)	Don Hines (Dem.)
House 34		Wilford Dan Carter (Dem.)	Elcie J. Guillory (Dem.)
House 95	December 5, 1992	Irma Muse Dixon (Dem.)	Paulette Irons (Dem.)
House 28	March 10, 1992	Raymond J. Laborde (Dem.)	Charles Addison Riddle III (Dem.)
House 14	April 20, 1991	John C. Ensminger (Rep.)	Charles McDonald (Dem.)
House 91	April 20, 1991	Diana E. Bajoie (Dem.)	Renee Gill Pratt (Dem.)
House 10	March 23, 1991	Bruce M. Bolin (Dem.)	Eugene Eason (Rep.)
House 50	March 23, 1991	V. J. Bella (Rep.)	Jack D. Smith (Dem.)
Senate 5	February 23, 1991	William J. Jefferson (Dem.)	Diana E. Bajoie (Dem.)
Senate 27		William L. McLeod Jr. (Dem.)	Jim Cox (Dem.)
Senate 34		Lawson L. Swearingen Jr. (Dem.)	John Ensminger (Rep.)
House 4		Bobby Waddell (Dem.)	Tommy G. Armstrong (Rep.)
House 44	April 7, 1990	Ronald J. Gomez, Sr. (Dem.)	Don Higginbotham (Dem.)
House 45	February 18, 1989	Kathleen Blanco (Dem.)	Jerry Luke LeBlanc (Dem.)
House 81	February 18, 1989	Chuck Cusimano (Rep.)	David Duke (Rep.)
House 33	October 1, 1988	J. Burton Andrepont (Dem.)	Tim Stine (Dem.)
House 60	April 4, 1987	Soup Kember (Dem.)	Charlie Melançon (Dem.)
House 64	April 4, 1987	Richard Hugh Baker (Rep.)	Mike McCleary (Dem.)
House 101	May 3, 1986	Johnny Jackson Jr. (Dem.)	Naomi White Warren (Dem.)
House 24	April 5, 1986	H. M. Fowler (Dem.)	Joe Reece Salter (Dem.)
House 99	April 5, 1986	Jon D. Johnson (Dem.)	Sherman N. Copelin Jr. (Dem.)
House 12	November 2, 1982	Joe Bleich (Dem.)	William Sumlin (Dem.)
House 99	November 2, 1982	Lane A. Carson (Rep.)	Garey Forster (Rep.)

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2023

2023 Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 special election
Candidates			Primary Feb 18, 2023		General Mar 25, 2023
	Democratic	Alonzo Knox	625	30.62%	1,718	54.35%
	Democratic	Sibil Fox Richardson	760	37.24%	1,443	45.65%
	Democratic	Steven Kennedy	214	10.49%	Eliminated
	Democratic	Morgan Clevenger	211	10.34%
	Republican	Matthew Hill	142	6.96%
	Democratic	Naj Wallace	89	4.36%
Total			2,041		3,161
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 special election
Candidates			Primary March 26, 2022		General April 30, 2022
	Democratic	Vanessa Caston LaFleur	1771	61.49%	Not held
	Democratic	Dawn Chanet Collins	831	28.85%
	Independent	Terry Hebert	278	9.65%
Total			2,880
	Democratic hold

2022 Louisiana Senate District 5 special election
Candidates			Primary November 8, 2022		General December 10, 2022
	Democratic	Royce Duplessis	17,066	53.19%	Not held
	Democratic	Mandie Landry	15,021	46.81%
Total			32,087
	Democratic hold

2022 Louisiana Senate District 17 special election
Candidates			Primary November 8, 2022		General December 10, 2022
	Republican	Caleb Kleinpeter	22,250	50.44%	Not held
	Democratic	Jeremy LaCombe	18,488	41.92%
	Republican	Kirk Rousset	3,370	7.64%
Total			44,108
	Republican hold

2021

2021 Louisiana House of Representatives District 35 special election
Candidates			Primary February 6, 2021		General March 20, 2021
	Republican	Brett Geymann	Unopposed		Not held
	Republican hold

2022 Louisiana House of Representatives District 82 special election
Candidates			Primary March 20, 2021		General April 24, 2021
	Republican	Laurie Schlegel	2,245	35.68%	2,995	51.88%
	Republican	Edwin Connick	2,499	39.72%	2,778	48.12%
	Democratic	Raymond Delaney Jr.	1,548	24.60%	Eliminated
Total			6,292		5,773
	Republican hold

2021

2021 Louisiana Senate District 7 special election
Candidates			Primary June 12, 2021		General July 10, 2021
	Democratic	Gary Carter Jr.	4,137	60.24%	Not held
	Republican	Patricia McCarty	1,181	17.20%
	Democratic	Joanna Cappiello-Leopold	948	13.81%
	Democratic	Mack Cormier	601	8.75%
Total			6,867
	Democratic hold

2021 Louisiana Senate District 27 special election
Candidates			Primary November 13, 2021		General December 11, 2021
	Republican	Jeremy Stine	9,313	59.17%	Not held
	Democratic	Dustin Granger	6,069	38.56%
	Republican	Jake Shaheen	357	2.27%
Total			15,739
	Republican hold

2021 Louisiana House of Representatives District 16 special election
Candidates			Primary November 13, 2021		General December 11, 2021
	Democratic	Adrian Fisher	2,431	69.32%	Not held
	Democratic	Alicia Calvin	695	19.82%
	Democratic	Charles Bradford	381	10.86%
Total			3,507
	Democratic hold

2021 Louisiana House of Representatives District 102 special election
Candidates			Primary November 13, 2021		General December 11, 2021
	Democratic	Delisha Boyd	4,747	61.67%	Not held
	Democratic	Jordan Bridges	2,950	38.33%
Total			7,697
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 Louisiana House of Representatives District 54 special election
Candidates			Primary July 11, 2020		General August 15, 2020
	Republican	Joseph Orgeron	4,040	54.55%	Not held
	Republican	James Cantrelle	1,450	19.58%
	Republican	Donny Lerille	808	10.91%
	Republican	Kevin Duet	691	9.33%
	Republican	Phil Gilligan	242	3.27%
	Republican	Dave Carskadon	175	2.36%
Total			7,406
	Republican hold

2019

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 12 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Republican	Christopher Turner	3,561	69.85%	Not held
	Republican	Jake Halley	1,537	30.15%
Total			5,098
	Republican hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 17 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Democratic	Pat Moore	1,327	49.11%	2,406	63.25%
	Democratic	Rodney McFarland Sr.	914	33.83%	1,398	36.75%
	Democratic	Rodney Welch	231	8.55%	Eliminated
	Democratic	Anthony Garcia	230	8.51%	Eliminated
Total			2,702		3,804
	Democratic hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 18 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Democratic	Jeremy LaCombe	3,176	43.35%	4,454	68.53%
	Republican	Tammia Fabre	1,688	23.04%	2,045	31.46%
	Democratic	NaTashia Carter Benoit	1,579	21.55%	Eliminated
	Democratic	Gary Spillman	684	9.34%
	Republican	Jason Fowler Jr.	161	2.20%
	Democratic	Bill Spencer	38	0.52%
Total			7,326		6,499
	Democratic hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 26 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Democratic	Ed Larvadain III	1,619	61.07%	Not held
	Democratic	Sandra Franklin	1,032	38.93%
Total			2,651
	Democratic hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 27 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Republican	Michael T. Johnson	3,713	91.82%	Not held
	Democratic	Richard Kretzsinger	331	8.18%
Total			4,044
	Republican hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 47 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Republican	Ryan Bourriaque	3,180	63.46%	Not held
	Republican	Ruben Rivera Jr.	1,831	36.54%
Total			5,011
	Republican hold

2019 Louisiana House of Representatives District 62 special election
Candidates			Primary February 23, 2019		General March 30, 2019
	Independent	Roy Daryl Adams	1,556	30.75%	2,925	53.63%
	Republican	Dennis Aucoin	2,300	45.45%	2,529	46.37%
	Democratic	Tarries Greenup	604	11.94%	Eliminated
	Democratic	Jonathan Loveall	369	7.29%
	Democratic	Jerel Giarusso	231	4.56%
Total			5,060		5,454
	Independent gain from Republican

2018

2018 Louisiana House of Representatives District 86 special election
Candidates			Primary February 17, 2018		General March 24, 2018
	Republican	Nicholas Muscarello	1,732	42.83%	2,524	52.55%
	Republican	David Vial	1,613	39.89%	2,279	47.45%
	Democratic	Michael Showers	495	12.24%	Eliminated
	Democratic	Andy Anderson	204	5.04%	Eliminated
Total			4,044		4,803
	Republican hold

2018 Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 special election
Candidates			Primary March 24, 2018		General April 28, 2018
	Democratic	Royce Duplessis	3,003	71.50%	Not held
	Democratic	Kenneth Bordes	865	20.60%
	Democratic	Eldon Anderson	198	4.71%
	Democratic	Danil Faust	134	3.19%
Total			4,200
	Democratic hold

2018 Louisiana Senate District 26 special election
Candidates			Primary November 6, 2018		General December 8, 2018
	Republican	Bob Hensgens	22,361	59.96%	Not held
	Democratic	Jean Menard	8,158	21.87%
	Republican	Jerry Gaspard	6,777	18.17%
Total			37,296
	Republican hold

2018 Louisiana House of Representatives District 10 special election
Candidates			Primary November 6, 2018		General December 8, 2018
	Republican	Wayne McMahen	Unopposed		Not held
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018 Louisiana House of Representatives District 33 special election
Candidates			Primary November 6, 2018		General December 8, 2018
	Republican	Stuart Moss	6,795	53.97%	Not held
	Democratic	Les Farnum	4,883	38.78%
	Democratic	Teri Johnson	912	7.24%
Total			12,590
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018 Louisiana House of Representatives District 90 special election
Candidates			Primary November 6, 2018		General December 8, 2018
	Republican	Mary DuBuisson	4,263	29.49%	3,868	60.88%
	Republican	John Raymond	3,643	25.20%	2,485	39.12%
	Democratic	Sean Morrison	3,640	25.18%	Eliminated
	Republican	Brian Glorioso	2,912	20.14%	Eliminated
Total			14,458		6,353
	Republican hold