Elections in Louisiana

Elections in Louisiana

Elections in Louisiana traditionally use an open primary, where all the candidates for an office run together in one election. If someone gets a majority, that individual wins outright; otherwise, the top two candidates meet in a runoff election. Starting in 2008, federal races no longer use this method. [ [http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?folder=92 Louisiana election code] ]

Louisiana is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd-numbered years. (The others are Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia). Louisiana holds elections for these offices every four years in the year preceding a Presidential election. Thus, the two most recent gubernatorial elections in Louisiana took place in 2003 and 2007.

Louisiana is one of 18 states that run separate elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a process that has resulted in Governor-Lieutenant Governor pairs from different parties and/or widely differing political ideologies. For example, current Governor Bobby Jindal is a Republican, while Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu is a Democrat.

Election law in Louisiana

See also

* New Orleans mayoral elections

References

External links

* [http://www.nola.com/elections/ Louisiana Elections & Politics] from "The Times-Picayune" newspaper


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