- Elections in Louisiana
Elections in
Louisiana traditionally use an open primary, where all thecandidates for anoffice run together in one election. If someone gets amajority , 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 , andVirginia ). 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 andLieutenant Governor , a process that has resulted in Governor-Lieutenant Governor pairs from different parties and/or widely differing political ideologies. For example, current GovernorBobby Jindal is a Republican, while Lieutenant GovernorMitch Landrieu is a Democrat.Election law in Louisiana
See also
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New Orleans mayoral elections References
External links
* [http://www.nola.com/elections/ Louisiana Elections & Politics] from "
The Times-Picayune " newspaper
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