All of Louisiana’s statewide elected officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal, have signed up for re-election as qualifying for the Oct. 22 primary opened. Jindal, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, Secretary of State Tom Schedler, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, Treasurer John Kennedy, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon paid their filing fees Tuesday and filled out their paperwork. All are Republicans. Though Jindal has no well-funded opposition, he says he’s not taking his re-election for granted. Qualifying continues through Thursday.
Here is a list of all candidates in races of interest in the Capital Region who have qualified as of 2:45 p.m. today. Names in bold are candidates who have qualified since today’s Daily Report AM was published:
Governor: Ron Ceasar, no party; Bobby Jindal, Republican; Bob Lang, no party
Lieutenant Governor: Jay Dardenne, Republican; Billy Nungesser, Republican
Secretary of State: Tom Schedler, Republican; Jim Tucker, Republican
Attorney General: Buddy Caldwell, Republican
Treasurer: John Kennedy, Republican
Agricultural Commissioner: Mike Strain, Republican
Insurance Commissioner: Jim Donelon Republican
BESE District 3: Lottie Polozola Beebe, Republican; Glenny Lee Buquet, Democrat
BESE District 6: Beth Meyers, Republican; Chas Roemer, Republican; Donald Songy, Democrat
BESE District 8: Jim Guillory, no party; Domoine D. Rutledge, Democrat
State Senator, District 2: Elton M. Aubert, Democrat; George L. Grace Jr., Democrat; Zaine “The Queen” Kasem, Republican
State Senator, District 6: Mike Mannino, Republican; Mack “Bodi” White, Republican
State Senator, District 13: Derek Babcock, Republican; Dale Erdey, Republican
State Senator, District 14: Yvonne Dorsey, Democrat
State Senator, District 15: Sharon Weston Broome, Democrat
State Senator, District 16: Dan Claitor, Republican
State Senator, District 17: Larry Thomas, Democrat; Rick Ward, Democrat
State Senator, District 18: Jody Amadee, Republican
State Representative, District 29: Regina Ashford-Barrow, Democrat
State Representative, District 58: Gail Holland, Democrat; Ed Price, Democrat
State Representative, District 59: Eddie Lambert, Republican
State Representative, District 61: Donna Collins-Lewis, Democrat
State Representative, District 62: Ken Dawson, Democrat; Kenny Havard, Republican; Ronnie Jett, Democrat
State Representative, District 63: Dalton Honore, Democrat; Ronald L. Rodgers Jr., Democrat; Barbara Thomas, Republican
State Representative, District 64: Barry Elkins, Republican; Valarie Hodges, Republican
State Representative, District 65: Clif Richardson, Republican
State Representative, District 66: Hunter Greene, Republican
State Representative, District 67: Lorri Burgess, Democrat; Patricia Smith, Democrat
State Representative, District 68: Steve Carter, Republican
State Representative, District 69: Erich Ponti, Republican
State Representative, District 70: Franklin Foil, Republican
State Representative, District 71: J. Rodgers Pope, Republican
State Representative, District 81: Kevin Hull, Democrat; Clay Schexnayder, Republican; Don Wheat, Republican; Gillis Windham, Republican
State Representative, District 88: Johnny Berthelot, Republican; “C.J.” Lambert, Republican
State Representative, District 95: Sherman Q. Mack, Republican
State Representative, District 101: Ted James, Democrat; Harold Williams, Republican
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff: Mark Milligan, Democrat
Livingston Parish Sheriff: Jason Gerald Ard, Republican; “Cookie” Billingsley, Republican; Mickey McMorris, Republican
Ascension Parish President: Tommy Martinez, other; Daniel Paul Melancon, no party
Livingston Parish President: Donald Burgess, Republican; Layton Ricks, Republican
