Ten brand-new clerks of court took office in Louisiana this year.
Their ascent comes after 11 stepped down four years ago, says Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court Louis Perret, who is president of the state association.
So if you’re doing the math, roughly a third of the state’s clerks were replaced over two election cycles. Only two were defeated at the polls, Perret says, meaning the rest left voluntarily.
Not all of that turnover can be chalked up to controversy over alleged election shenanigans, but it’s certainly a factor. “With the increased scrutiny and the completely false allegations of corruption and rigged elections, it has driven some people away,” he says.
Jeremy Alford publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com. Follow him on Twitter, or Facebook. He can be reached at JJA@LaPolitics.com.
