| Election Name: | 2023 Louisiana elections |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Louisiana elections |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Louisiana elections |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | October 14, 2023 November 18, 2023 |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14, 2023, with second rounds held on November 18 where needed.[1] Louisiana uses a two round system, where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round, and if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a runoff between the top two is held.
See main article: 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor John Bel Edwards was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term due to Louisiana's term limits.[2]
See main article: 2023 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election. Incumbent lieutenant governor Billy Nungesser ran for re-election. He had previously expressed interest in running for governor, but decided against it.[3]
See main article: 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election. Incumbent attorney general Jeff Landry ran for governor.[4] Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek in the runoff.
| Election Name: | 2023 Louisiana Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Louisiana elections#Secretary of State |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Louisiana elections#Secretary of State |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Nominee1: | Nancy Landry |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data1: | 197,514 19.3% |
| 2Data1: | 446,038 66.8% |
| Nominee2: | Gwen Collins-Greenup |
| Party2: | Louisiana Democratic Party |
| 1Data2: | 196,534 19.2% |
| 2Data2: | 221,698 33.2% |
| Nominee3: | Mike Francis |
| Party3: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data3: | 182,842 17.9% |
| 2Data3: | Eliminated |
| Nominee4: | Clay Schexnayder |
| Party4: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data4: | 149,987 14.7% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Nominee5: | Arthur Morrell |
| Party5: | Louisiana Democratic Party |
| 1Data5: | 113,703 11.1% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Nominee6: | Thomas Kennedy III |
| Party6: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data6: | 102,628 10.5% |
| 2Data6: | Eliminated |
| Image7: | Brandon Trosclair in COX Media Testimonial (cropped).png |
| Nominee7: | Brandon Trosclair |
| Party7: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data7: | 64,686 6.3% |
| 2Data7: | Eliminated |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Kyle Ardoin |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| After Election: | Nancy Landry |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
Incumbent secretary of state Kyle Ardoin retired.[5] Former state representative Nancy Landry defeated attorney Gwen Collins-Greenup in the runoff.
| Election Name: | 2023 Louisiana Treasurer election |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Louisiana elections#State Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 Louisiana elections#Treasurer |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Nominee1: | John Fleming |
| Party1: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data1: | 442,668 44.0% |
| 2Data1: | 437,303 65.4% |
| Nominee2: | Dustin Granger |
| Party2: | Louisiana Democratic Party |
| 1Data2: | 321,423 32.0% |
| 2Data2: | 230,961 34.6% |
| Nominee3: | Scott McKnight |
| Party3: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| 1Data3: | 241,125 24.0% |
| 2Data3: | Eliminated |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | John Schroder |
| Before Party: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| After Election: | John Fleming |
| After Party: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
Incumbent treasurer John Schroder retired to run for governor. Former U.S. Representative John Fleming defeated Dustin Granger in the runoff.
Incumbent Agriculture commissioner Mike Strain ran for re-election.
Incumbent Insurance commissioner Jim Donelon retired.[21]
All eight members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education were up for re-election.
See main article: 2023 Louisiana State Senate election and 2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election.
All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for re-election.
| Republican | Page Cortez (term-limited) | 27 | 28 | 1 | |||
| Democratic | Gerald Boudreaux | 12 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 39 | 39 | |||||
All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for re-election.
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Clay Schexnayder (term-limited) | 71 | 73 | 2 | |||
| Democratic | Samuel Jenkins Jr. (retired) | 33 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 105 | |||||
The local race for Sheriff in Caddo Parish received national attention when Democrat Henry Whitehorn appeared to win the race by one vote against Republican John Nickelson.[23] After more than 43,000 votes had been cast in the race, a recount still yielded a one-vote victory for Whitehorn.[24] After the recount, Nickelson filed a lawsuit against Whitehorn and local election officials challenging the validity of the results and demanding that either he be declared the victor or a new election be held. A specially appointed judge, Joe Bleich, found that there had been 11 illegally cast votes and ordered a new election to take place no earlier than March 23, 2024.[25] On appeal by Whitehorn, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision by a 3–2 margin.[26] Whitehorn would go on to win the do-over election, this time expanding his lead to 4,000 against Nickelson, with Nickelson calling Whitehorn to concede the night of the election. After Sheriff Steve Prator's term expired on February 29th, Chief Deputy Jay Long was sworn in as interim Sheriff while the special election was still underway.[27] After Whitehorn's victory, he was sworn in as Caddo Parish Sheriff on June 28th, 2024.[28]
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