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Qualifying for the Oct. 14 Gubernatorial Primary election will be held from Tuesday, Aug. 8 through Thursday, Aug. 10.

Local and municipal candidates qualify with the clerk of court in the parish in which they are registered to vote. All candidates for state office will qualify at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge.


Here are the candidates who qualified today, Wednesday, August 9. (New candidates have been added to the current list, and are noted in BOLD.) It will not be considered official until the close of qualifying on Aug. 10.

 

STATEWIDE

Governor
Benjamin Barnes (I)
Patrick Henry “Dat” Barthel (R)
Oscar “Omar” Dantzler Jr. (D)
Xavier Ellis (R)
Sharon Hewitt (R)
Jeffery Istre (I)
“Xan” John (R)
Jeff Landry (R)
Hunter Lundy (I)
John Schroder (R)
Frank Scurlock (I)
Shawn D. Wilson (C)

Lieutenant Governor
Elbert “Pawpaw” Guillory (R)

“Tami” Hotard (R)
“Billy” Nungesser (R)
Chester Pritchett (NP)


Secretary of State
“Gwen” Collins-Greenup (D)
Mike Francis (R)
Thomas Kennedy III (R)
Nancy Landry (R)
Clay Schexnayder (R)
Brandon Trosclair (R)

Attorney General
Lindsey Cheek (D)
“Marty” Maley (R)
“Liz” Baker Murrill (R)

John Stefanski (R)
Perry Walker Terrebonne (D)

Treasurer
John Fleming (R)
Dustin Granger (D)
Scott McKnight (R)


Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Mike Strain (R)

Commissioner of Insurance
Tim Temple (R)
Rich Weaver (D)

 

TERREBONNE

BESE District 3
Sandy Holloway (R)


 

State Senator 20th Senatorial District
“Dave” Carskadon (R)

Mike Fesi (R)

 

State Senator 21st Senatorial District
Robert Allain (R)
Henry “Bo” LaGrange (R)
Stephen Swiber (R)

 

State Representative 51st Representative District
Beryl Amedee (R)


 

State Representative 52nd Representative District
Jerome “Zee” Zeringue (R)

 

State Representative 53rd Representative District
Jessica Domangue (R)
Dirk Guidry (R)
Willis Trosclair Jr. (R)

 

Sheriff
Tim Soignet (R)


 

Clerk of Court
Theresa Robichaux (R)

 

Assessor
Loney Grabert (R)

 

Coroner
Charles Ledoux (D)
Donald “DP” Schwab Jr. (I)


 

Parish President
Jason Bergeron (R)
Connie Bourg (R)
Roy Chauvin (R)
Todd Fanguy (R)
Darrin Guidry (R)
Michael Paul LaRussa (R)
Aronda Smith (I)

 

Council Member District 1
“PJ” Allridge III (NP)
Lionel “Tony” Lewis Jr. (D)
Ralph Singleton Jr. (I)

 

Council Member District 2
Carl “Carlee” Harding (D)


 

Council Member District 3
Gerald Michel (R)
Clayton “C.J.” Voisin (R)

 

Council Member District 4
John Amedee (R)

 

Council Member District 5
Charles “Kevin” Champagne (R)


 

Council Member District 6
Clyde Hamner (R)
Russell “Red” Hornsby (R)
Mike “Cuz” Prosperie (R)
L.A. “Tony” Robichaux (R)

 

Council Member District 7
Daniel “Danny” Babin (R)
Willie Daisy Sr. (I)
Brian Naquin (R)

 

Council Member District 8
“Kim” Chauvin (R)
Elrin “Peanut” Fanguy (R)
Chucky Farkas (R)
Barry “Soudie” Soudelier (R)


 

Council Member District 9
Natalie Trahan Bergeron (R)
Steve Trosclair (R)

 

Justice of the Peace, Ward 7
Connie Fanguy Foret (R)

 

LAFOURCHE

State Senator 2nd Senatorial District
“Chris” Delpit (R)
Edward “Ed” Price (D)


 

State Senator 19th Senatorial District
Gregory Miller (R)

 

State Senator 20th Senatorial District
“Dave” Carskadon (R)

Mike Fesi (R)

 

State Senator 21st Senatorial District
Robert Allain (R)
Henry “Bo” LaGrange (R)
Stephen Swiber (R)


 

State Representative 51st Representative District
Beryl Amedee (R)

 

State Representative 54th Representative District
Joseph Orgeron (R)

 

State Representative 55th Representative District
Bryan Fontenot (R)


 

Sheriff
Thomas Rodrigue (R)
Craig Webre (R)

 

Clerk of Court
Annette M. Fontana (NP)

 

Assessor
Robert Theriot (R)

Wendy Thibodeaux (NP)


 

Coroner

 

Parish President 
Archie Chaisson III (R)

 

Council Member District 1
Jerry Jones (D)
Jimmie Wilson (NP)


 

Council Member District 2

Council Member District 3
Mark Perque (R)

 

Council Member District 4
Tommy Lasseigne (R)
Aaron “Bo” Melvin


 

Council Member District 5
“Greg” Johnson (NP)
James “Jim” Wendell

 

Council Member District 6
Terry Arabie (R)
Shane Bond (NP)
Jeremy “Buckshot” Breaux (NP)
Torrance “Pete” Hampton Sr.

 

Council Member District 7
Armand “Noonie” Autin (R)
Barry Zeringue (R)


 

Council Member District 8
Marvin “Rabbit” Burd Jr. (R)
“D’Lynn” Chiasson (R)
Carlton Guidry (R)

 

Council Member District 9
Daniel Lorraine (I)