What’s on the Oct. 22 ballot
Voting for the Saturday, Oct. 22, election starts at 6 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. A runoff election, if necessary, is scheduled Nov 19.
What’s on the Ballot stories for BESE, Amendments, Louisiana Senate and Louisiana House district races plus individual parishes in The Advocate readership area are linked to the right in Related Stories column.
What’s on the Ballot for Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry and Commissioner of Insurance are listed in this story.
Meaning of Abbreviations:
• BESE=Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• D=Democrat
• R=Republican
• I = Independent
• O=Other party
• L=Libertarian
• N=No party listed
GOVERNOR
David Blanchard, N-Brusly
Leonard “Lenny” Bollingham, N-Baton Rouge
Ron Ceasar, N-Opelousas
Cary J. Deaton, D-Metairie
Tara Hollis, D-Haynesville
Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge
William Robert “Bob” Lang Jr., N-Natchitoches
Scott Lewis, L-Baton Rouge
Niki Bird Papazoglakis, D-Baton Rouge
Ivo “Trey” Roberts, D-Gretna
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Jay Dardenne, R-Baton Rouge
Billy Nungesser, R-Belle Chasse
SECRETARY OF STATE
Tom Schedler, R-Mandeville
Jim Tucker, R-New Orleans
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Belinda “B” Alexandrenko, Reform Party-Lafayette
Jamie LaBranche, D-LaPlace
Mike Strain, R-Covington
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
Jim Donelon, R-Metairie
Donald C. Hodge, D-Baton Rouge