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In 2022, three special elections were called to fill vacant seats in theLouisiana State Legislature.

Click here to read more about the special elections.

Senate special elections called:

• District 5: November 8
• District 17: November 8

House special elections called:

• District 101: March 26

How vacancies are filled in Louisiana

If there is a vacancy in theLouisiana State Legislature, the vacant seat must be filled by a special election. An election is required if there are six months or more left in the unexpired term. The presiding officer in the house where the vacancy happened must call for an election no later than 10 days after the vacancy occurred. The presiding officer must determine the dates for the election along with all filing deadlines. The person elected to the seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.^[1]

See sources:Louisiana Rev. Stat. Ann. § 18:601

About the legislature

TheLouisiana State Legislature is abicameral body composed of theLouisiana House of Representatives, with 105 members, and theLouisiana State Senate, with 39 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2019. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, seehere (Senate) andhere (House).

Special elections

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March 26, 2022

Louisiana House of Representatives District 101

See also:Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2022 A special election primary forDistrict 101 of theLouisiana House of Representatives was called for March 26, 2022. The general election was scheduled for April 30, 2022, but was canceled after Democratic candidateVanessa Caston LaFleur won the primary election outright. The candidate filing deadline was January 28, 2022.[2] The seat became vacant afterEdward James (D) resigned his seat on January 28, 2022. PresidentJoe Biden (D) appointed him as regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration's South Central region.[3] Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 Vanessa Caston LaFleur won election outright againstDawn Chanet Collins andTerry Hebert in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 101 on March 26, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Vanessa Caston LaFleur (D)   61.5   1,771 Dawn Chanet Collins (D)   28.9   831 Submit photo Terry Hebert (Independent)   9.7   278 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 2,880 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

November 8, 2022

Louisiana State Senate District 5

See also:Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2022 A special election primary forDistrict 5 of theLouisiana State Senate was called for November 8, 2022. The general election was scheduled for December 10, 2022, but wasn't necessary. The candidate filing deadline was July 22, 2022. The seat became vacant afterKaren Peterson (D) resigned from the state Senate on April 8, 2022. Peterson resigned in order to focus on recovering from depression and a gambling addiction.[4] Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 5 Royce Duplessis won election outright againstMandie Landry in the special primary for Louisiana State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Royce Duplessis (D)   53.2   17,066 Mandie Landry (D)   46.8   15,021 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 32,087 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

Louisiana State Senate District 17

See also:Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2022 A special election primary forDistrict 17 of theLouisiana State Senate was called for November 8, 2022. The general election was scheduled for December 10, 2022, but wasn't necessary. The candidate filing deadline was July 22, 2022. The seat became vacant afterRick Ward III (R) resigned from the state Senate to accept a job in the private sector.[5] Louisiana elections use themajority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 17 Caleb Kleinpeter won election outright againstJeremy LaCombe andKirk Rousset in the special primary for Louisiana State Senate District 17 on November 8, 2022. Candidate % Votes ✔ Caleb Kleinpeter (R)   50.4   22,250 Jeremy LaCombe (D)   41.9   18,488 Submit photo Kirk Rousset (R)   7.6   3,370 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 44,108 = candidate completed theBallotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you,complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data?Contact our sales team.

Historical data

There were 848 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2021. Louisiana held 47 special elections during the same time period. About four special elections were held each year on average. The largest number of special elections in Louisiana took place in2019 when seven special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also:State legislative special elections, 2022

In 2022, 54state legislative special elections were scheduled in 24 states. Between 2011 and 2021, an average of 74 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2022 special elections

In 2022, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

• 21 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
• 24 due to resignation
• 9 due to the death of the incumbent

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

• 36Democratic seats
• 18Republican seats

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2022. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Flipped seats

In 2022, two seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

• Montana State Senate District 39 (November 8)

Seats flipped from R to D

• Michigan House of Representatives District 74 (May 3)

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2022
• State legislative special elections, 2021
• State legislative special elections, 2020
• Louisiana State Legislature

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