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In 2023, one special election was called to fill a vacant seat in theLouisiana State Legislature.

Click here to read more about the special election.

House special elections called:

• District 93: March 25

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 thestate legislature ofLouisiana. It is abicameral body, comprising thelower house, theLouisiana House of Representatives, and the upper house, theLouisiana State Senate.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2023. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, seehere (Senate) andhere (House).

Special elections

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March 25, 2023

Louisiana House of Representatives District 93

See also:Louisiana state legislative special elections, 2023 A special election forLouisiana House of RepresentativesDistrict 93 was called for March 25, 2023. A primary took place on February 18, 2023. The candidate filing deadline was January 13, 2023.[2] The seat became vacant afterRoyce Duplessis (D) assumed office toLouisiana State SenateDistrict 5 on December 6, 2022.[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. General election Special general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 Alonzo Knox defeatedSibil Fox Richardson in the special general election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 on March 25, 2023. Candidate % Votes ✔ Alonzo Knox (D)   54.3   1,718 Sibil Fox Richardson (D)    45.7   1,443 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 3,161 = 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. Nonpartisan primary election Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 The following candidates ran in the special primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 93 on February 18, 2023. Candidate % Votes ✔ Sibil Fox Richardson (D)    37.2   760 ✔ Alonzo Knox (D)   30.6   625 Submit photo Steven Kennedy (D)   10.5   214 Submit photo Morgan Clevenger (D)   10.3   211 Matthew Hill (R)   7.0   142 Submit photo Naj Wallace (D)   4.4   89 There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 2,041 = 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. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Seth Bloom (D)

Historical data

There were 902 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2022. Louisiana held 50 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, 2023

In 2023, 53state legislative special elections were scheduled in 21 states. Between 2011 and 2022, an average of 73 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2023 special elections

In 2023, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

• 10 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
• 32 due to resignation
• 9 due to the death of the incumbent
• 2 due to removal from office

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

• 33Democratic seats
• 20Republican seats

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2023. 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 2023, four seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

• Maine House of Representatives District 45 (June 13)
• Massachusetts State Senate Worcester & Hampshire District (November 7)

Seats flipped from R to D

• Virginia State Senate District 7 (January 10)
• New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 1 (September 19)

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2023
• State legislative special elections, 2022
• State legislative special elections, 2021
• State legislative special elections, 2020
• Louisiana State Legislature

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