St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (Judicial)

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St. Martin Parish is located within the Third Circuit Court of Appeal.

The people of St. Martin Parish are served by the 16th Judicial District, Breaux Bridge City Court and justice courts.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has jurisdiction in St. Martin Parish. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

# Judges[edit]

St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

## District Court[edit]

### 16th Judicial District, Louisiana

* Division A: Anthony Thibodeaux
* Division B: Suzanne de Mahy
* Division C: Vincent J. Borne
* Division D: Lewis Pitman
* Division E: Keith Comeaux
* Division F: Gregory P. Aucoin
* Division G: Curtis Sigur
* Division H: Lori Landry (Chief judge) [1]

## City Court[edit]

### Breaux Bridge City Court, Louisiana

* Randy P. Angelle[2]

## Justice of the Peace Courts[edit]

### St. Martin Parish Justice Court, Louisiana

* Ward 1: Neal Trahan
* Ward 2: Joseph "Joe" Mason
* Ward 3: Charlene Champagne
* Ward 5: Don LeGrand
* Ward 6: Shelia Landry[2]

## See also[edit]

* Louisiana parishes
* Courts in Louisiana

## External links[edit]

* 16th Judicial District Court

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Louisiana District Judges Association, "16th Judicial District," accessed November 7, 2014
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed May 8, 2014 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "sos" defined multiple times with different content

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# Elections[edit]

See also: Louisiana judicial elections

Louisiana is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Louisiana, click here.

* Louisiana local trial court judicial elections, 2024
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## Election rules[edit]

### Primary election[edit]

Judges compete in a primary election against candidates of all parties. If no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote (a "majority vote"), the top two candidates run against each other in the general election. If a candidate does receive a majority vote in the primary, he or she is declared elected as an unopposed candidate and will not be listed on the general election ballot.[1]

In even-numbered years, Louisiana's primary elections are held in November during the general elections of other states.

#### For two or more open seats[edit]

In the event that candidates are competing for more than one open seat on a court, the majority vote is decided by "dividing the total votes cast for all of the candidates by the number of offices to be filled [and] dividing the result so obtained by two," according to the Secretary of State website. The SOS goes on to give the following example:

1,040 total votes cast ÷ 3 offices to be filled ＝ 346.6
346.6 ÷ 2 ＝ 173.3

In the above example, 174 votes are necessary to win for each of the 3 offices.[1]

### General election[edit]

A general election is won by obtaining the highest number of votes. In the case of races with two or more open seats, the two or more candidates with the highest votes are declared the winners. If there is a tie, an additional election will be scheduled for the third Saturday after the announcement of the election results.[1]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Louisiana Secretary of State, "How are Candidates Elected?" accessed May 1, 2014