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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This coverage extends to every office on the ballot for residents of these cities, including local trial court judges. In 2021, Ballotpedia covered the following local elections in this state:

* Baton Rouge, Louisiana \- Family court and city court judges (special)
* New Orleans, Louisiana \- Mayor city council, sheriff, assessor, coroner, civil district court clerk, and criminal district court clerk

If the above list includes local trial court judgeships, click the links for more information about the elections. Click here to learn more about how the judges in this state are selected. Ballotpedia did not cover all local trial court judicial elections in this state in 2021. Please consider donating to Ballotpedia to help us expand our coverage of these elections.

## Contents

* 1 Election rules
* 1.1 Primary election
* 1.1.1 For two or more open seats
* 1.2 General election
* 2 Additional elections
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

## 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, 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]

## Additional elections[edit]

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## See also[edit]

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* Local trial court judicial elections, 2021
* Courts and judges by county
* Judicial selection by state
* Judicial elections

* Louisiana elections, 2021
* Judicial selection in Louisiana
* Public policy in Louisiana
* Endorsers in Louisiana

* Municipal elections, 2021
* School board elections, 2021
* Local ballot measure elections, 2021
* Recall elections, 2021

## Footnotes[edit]

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

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