On the ballot: U.S. House general elections where no candidate won in November, plus a special election for State Senate District 14 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Register to vote by November 12 in person, by mail, or at an OMV office, or by November 21 online.
Early voting: November 28 to December 5 (closed Sunday, November 29), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting is open now: November 28 to December 5 (closed Sunday, November 29), 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early voting has ended.
Request an absentee ballot by Tuesday, December 8 at 4:30 p.m.
Early voting and absentee ballot requests are now closed.
Mailed absentee ballots must reach your parish registrar of voters by Friday, December 11 at 4:30 p.m. A postmark does not count, so mail it early.
On election day, polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
Today is election day. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are in line when polls close, you can still vote.
No one got a majority, so Ron Landry (Democrat) and Steve Lee (Democrat) went to a runoff.
This race covers 3 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. John the Baptist Parish: Ron Landry 44.0%, Steve Lee 47.2%, Beryl Ann Kraemer 8.8%.
State Representative, 56th Representative District
Joel T. Chaisson II (Democrat) won with 63.6% of the vote.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. John the Baptist Parish: Joel T. Chaisson II 73.0%, Robert "Bobby" Riggs 27.0%.
Joel T. Chaisson II DemocratElected
63.6%10,507 votes
Robert "Bobby" Riggs RepublicanDefeated
36.4%6,012 votes
16,519 votes cast; 33.8% of the 17,380 registered voters in the area turned out.
State Representative, 57th Representative District
No one got a majority, so Lloyd B. Johnson (Democrat) and Robert "Bobby" Faucheux, Jr. (Democrat) went to a runoff.
This race covers 2 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. John the Baptist Parish: Lloyd B. Johnson 31.8%, Robert "Bobby" Faucheux, Jr. 20.5%, Richard Holmes 20.2%, Kim Ancona 14.4%.
State Representative, 58th Representative District
Roy Quezaire, Jr. (Democrat) won with 57.2% of the vote.
This race covers 5 parishes; the results below are for all of them. In St. John the Baptist Parish: Roy Quezaire, Jr. 66.8%, Willis A. Octave 17.9%, Edgar Irvin 15.3%.