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.
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Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. On the ballot: Statewide offices, state boards and courts, 4 constitutional amendments, and local races in 62 parishes.
Samuel L. "Sam" Jenkins, Jr. (Democrat) won with 65.3% of the vote.
Constitutional amendments
Amendment 1
Provides relative to timing of gubernatorial action on a bill and related matters.
Passed: 61.0% voted yes and 39.0% voted no.
What the ballot said
Do you support an amendment to clarify that the timing of gubernatorial action on a bill and his return of a vetoed bill to the legislature is based upon the legislative session in which the bill passed and to authorize the legislature, if it is in session, to reconsider vetoed bills without convening a separate veto session? (Effective January 8, 2024)(Amends Article III, Section 18)
YesApproved
61.0%387,207 votes
No
39.0%247,266 votes
Which side won each parish, and by how much
Under 55%
55 to 65%
Over 65%
Yes
No
634,473 votes cast; 23.1% of the 2,976,687 registered voters in the area turned out.
Do you support an amendment to remove provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana which created the following inactive special funds within the state treasury: Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund, Millennium Leverage Fund, Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund, First Use Tax Trust Fund, Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement and to provide for the transfer of any remaining monies in such funds to the state general fund? (Repeals Article VII, Sections 4(D)(4)(b), 10.4, 10.10, and 10.12(B) and (C) and Article IX, Sections 9 and 10)
YesApproved
54.7%346,766 votes
No
45.3%287,211 votes
Which side won each parish, and by how much
Under 55%
55 to 65%
Over 65%
Yes
No
633,977 votes cast; 23.1% of the 2,976,687 registered voters in the area turned out.
Provides for an ad valorem tax exemption for certain first responders.
Passed: 53.0% voted yes and 47.0% voted no.
What the ballot said
Do you support an amendment to authorize the local governing authority of a parish to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders? (Adds Article VII, Section 21(O))
YesApproved
53.0%338,823 votes
No
47.0%300,477 votes
Which side won each parish, and by how much
Under 55%
55 to 65%
Over 65%
Yes
No
639,300 votes cast; 23.1% of the 2,976,687 registered voters in the area turned out.
Provides relative to the use of monies in the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund.
Passed: 44.0% voted yes and 56.0% voted no.
What the ballot said
Do you support an amendment authorizing the legislature, after securing a two-thirds vote of each house, to use up to two hundred fifty million dollars from the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund to alleviate a budget deficit subject to conditions set forth by law and allowing the legislature to modify such conditions for accessing the monies in the fund, subject to two-thirds vote? (Amends Article VII, Section 10.15(E)(1) and (F); Adds Article VII, Section 10.15(G))
Yes
44.0%278,009 votes
NoDefeated
56.0%353,622 votes
Which side won each parish, and by how much
Under 55%
55 to 65%
Over 65%
Yes
No
631,631 votes cast; 23.1% of the 2,976,687 registered voters in the area turned out.