Issues and candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot
Here are the issues and candidates that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Early voting continues through Tuesday.
U. S. Senator
“Jamie” Davis
Democrat
Ferriday
Julia Letlow
Republican
Baton Rouge
U. S. Representative
3rd Congressional
District
“Kate” Cotten
Republican
Lake Charles
John Day
Democrat
Lake Charles
Priscilla Gonzalez
Democrat
Lafayette
Tia LeBrun
No party
Sulphur
Caleb “With a C”
Walker
Democrat
Lafayette
St. Mary Parish
School Board
District 5
Sandra K. Turner
Democrat
Patterson
Calyn Swords Welch
Republican
Patterson
District 6
Jeffrey “Jeff”
Hufstetler
No Party
Patterson
Noel Pisani
Republican
Patterson
Jameson “Budd”
Sennette
Democrat
Patterson
District 8
Scott Babin
Republican
Berwick
Chad Paradee
Republican
Berwick
Justice of the Peace
Ward 5
Tempest Jackson
No Party
Patterson
Michelle D.
Schexnayder
Democrat
Patterson
Ward 7
Nekesia Jovia Bowie
Democrat
Franklin
Stanley Johnson Jr.
Democrat
Franklin
Ward 8
Shawn Canty
No party
Berwick
Glen Elliott
Republican
Bayou Vista
Nicole Cherry Landry
Republican
Berwick
Ward 10
Benny J. Druilhet
Democrat
Baldwin
Cardell Bowser Ina
Democrat
Baldwin
Constable
Justice of the Peace
Ward 8
Jose M. Salvador Jr.
Republican
Morgan City
Andros Williams
Republican
Morgan City
Patterson
Mayor
Rodney Grogan
Democrat
Patterson
Slade Sanders
Republican
Patterson
Baldwin
Mayor
Ajani Connor
Democrat
Baldwin
Clarence A. Vappie
Democrat
Baldwin
Berwick
Mayor
Ludness “Lud” Henry
Republican
Berwick
Jason Romero
Republican
Berwick
Baldwin
Aldermen
(5 to be elected)
Carolyn Bowser
Democrat
Baldwin
Margaret Colar
Democrat
Baldwin
Tony Gibson
Democrat
Baldwin
Dawn Lanceslin
Democrat
Baldwin
Taniah Lanceslin
Democrat
Baldwin
Amber Richard
Tillman
Democrat
Baldwin
Patterson
City Council
(5 to be elected)
Bealizeia
“Billy” Badeaux
No party
Patterson
R. Demale Bowden Jr.
No party
Patterson
Lee A. Condolle
Democrat
Patterson
Ray “Mr. Ray” Dewey
Democrat
Patterson
Keith Grimball
Republican
Patterson
Allis Jennings
Democrat
Patterson
Patricia Lynn
Jennings
Democrat
Patterson
Jeffery S. Lawrence
Republican
Patterson
Mamie Soudelier Perry
No party
Patterson
Dawn Rentrop
Democrat
Patterson
Miranda Weinbach
Democrat
Patterson
Berwick
Town Council
(5 to be elected)
Earl Anslem Jr.
Republican
Berwick
Colleen Nicklas Askew
Republican
Berwick
Erica S. Brunson
Republican
Berwick
Kevin P. Hebert
Republican
Berwick
Brandon “J.H.”
Monceaux
Republican
Berwick
Raymond Price
Republican
Berwick
James Richard
Republican
Berwick
Michael “Mike”
Rodrigue
Republican
Berwick
George R.
Underwood III
Republican
Berwick
State Constitutional
Amendments
Proposed Amendment No. 1 Act 39 (2026 Regular Session) -i Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 21(K)(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem tax exemptions; to provide relative to the ad valorem tax exemption for certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses; to allow for the transfer of certain exemptions by a surviving spouse; to provide for limitations; to provide for effectiveness; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
Do you support an amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability, who receives the additional property tax exemption, to make a one-time transfer of the additional property tax exemption to a subsequent qualifying property? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1))
Proposed Amendment No. 2 Act 273 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 23(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem property tax millage rate adjustments; to provide for maximum authorized millage rates; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust to the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year’s reassessment? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 23(C))
Proposed Amendment No. 3 Act 271 (2026 Regular Session) - Proposing to add Article I, Section 18(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the right to bail; to prohibit bail for offenders who have been convicted of certain offenses; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to prohibit a defendant from being released on any post-conviction bail if the defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child? (Adds Article I, Section 18(C))
Proposed Amendment No. 4 Act 414 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article IV, Section 3(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to provide for the term limit for the office of the governor; to provide for a lifetime term limit; to provide that the limit is not limited to service in successive terms; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to prohibit a person who has served more than one and one-half terms as governor from being elected as governor for any future term? (Amends Article IV, Section 3(B)) Proposed
Amendment No. 5 Act 606 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b)(iii) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to application of certain state monies to state retirement system unfunded accrued liability; to remove requirement that such monies be applied to the oldest system liabilities first; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to authorize a state retirement system to apply any nonrecurring state monies it receives to any of its unfunded accrued liability rather than requiring application to its oldest unfunded accrued liability? (Amends Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b)(iii))
Proposed Amendment No. 6 Act 274 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to add Article VII, Section 21(P) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem taxation; to extend an ad valorem tax exemption for property owners who are sixty-five years of age or older; to provide for the amount of the exemption; to provide for requirements and limitations; to provide for implementation of the exemption by parishes and municipalities; to prohibit the reappraisal and valuation of property for purposes of millage adjustments under certain circumstances; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to authorize parishes and municipalities to extend an additional property tax exemption for property subject to the homestead exemption that is owned and occupied by a person who is at least sixty-five years of age and who qualifies for the special assessment level? (Effective January 1, 2028) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P))
Proposed Amendment No. 7 Act 607 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 14(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to water utility service lines; to provide for the use of public funds to remove or replace drinking water utility service lines located on property owned by utility customers; to provide relative to identifying, inventorying water utility service lines made of or affected by certain hazardous materials; to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
Do you support an amendment to allow for the use of public funds by a political subdivision for the purpose of identifying, inventorying, removing or replacing drinking water utility service lines made of or affected by materials as specified or prescribed by the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, promulgated October 30, 2024, or subsequent promulgation, on property owned by utility customers? (Amends Article VII, Section 14)
Proposed Amendment No. 8 Act 277 (2026 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article I, Section 4(B)(4) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the right to property; to prohibit expropriation by foreign adversaries; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to prohibit expropriation of property by a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary? (Amends Article I, Section 4(B)(4))
Proposed Amendment No. 9 Act 220 (2025 Regular Session) • Proposing to amend Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(ii) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem taxation; to provide for assessment of property for ad valorem tax purposes; to provide with respect to the special assessment level; to provide with respect to the income limit associated with qualifying for the special assessment level; to provide for an effective date; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to increase the maximum amount of income a person may receive and still qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(ii))
Proposed Amendment No. 10 Act 272 (2026 Regular Session) - Proposing to add Article VII, Section 21(P) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to ad valorem taxes; to authorize the exemption of certain property from ad valorem taxes subject to conditions provided in law; to require the legislature to enact laws relative to implementation of the exemption; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related matters.
Do you support an amendment to allow property tax exemptions for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated, and to require the legislature to enact laws providing for administration of these exemptions? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P))
St. Mary Home Rule
Charter Amendment Proposition
Shall the St. Mary Parish Home Rule Charter be amended and restated to modernize parish governance by reducing the Parish Council from eleven members (eight district and three at-large) to eight single-member districts, eliminating at-large seats; updating council and parish-president compensation to reflect current duties, with cost-of-living adjustments every four years; establishing term limits of one-and-one-half consecutive terms for both the council and the parish president; designating the Parish President as chief executive and administrative officer, eliminating the separate chief administrative officer position; clarifying procedures for vacancies, meetings, and publication of ordinances; and removing obsolete or redundant sections, including outdated ballot and district provisions, all as provided in the revised St. Mary Parish Home Rule Charter adopted by the Charter Commission?
Water and Sewer
Commission
No. 3 Proposition
(Millage Continuation)
Shall St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 3, State of Louisiana (the “Commission”), continue to levy a 9.08 mills tax (an estimated $1,290,800 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) on all the property subject to taxation in the Commission for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2027 and ending with the year 2036, for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving and extending the waterworks plant and system and sewer and sewerage treatment or disposal facilities owned and/or operated by the Commission, said millage to represent a .48 mill increase (due to reappraisal) over the 8.60 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2026 pursuant to an election held April 29, 2017?
Water and Sewer
Commission No. 4
Proposition
(Millage Continuation)
Shall St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 4, State of Louisiana (the “Commission”), continue to levy a 15.35 mills tax (an estimated $607,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) on all the property subject to taxation in the Commission for a period of 10 years, beginning with the year 2027 and ending with the year 2036, for the purpose of operating, maintaining, improving and extending the waterworks plant and system and sewer and sewerage treatment or disposal facilities owned and/or operated by the Commission, said millage to represent a .68 mill increase (due to reappraisal) over the 14.67 mills tax authorized to be levied through the year 2026 pursuant to an election held October 14, 2017?