BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — In this year’s election season, Ascension Parish voters will be submitting their ballots for state lawmakers, sheriff and council members.
The primary is set for Oct. 14. The general election will be Nov. 18.
Across Louisiana, voters will cast ballots for the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, insurance commissioner and commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
Qualifying for state and local races was Aug. 8-10. If a race had only one candidate at the end of qualifying at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 10, that person is set to take office at the start of the next term.
Meet the candidates for Ascension Parish
Unless noted, one is to be elected in each race.
State Senator, 2nd District
- “Chris” Delpit, Republican
- Edward “Ed” Price, Democrat
State Senator, 18th District
- Eddie J. Lambert, Republican
State Representative, 58th District
- Kendricks “Ken” Brass, Democrat
State Representative, 59th District
- “Tony” Bacala, Republican
State Representative, 81st District
- Jeffrey F. “Jeff” Wiley, Republican
- Jason Amato, Republican
State Representative 88th Representative District
- Kathy Edmonston, Republican
- Donald “Don” Schexnaydre, Republican
- Willie Robinson, Republican
23rd Judicial District Court Judge, ES 1, Div. E
- Keyojuan Gant Turner, Democrat
- Allen Davis, Democrat
- “Vicky” Jones, Republican
Sheriff
- “Bobby” Webre, Republican
- C.J. Matthews, Republican
Clerk of Court
- Bridget Hanna, Republican
Assessor
- M. J. “Mert” Smiley Jr., Republican
Coroner
- Christopher Trevino, Republican
Parish President
- Clint Cointment, Republican
- Murphy J. Painter Sr., Independent
- Mark “Meme Guy” Belgard Jr., No Party
Council Member, District 1
- Alvin Thomas Jr., Democrat
- Oliver Joseph, Democrat
Council Member, District 2
- Joel Robert, Republican
Council Member, District 3
- Travis Turner, Democrat
Council Member, District 4
- Brett Arceneaux, Republican
- Nicholas Miller, No Party
Council Member, District 5
- Dempsey Lambert, Republican
- Michael “Todd” Varnado, Republican
Council Member, District 6
- Chase Melancon, Republican
Council Member, District 7
- Brian Belzer, Republican
- Brian Hillensbeck, Republican
Council Member, District 8
- Blaine Petite, No Party
- Ayanna Cushenberry, Independent
Council Member, District 9
- Pamela “Pam” Alonso, Republican
- Jared “Burger” Beiriger, Republican
Council Member, District 10
- Dennis Cullen, Republican
- Jasper “Jap” Dorsey Sr., Democrat
- Erik Jones, Republican
- “Chris” Schwing, Independent
Council Member, District 11
- Cory Fontenot, Democrat
- Michael Mason, No Party
