Candidate qualifying for the October 2015 elections has concluded, and while there will be some candidate withdrawals next week, we now have a clearer picture of the 2015 election cycle. Given that the Legislature involves 144 individual House/Senate races, this article will look at a summary level at those races. Incumbents return: 49 House members […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2015 (Candidate qualifying): JMCEL’s “four hour warning” report
Candidate qualifying for the October 2015 elections started Tuesday and continues until 4:30 PM today. As of 12:30 PM today, there remain two observations from examining data on those who qualified for statewide, legislative, and BESE races: “Return of the incumbents” – All who are not term limited out except for Rep. Ebony Woodruff (D-Harvey) […]
Decision 2015 (Candidate qualifying): JMCEL’s “half time report”
Candidate qualifying for the October 2015 elections started yesterday and continues until tomorrow afternoon. As of 1PM today (just over halfway through the process), here are two observations from examining data on those who qualified for statewide, legislative, and BESE races: “Incumbent’s Day” – nearly all of those who are not term limited out decided […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 16)
INCUMBENT: Dan Claitor (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 16 has for decades been considered “the south Baton Rouge district” although it once stretched as far north as Central. Robust population growth in the southern/southeastern portions of East Baton Rouge Parish have caused the district over time to be repeatedly pared back, and today it includes most […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 14)
INCUMBENT: Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 14 is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and contains the lion’s share of what people associate with Baton Rouge: universities (LSU, Southern University, and Baton Rouge Community College), government (the State Capitol and many of its state office buildings are located downtown), industry (the ExxonMobil refinery/chemical complex), […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 15)
INCUMBENT: Sharon Weston Broome (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 15 is generally located in north Baton Rouge and stretches from Church Street in Zachary to the Sherwood Forest subdivision in south Baton Rouge. In between are areas like Baker, Scotlandville, the Glen Oaks area, Park Forest, and Villa Del Rey. DISTRICT MAP: […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 17)
INCUMBENT: Rick Ward III (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 17 is located in the Baton Rouge media market and forms an arc around East Baton Rouge Parish. It contains all or part of nine parishes: all of East Feliciana and Pointe Coupee Parishes, northern Saint Helena Parish, the northern fringe of East Baton Rouge Parish, a […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 12)
INCUMBENT: Ben Nevers (Democrat) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 12 is located in the Florida Parishes and contains all of Washington Parish, Saint Tammany Parish north of Abita Springs, and most of Tangipahoa Parish north of US Highway 190. DISTRICT MAP: RED/BLUE RATING (using 2008, 2012, and 2014 elections): 63% […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 6)
INCUMBENT: “Bodi” White (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 6 is a sprawling district that is located in the Florida Parishes and contains parts of four parishes. It begins in Ponchatoula in Tangipahoa Parish and travels up I-55 almost to the town of Independence. It then includes two connecting pieces: a “connecting precinct” in northeast Livingston Parish, […]
Decision 2015: JMCEL’s “bite sized politics” (Senate District 13)
INCUMBENT: Dale Erdey (Republican) DESCRIPTION: Senate District 13 is located in the Florida Parishes and includes parts of three parishes: its core (where 86% of the voters live) is in the portions of Livingston Parish mostly north of I-12. The district also crosses the Magnolia Bridge to pick up two Central precincts in East Baton […]