West Feliciana Parish is a civil parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census,the population was 15,310. The parish seat is St. Francisville. The parish was established in 1824.
Charles William Boustany Jr. is an American politician,physician,and former congressman from Lafayette,Louisiana,who served as the U.S. representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Louis Elwood Jenkins Jr.,known as Woody Jenkins,is an American newspaper editor in Baton Rouge and Central City,Louisiana,who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000 and waged three unsuccessful races for the United States Senate in 1978,1980,and 1996.
Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden,is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker,Central City,and Zachary.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. He was previously a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs,a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30,2006.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based in Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
The 2003 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 15,2003 to elect the Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Foster was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.
Anthony Claude Leach Jr.,known as Buddy Leach,was an American businessman,lawyer,military veteran,and Democratic politician from Louisiana. From 1979 to 1981,he served one term as a U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. He also served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and as chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003,he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002.
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock,an American conservative Democrat from Franklin in St. Mary Parish,was the only three-term lieutenant governor in 20th century Louisiana history. He served from 1960 to 1972. Aycock failed in his only bid for governor in the 1971 Democratic primary. Few lieutenant governors in Louisiana have been elected directly to the governorship;former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette,is a prominent exception.
Phillip Wesley Preis Sr.,known as Phil Preis,is an American attorney and former politician,based in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who specializes in mergers and acquisitions. A native of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana,Preis is the son of Patricia M. Preis of Newellton and Edwin Gustav Preis Sr. (1916–2011),a former Newellton mayor,who was also from 1976 to 1977 the president of the Louisiana Municipal Association.
Michael Francis Branch,known as Mike Branch,served from 1996 to 2000 as the Louisiana State Senator from District 13. Branch unseated incumbent Democratic Senator Mike Cross,a former Mayor of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Scott Anthony Angelle is an American politician who is the former director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington,D.C. From 2013 to 2017,he was the District 2 member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission,an elected five-person utility regulatory body.
Kenneth Edward Havard, known as Kenny Havard,is an American politician and businessman serving as the president of West Felician Parish. A Republican,he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 62nd district,which encompasses most of East and West Feliciana parishes and the northwest corner of East Baton Rouge Parish,including the city of Zachary.
Elbert Lee Guillory is an American politician who is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate. A Republican,he represented District 24,including his native Opelousas,and several rural precincts,from May 2,2009,when he won a special election,until January 11,2016,when his full term to which he was elected in 2011 ended. Guillory previously served from 2006 to 2009 as state representative for District 40. Guillory is running to represent Louisiana's 6th congressional district in the 2024 election.
Larry Stephen Bankston,Sr.,is an attorney from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served from 1988 to 1996 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from the southeastern District 15.
Gilbert Lynel "Gil" Dozier,was an attorney,businessman,farmer,and rancher who served from 1976 to 1980 as the Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry. A Democrat,Dozier's political career ended with felony convictions and imprisonment for nearly four years. Most of his adult life was spent in and about Baton Rouge,Louisiana.
Jerome P. "Dee" Richard is an American politician who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2020. A native and resident of Thibodaux,Richard represented the 55th district,which encompasses Lafourche Parish,Louisiana.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 24,2015. All of Louisiana's executive officers,in addition to both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature were up for election. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system,all candidates appeared on the same ballot,regardless of party and voters voted for any candidate,regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election,a runoff election was held on November 21,2015 between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system.
Robert Max Ross was a Republican activist and a candidate for numerous statewide and local offices who resided in Mangham in northeastern Louisiana. He was among the earliest advocates for the Republican political movement at a time when no GOP candidate had been elected statewide in more than a century. He ran as one of two candidates in the Republican primaries for governor in 1972 and Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat in 1974. After Louisiana adopted the jungle primary system,Ross qualified again for governor in 1983 and also the United States Senate in 1984. He additionally ran for the Louisiana State Senate as well as mayor of Mangham during other election years.
