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.
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.
Samuel Bernard Nunez Jr.,,was a Louisiana politician and businessman from Chalmette,the seat of St. Bernard Parish in the New Orleans suburbs.
Sharon Weston Broome is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge,Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10,2016. Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
William Harold Nungesser is an American politician serving as the 54th lieutenant governor of Louisiana since 2016. A member of the Republican Party,Nungesser is also the former president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission,having been re-elected to a second four-year term in the 2010 general election in which he topped two opponents with more than 71 percent of the vote. His second term as parish president began on January 1,2011,and ended four years later.
"LUSFIBER" is a municipally owned subsidiary of Lafayette Utilities System,providing cable television,broadband Internet,and telephone services to the citizens of Lafayette,Louisiana. It is notable for being the first municipally owned company providing Fiber-To-The-Home services in the U.S. state of Louisiana and one of the first municipally owned FTTH companies in the country.
Jeffrey Martin Landry is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2024 as the 57th governor of Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21,2015,to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.
Harvey Andrew Peltier Sr.,was an attorney,banker,businessman,sugar grower,oilman,champion horse breeder,and politician from Thibodaux,Louisiana,who was a campaign manager of Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long,Jr.
The 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Indiana,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3,2016. Republican lieutenant governor Eric Holcomb won the race with 51.4% of the vote.
The 2015 Nashville mayoral election took place on August 6,2015,to elect the next mayor of Nashville,Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karl Dean was term limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. Since there was no candidate that received a majority of votes in the initial round of the election,a runoff election was held. In the runoff election,Democratic candidate Megan Barry was elected with 54.8% of the vote,defeating Republican Candidate David Fox.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8,2016,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. The primary election was held on June 26.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6,2018,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26,2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
The 2024 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. In the presidential election,former Republican President Donald Trump,seeking a non-consecutive second term,defeated the incumbent Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. Republicans also gained control of the Senate and held a narrow control of the House of Representatives,winning a government trifecta for the first time since 2016.
Durel is a French last name,mainly found originally in Normandy and derived from the French adjective dur + suffix -el. French variant forms include Dureau,Duret,Durelle and Durette. The Durel form was anglicized in Durell,Durrell. The English spelling -ell renders the French pronunciation of -el
Francis Xavier Suarez is an American lawyer and politician who is the 43rd and current mayor of Miami since 2017. The son of former Miami mayor Xavier Suarez,he previously served on the Miami City Commission from 2009 to 2017.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the Mayor-President of Lafayette,Louisiana.
Joel Robideaux is an American politician and accountant who served as the Mayor-President of Lafayette Parish from 2016 to 2020. He was previously a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives,representing the 45th district from 2004 to 2016,and served as Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016.
