Paul Jude Hardy is an American attorney from Baton Rouge, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, who was the first Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He served in the second-ranking post under Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
Keith Paul Hightower is an American businessman who was from 1998 to 2006 the Democratic mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Cedric Bradford Glover is a Democratic Party politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 4. He was earlier the two-term mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, the first African-American to hold that position.
John Brennan Hussey, Jr., an attorney who specializes in contracts, served for two terms from 1982 to 1990 as the Democratic mayor of his native Shreveport, Louisiana. Previously he was a one-term member of the Shreveport City Council and in 1980 presided as the council chairman.
\ Nancy Ruth Landry, also known as Nancy L. Matthews, is a family practice lawyer from Lafayette, Louisiana, who was from 2008 to 2019 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 31. She won the seat in a special election in 2008 upon the resignation of Republican Donald Trahan. In the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary, Landry had come within thirty-three votes of defeating Trajan.
Troy Anthony Carter is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district since 2021. He was previously member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 7th district. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter also previously served on the New Orleans City Council and as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Louisiana, one from each of the state's six congressional districts, a loss of one seat following reapportionment according to the results of the 2010 Census. The elections coincided with elections for other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election. A jungle primary took place on November 6, with a runoff, if necessary, scheduled for December 8.
Sherri Smith Buffington, formerly Sherri Smith Cheek, is a businesswoman and lobbyist from Shreveport, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 38. Buffington is the first female Republican ever to have been elected to the Louisiana Senate.
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.
Garret Neal Graves is an American politician serving as the United States representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district. In a runoff election on December 6, 2014, Graves, a Republican, defeated the Democratic candidate, Edwin Edwards.
Ollie Mae Spearman Tyler is the former mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 27, 2014 she succeeded the term-limited Cedric Glover, her fellow Democrat, in the highest position in Shreveport municipal government. She failed in her bid for a second term in the runoff election held on December 8, 2018, having been defeated by another Democrat, Adrian Perkins.
The 2014 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the election of the Democrat Ollie Tyler as the first African-American female mayor of Shreveport. She defeated Victoria Provenza in the runoff election to succeed the term-limited incumbent Cedric Glover. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on November 4, 2014, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on December 6, 2014.
James Michael Johnson is an American attorney, politician, and former talk radio host serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. First elected in 2016, he is also the vice chairman of the House Republican Conference. He previously served as chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress, and a coalition of socially- and fiscally-conservative members of the larger House Republican Conference.
Edward Joseph Price, known as Ed Price, is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Louisiana State Senate for district 2, which includes parts of Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. James, and West Baton Rouge parishes.
Edward Clark James, II, also known as Ted James, is an attorney from his native Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 101 in East Baton Rouge Parish. He was first elected in 2011.
Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Sr. was an American dentist, civil rights activist and politician from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served from 1992 to 1996 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the heavily African-American District 4 in Caddo Parish.
Samuel Lee Jenkins Jr., known as Sam Jenkins, is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana. Jenkins succeeded Roy A. Burrell, who was term-limited in the primary election held on October 24, 2015.
The 2021 United States elections were held in large part on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. This off-year election included the regular gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. In addition, state legislative elections were held in New Jersey and the Virginia House of Delegates, along with numerous state legislative special elections, citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections. Six special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place on November 2 or earlier as a result of either deaths or vacancies. The first of these was held on March 20.
The 2010 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the re-election of incumbent Democrat Cedric Glover who defeated Republican Bryan Wooley in the runoff to win a second term in office. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on October 2, 2010, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on November 2, 2010.
The 2006 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the election of Democrat Cedric Glover who defeated Republican Jerry Jones in the runoff in the open race to succeed outgoing mayor Keith Hightower. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on September 30, 2006, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on November 7, 2006.
