LOUISIANA

Your complete directory of Louisiana candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline: August 17, 2012
Primary: November 6, 2012
Congressional Run-Off (If Needed): December 1, 2012

This page was last updated on January 29, 2012

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Bobby Jindal (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2015.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Jay Dardenne (R)*

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Tom Schedler (R)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
James "Buddy" Caldwell (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
John Kennedy (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY:
Mike Strain (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Jim Donelon (R)* - (Campaign Site)

U.S. SENATOR:

Mary Landrieu (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2014.

David Vitter (R)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2016.

U.S. CONGRESS:

New 2012 Districts Used Below

District 1:
Steve Scalise (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Cedric Richmond (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Lambert Boissiere III (D) - State Public Service Commissioner & Ex-New Orleans City Court Constable
Gail Dignam (R) - Sexual Abstinance Educator

District 3:
Jeff Landry (R)* - Current CD-3 Incumbent - (Campaign Site)
Charles Boustany Jr. (R)* - Current CD-7 Incumbent - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
John Fleming (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Rodney Alexander (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Bill Cassidy (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Consevative Party of Louisiana
Constitution Party of Louisiana
Louisiana Democratic Party
Green Party of Louisiana
Libertarian Party of Louisiana
Reform Party of Louisiana
Republican Party of Louisiana

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

Secretary of State's Office

Louisiana Board of Ethics (Campaign Finance Reports)

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Ascension Citizen
Baton Rouge Advocate
Baton Rouge Business Report
Bayou Buzz (Technology & Politics)
Bogalusa Daily News
Bossier Press-Tribune
Caddo Inquisitor
Capitol Watch: RealLouisiana.com
Crowley Post Signal
Daily Kingfish
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News
Franklin Banner-Tribune
Hammond Daily Star
It's Only Politics
Jackson Independent
L'Observateur (River Parishes - South Louisiana)
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Lake Charles American Press
LaPolitics.com
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
L.S.U. Reveille
Louisiana Weekly (African-American)
Lutcher News-Examiner
Minden Press-Herald
Monroe Free Press (African-American)
Monroe News-Star
Morgan City Daily Review

New Iberia Daily Iberian
New Orleans Ambush Magazine (Gay)
New Orleans City Business
New Orleans Cox.net
New Orleans Exposed
News Orleans Gambit Weekly (Alternative)
New Orleans Post
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Opelousas Daily World
PoliticsLA.com
Ponchatoula Times
Ruston Morning Paper
Shreveport Forum
Shreveport Times
St. Tammany Parish News Banner & Slidell Sentry-News
Thibodaux Daily Comet
Times of Acadiana
Ville Platte Gazette

KEZP 104.3 FM Radio (Alexandria)
WAFB TV-9 (CBS - Baton Rouge)
WBRZ TV-2 (ABC - Baton Rouge)
WDSU TV-6 (NBC - New Orleans)
WTIX 690 AM Radio (New Orleans)
WWL 870 AM Radio (New Orleans)
KEEL 710 AM Radio (Shreveport)