2017 Louisiana State Treasurer special election

2017 Louisiana State Treasurer special election

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Nominee John Schroder Derrick Edwards
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 208,118 165,269
Percentage 55.7% 44.3%

Parish results
Schroder:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Edwards:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%

State Treasurer before election

Ron Henson
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

John Schroder
Republican

The Louisiana State Treasurer special election took place on October 14, 2017, to elect the state treasurer of Louisiana, with a runoff election to be held on November 18, 2017, if necessary. Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. First Assistant Treasurer Ron Henson replaced Kennedy as treasurer, and served until the special election.[1] Henson did not run in the special election.[2]

Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election will be held between the top two candidates. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system). Republican candidates received over 65% of the vote as John Schroder and Derrick Edwards advanced to the runoff. Republican John Schroder defeated Democrat Derrick Edwards in the runoff.

  1. ^ Vaughn, Paige (January 9, 2017). "Ron Henson sworn in as Louisiana State Treasurer". WVLA-TV. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference getscrowded was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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