Louisiana election qualifying enters second day

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The candidate registration period for the Nov. 8 election has entered its second day.
But it was a much slower pace today than on opening day, when 15 candidates packed into the Secretary of State’s Office to sign up for the U.S. Senate race. Republican incumbent David Vitter isn’t running for re-election so the seat is open.
Rather than seek re-election, Republican U.S. Reps. Charles Boustany and John Fleming qualified for the Senate race. A number of candidates have qualified to run for those two open House seats.
Qualifying continues through Friday.

U.S. SENATE:
Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette; Foster Campbell, D-Elm Grove; Joseph Cao, R-New Orleans; Thomas Clements, Libertarian-Lafayette; Derrick Edwards, D-Harvey; Caroline Fayard; D-New Orleans; John Fleming, R-Minden; Le Roy “Rev” Gillam, Libertarian-Washington; Troy Hebert, no party-Jeanerette; John Kennedy, R-Madisonville; Gary Landrieu, D-New Orleans; Kaitlin Marone, no party-New Orleans; MV “Vinny” Mendoza, D-Ponchatoula; Abhay Patel, R-New Orleans; and Arden “Dixiecrat” Wells, no party-Ponchatoula.

U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 1
Howard Kearney, Libertarian-Mandeville; Steve Scalise (incumbent), R-Jefferson; and Joseph “Joe” Swider, D-New Orleans.

U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 2
Melvin “Kip” Holden, D-Baton Rouge; and Cedric Richmond (incumbent), D-New Orleans.
U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 3
Scott Angelle, R-Breaux Bridge; Bryan Barrilleaux, R-Lake Charles; Greg Ellison, R-Lafayette; Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles; Jacob “Dorian Phibian” Hebert, D-Lafayette; Guy McLendon, Libertarian-Sulphur; Larry Rader, D-New Iberia; Gus Rantz, R-Lafayette; Grover Joseph Rees, R-Lafayette; and Kenny Scelfo Sr., no party-Franklin.

U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 4
Ralph “Trey” Baucum, R-Shreveport; Mark David Halverson, no party-Bossier City; Oliver Jenkins, R-Shreveport; Rick John, R-Shreveport; Marshall Jones, D-Shreveport; and Kenneth Krefft, no party-Shreveport.

U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 5
Ralph Abraham (incumbent), R-Alto.

U.S. HOUSE
DISTRICT 6
Garret Graves (incumbent), R-Baton Rouge; and Richard Lieberman, D-LaPlace.

PSC DISTRICT 3
Lambert Boissiere III (incumbent), D-New Orleans.

PSC DISTRICT 4
Reldon Owens, R-Alexandria; Patrick Richmond, R-Glenmora; and Mary Werner, D-Lake Charles.
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State: www.geauxvote.com