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Louisiana Secretary of State election, 2027
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| Louisiana Secretary of State |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: Pending |
| Primary: (date not yet available) General: November 20, 2027 |
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| Poll times:
6 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
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Louisiana is holding an election for secretary of state on November 20, 2027.
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
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Voting information
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Past elections
2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Louisiana Secretary of State
Nancy Landry defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup in the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Landry (R) | 66.8 | 446,494 | |
| Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 33.2 | 221,739 | ||
| Total votes: 668,233 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Landry (R) | 19.3 | 197,514 | |
| ✔ | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 19.2 | 196,534 | |
| Mike Francis (R) | 17.9 | 182,842 | ||
| Clay Schexnayder (R) | 14.7 | 149,987 | ||
| Arthur Morrell (D) | 11.1 | 113,703 | ||
| Thomas Kennedy III (R) | 10.1 | 102,628 | ||
| Brandon Trosclair (R) | 6.3 | 64,686 | ||
| Amanda Smith Jennings (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,275 | ||
| Total votes: 1,021,169 | ||||
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2019
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Louisiana Secretary of State
Incumbent Kyle Ardoin defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup in the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State on November 16, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Ardoin (R) | 59.1 | 867,607 | |
| Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 40.9 | 601,126 | ||
| Total votes: 1,468,733 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Secretary of State
Incumbent Kyle Ardoin and Gwen Collins-Greenup defeated Thomas Kennedy III and Amanda Smith in the primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Ardoin (R) | 41.1 | 528,253 | |
| ✔ | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 33.8 | 434,587 | |
| Thomas Kennedy III (R) | 19.0 | 244,646 | ||
| Amanda Smith (R) | 6.1 | 78,986 | ||
| Total votes: 1,286,472 | ||||
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2018
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
Special general election for Louisiana Secretary of State
Incumbent Kyle Ardoin defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup in the special general election for Louisiana Secretary of State on December 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Ardoin (R) | 59.3 | 306,568 | |
| Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 40.7 | 210,085 | ||
| Total votes: 516,653 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the special primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kyle Ardoin (R) | 20.5 | 298,657 | |
| ✔ | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 19.8 | 289,097 | |
| Renee Fontenot Free (D) | 16.4 | 239,116 | ||
| Rick Edmonds (R) | 11.3 | 164,955 | ||
| Julie Stokes (R) | 11.2 | 163,773 | ||
| Thomas Kennedy III (R) | 9.4 | 137,050 | ||
| A.G. Crowe (R) | 4.9 | 71,495 | ||
| Heather Cloud (R) | 4.9 | 71,195 | ||
| Matthew Moreau (Independent) | 1.5 | 21,579 | ||
| Total votes: 1,456,917 | ||||
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2015
There was a regularly scheduled election for secretary of state in 2015. Tom Schedler (R) was eligible for re-election. The primary election took place on October 24, 2015.
There were only two candidates on the ballot in the blanket primary election. Incumbent Secretary of State Tom Schedler won a majority of votes, eliminating the need for a general election contest in November.[1]
| Secretary of State of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tom Schedler |
62.2% | 649,153 | |
| Democrat | Chris Tyson | 37.8% | 394,153 | |
| Total Votes | 1,043,306 | |||
| Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State. | ||||
Election analysis
This section will contain facts and figures related to this state's elections when those are available.
Secretary of State elections in 2027
There are three secretary of state seats on the ballot in 2027.
See also
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