Louisiana Treasurer election, 2015

2015 Louisiana Treasurer Election

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Primary Date: October 24, 2015

General Election Date: November 21, 2015

Incumbent prior to election: John Neely Kennedy

The Louisiana Treasurer election took place on October 24, 2015. Incumbent John Neely Kennedy (R) was first elected in 1999 and successfully ran for re-election in 2015.

Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% 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.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Candidates

The Louisiana filing deadline passed on September 10, 2015, and candidate lists have been updated to reflect the official filing lists.

Declared

John Neely Kennedy - Incumbent
Jennifer Treadway

Results

There were only two candidates on the ballot in the blanket primary election on October 24, 2015. Incumbent Treasurer John Neely Kennedy won a majority of votes, eliminating the need for a general election contest in November.

Treasurer of Louisiana, Blanket Primary, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Neely Kennedy	80.1%	787,128
	Republican	Jennifer Treadway	19.9%	195,595
Total Votes				982,723
Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State.

Key deadlines

Deadline	Event
September 8, 2015	First day for candidate filing
September 10, 2015	Last day for candidate filing
September 23, 2015	Last day for voter registration in primary
October 10, 2015	First day for early voting in primary
October 17, 2015	Last day for early voting in primary
October 20, 2015	Last day to request mail ballot in primary
October 23, 2015	Deadline for mailed ballot submission in primary
October 24, 2015	Primary election
November 7, 2015	First day for early voting in general election
November 14, 2015	Last day for early voting in general election
November 17, 2015	Last day to request mail ballot for general election
November 20, 2015	Deadline for mailed ballot submission for general election
November 21, 2015	General election (if necessary)

Voter registration

For full information about voting in Louisiana, contact the state election agency.

Voters in Louisiana can register to vote by filling out an online application. The online form can be submitted electronically if the applicant uses a driver's license as the required form of identification. Applicants can also print out their online forms and mail them to their parish registrars.

Louisiana also offers myriad locations for in-person registration up to 30 days prior to an election. These locations include parish registrars, offices of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles or the Louisiana Department of Social Services, food stamp offices and recruitment offices for any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. Applicants can use their driver's licenses, birth certificates, utility bills or government-issued documents with their name and current address as valid forms of identification.

Voters must meet the following qualifications to vote in Louisiana:

• U.S. citizenship
  
• At least 18 years old by the next election
  
• Resident of Louisiana and parish indicated on registration
  
• Not under order of imprisonment for felony conviction
  
• Have not been judged "mentally incompetent" in court

Duties

According to Article IV, Section 9 of the Louisiana Constitution, the treasurer is head of the Department of the Treasury and "shall be responsible for the custody, investment, and disbursement of the public funds of the state." The Treasury Department website outlines the Treasurer's duties:

• receive and safely keep all the monies of this state, not expressly required by law to be received and kept by some other person;
• disburse the public money upon warrants drawn upon him according to law, and not otherwise;
• keep a true, just, and comprehensive account of all public money received and disbursed, in books to be kept for that purpose, in which he shall state from whom monies have been received, and on what account; and to whom and on what account disbursed;
• keep a true and just account of each head of appropriations made by law, and the disbursements under them;
• give information in writing to either house of the Legislature when required, upon any subject connected with the Treasury, or touching any duty of his office;
• perform all other duties required of him by law.
• advise the State Bond Commission, the Governor, the Legislature and other public officials with respect to the issuance of bonds and all other related matters;
• organize and administer, within the office of the State Treasurer a state debt management section

Polls

Primary election candidates match-up

Treasurer
Poll	John Kennedy (R)	Jennifer Treadway (R)	Undecided	Margin of error	Sample size
Triumph Campaigns September 29-30, 2015	58%	17%	24%	+/-2.4	1,047
MarblePort Polling/The Hayride September 10, 2015	63.3%	10.3%	26.4%	+/-3	1,324
AVERAGES	60.65%	13.65%	25.2%	+/-2.7	1,185.5
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Campaign finance

Second quarter report (2015)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $290,312.64 and spent a total of $102,685.94 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on September 25, 2015.

Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
Candidate	Office	Beginning balance	Contributions	Expenditures	Ending balance
John Neely Kennedy	Louisiana Treasurer	$3,523,017.33	$290,312.64	$102,685.94	$3,710,644.03
Grand Total Raised					$290,312.64
Grand Total Spent					$102,685.94

First quarter report (2015)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $152,081.66 and spent a total of $80,903.29 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on May 4, 2015.

Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
Candidate	Office	Beginning balance	Contributions	Expenditures	Ending balance
John Neely Kennedy	Louisiana Treasurer	$3,451,838.96	$152,081.66	$80,903.29	$3,523,017.33
Grand Total Raised					$152,081.66
Grand Total Spent					$80,903.29

Annual report (2014)
Comprehensive donor information for this election was collected from the state's campaign finance authority. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $715,401.05 and spent a total of $230,880.5 during this reporting period. This information was last updated on February 19, 2015.

Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
Candidate	Office	Beginning balance	Contributions	Expenditures	Ending balance
John Neely Kennedy	Louisiana Treasurer	$2,967,318.41	$715,401.05	$230,880.50	$3,451,838.96
Grand Total Raised					$715,401.05
Grand Total Spent					$230,880.5

Past elections

2011

Kennedy won re-election without opposition in 2011.

2007

Kennedy won re-election without opposition in 2007.

2003

Kennedy won re-election without opposition in 2003.

Recent news

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2015 Louisiana Treasurer Election News Feed

External links

Suggest a link

• Louisiana State Treasurer