Camille Buras
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2026
Camille Buras is a judge for Section H of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Buras (Democratic Party) won re-election for the Section H judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
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.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Camille Buras (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Buras ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Camille Buras did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Buras received her B.A. from Loyola University, going on to earn a J.D. in 1986 from the Loyola School of Law.[2]
Career
Buras was elected to the district court in 1998, where she has since served as chief of the Narcotics Strike Force, chief of the Economic Crime Unit and deputy chief of trials.[2]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
